India, Sept. 6 -- Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday stressed the importance of an independent judiciary and media for the progress of a democracy, and said that among all institutions, the media suffered the biggest problem of a crisis of credibility.

The Road Transport and Highways Minister was addressing a gathering at IIM Nagpur Media Conclave 2026 on the theme of 'Media, Leadership and the New World Order '.

Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief of the Press Trust of India (PTI) Vijay Joshi, Editorial Director at Business Standard A K Bhattacharya, and Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Blitz India Media Group Deepak Dwivedi were among those present at the event. "India is the mother of democracy, and it is the largest dem...