News and Media

South Asian Portals

 

WEBPORTALS FOR Indians and NRIs 


iDesiTV

  • Portal of online Tv channels from/on South Asia


India

 

Press

 

Deccan Herald - Bangalore-based daily


The Hindustan Times - New Delhi-based daily


The Pioneer - New Delhi-based daily


The Indian Express - New Delhi-based daily


The Statesman - Calcutta-based daily


The Times of India - Mumbai-based daily


The Asian Age - New Delhi-based daily


India Today - New Delhi-based news magazine


Outlook - New Delhi-based news magazine


The Paperboy India - Portal to more than a hundred Indian newspapers with an online edition



News Agency

 

Press Trust of India - non-profit, owned by newspaper titles



Radio

 

All India Radio - public, operates domestic and external networks


Radio Mirchi - commercial network, stations in Mumbai, Delhi and other cities, mainly music, operated by The Times Group


Radio City - commercial, FM stations in Delhi, Mumbai and other cities, owned by News Corporation


Red FM - commercial, operated by India Today Group



Television

 

Doordarshan Television - public TV; operates national, regional, local and satellite services


Zee TV - satellite, cable TV services operated by Zee Group


STAR TV - operates satellite, cable TV services including STAR News, owned by News Corporation


Sony Entertainment TV - commercial channel


Aaj Tak - 24-hour news in Hindi


New Delhi TV (NDTV) - operates NDTV-India and NDTV 24x7 news channels


Sun Network - commercial multi-channel broadcaster



General Media Information/ Web Portals

 

The World Wide Media Directory provides access to Indian newspapers, TV channels and radio stations.

 

 

Khoj.com Indian Local Search Engine

 

Yahoo! India


sify.com Yahoo-type all-purpose, well-linked site by one of India's leading IT-providers.


Sulekha.com "connecting Indians worldwide,"with a range of local editions in- and outside of India

 

Hindulinks Hindu nationalist link site with focus on Hindu religion and culture. 


List of Internet Portals collected by the World Wide Web Virtual LIbrary



 

Pakistan

Press

 

Daily Jang - Karachi-based, Urdu-language; largest-circulation daily


Dawn - Karachi-based, largest-circulation English-language daily


The Nation - Lahore-based, English-language daily


The Frontier Post - Peshawar-based, English-language


The News - English-language daily, published by Jang group


Daily Ausaf - Islamabad-based, Urdu-language


Daily Times - English-language, publishes in Lahore and Karachi


Pakistan Observer - Islamabad-based daily


Business Recorder - financial daily


Pakistan and Gulf Economist - business weekly


The Friday Times - Lahore-based weekly, English-language


Television

 

Pakistan Television Corporation Ltd - state TV, Baluchi-language PTV Bolan

 

ATV - semi-private, terrestrial network

 

Geo TV - leading private satellite broadcaster, owned by Jang publishing group; based in Dubai; services include Urdu-language Geo News

 

Dawn News - private satellite broadcaster, owned by Herald group; first English-language news channel

 

Aaj TV - private satellite broadcaster, owned by Business Recorder group

 

Indus TV - private, via satellite; services include Indus Vision, Indus News and entertainment channels


ARY Digital - private, via satellite; services include ARY News and entertainment channels


Radio

 

Radio Pakistan - state-run, operates 25 stations nationwide, an external service and the entertainment-based FM 101 network, aimed at younger listeners


Azad Kashmir Radio - state-run service for Pakistani-administered Kashmir


Mast FM 103 - private, music-based


FM 100 - private, music-based


News Agency

 

Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) - state-funded



Bangladesh

Press

 

The Daily Star - English-language


The Bangladesh Observer - English-language daily

 

New Age - English-language daily


The New Nation - English-language daily


Holiday - English-language weekly


Daily Prothom Alo - Bengali daily


Dainik Ittefaq - Bengali daily


Dainik Jugantor - Bengali daily


Television

 

Bangladesh Television (BTV) - government-run


ATN Bangla - private, via satellite and cable


Channel i - private, via satellite and cable


NTV - private, via satellite and cable


RTV - private, via satellite


Ekushey TV - private, via satellite


Radio

 

Betar-Radio Bangladesh - government-run, operates networks A, B and C from Dhaka and local services


Radio Today FM - in Dhaka and surrounding area


Radio Furti FM - in Dhaka and surrounding area


Radio Metrowave - Dhaka, music and news aimed at younger listeners


News Agency

 

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) - official, English-language pages


bdnews24 - private


Sri Lanka

Press

 

Daily News - state-owned, English-language daily


The Island - private, English-language daily


Daily Mirror - private, English-language daily


Dinamina - state-owned, Sinhala daily


Lankadeepa - private, Sinhala daily


Lakbima - private, Sinhala daily


Uthayan - private, Tamil daily


Virakesari - private, Tamil daily



Television

 

Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) - state-owned, operates two channels: Rupavahini and Channel Eye


Independent Television Network (ITN) - state-run, Sri Lanka's first TV station


Sirasa TV - private, Sinhala


MTV (Maharaj TV) - private, English-language


TNL - private, English-language


ART TV - private


ETV - private, English-language


Swarnavahini - private, Sinhala


Shakthi TV - private, Tamil



Radio

 

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) - state-owned, operates domestic services in Sinhala, Tamil and English, including widely-listened-to Commercial Service


TNL Rocks - private, English-language


Sun FM - private, English-language


Yes FM - private, English-language


Sirasa FM - private, Sinhala


Shree FM - private, Sinhala


Sooriyan FM - private, Tamil


Shakthi FM - private, Tamil



News Agencies

 

Lankapuvath - state-owned


TamilNet - Tamil news service