Kolkata, Sep 8 (IANS) Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee appeared before CBI officials on Friday for a second round of questioning in connection with Narada sting case after nearly seven hours of grilling on Thursday. “Sovan…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Friday retweeted a derogatory remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but later said he did not endorse it after controversy erupted. “Retweets are never…
Panaji, Sep 8 (IANS) Goa Congress President Shantaram Naik on Friday alleged that right-wing forces could be behind the murder of Bengaluru journalist Gauri Lankesh. “I strongly feel that right-wing forces are involved, considering that…
Geneva, Sep 8 (IANS) The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN migration agency, said Thursday it had launched a new Missing Migrants Project website to track refugees and asylum-seekers who have died or gone…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 7 (IANS) Condemning the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and leaders of human rights and journalism groups have added their voices to calls for Indian…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Delhi Police on Thursday registered an FIR against a man who openly threatened to eliminate four eminent women and a noted journalist, all of whom he termed “anti-national”, a senior…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Delhi Police on Thursday registered an FIR against a man who openly threatened to eliminate four eminent women and a noted journalist, all of whom he termed “anti-national”, a senior…
Bengaluru, Sep 7 (IANS) Working to crack the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Karnataka Police on Thursday sought information from the public for clues to arrest her killers….
Bengaluru/New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The BJP and the Congress continued to spar over the gunning down of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh on Thursday as her family and the journalist fraternity demanded a swift and…
Paris, Sep 7 (IANS/AKI) United Nations’ culture body Unesco on Thursday deplored the killing this week of Indian journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh, calling it “an attack on the fundamental right to freedom of expression”…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said “anti-progressive people” were responsible for the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh and all states should take a united stand to catch the…
Panaji, Sep 7 (IANS) A trial court will formally frame charges in the connection with the rape and sexual harassment case against former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal on September 28, public prosecutor Francis Tavora said…
Bengaluru, Sep 7 (IANS) The family of slain journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh on Thursday said they would wait for the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to find the culprits and would only approach the court if it…
Imphal Sep 7 (IANS) Muslim organisations in Manipur have demanded the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar on moral grounds after his son posted a message on Facebook on Eid-ul-Adha ridiculing the ‘qurbani’ (sacrifice)….
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) A group of editors, writers and media professionals from South Asia, the UK and Australia have joined demands seeking swift action in the murder of prominent journalist Gauri Lankesh. The…
Tel Aviv, Sep 7 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the cancellation of the credentials of all Al Jazeera reporters in the country and reiterated his intention to shut the Qatari news network’s…
Chennai, Sep 7 (IANS) Film star Kamal Haasan on Thursday condemned the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, saying silencing a voice with a gun is no solution to a debate. “Silencing a voice with a…
By Bhavana Akella Bengaluru, Sep 6 (IANS) Senior Editor and social activist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead on Tuesday night by unidentified assailants, was a “fearless” journalist but her “activism won enemies for her”,…
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday participated in a protest rally organised by Kolkata Press Club to condemn the killing of senior Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh. Hundreds of journalists…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Even as protests and condemnation erupted over the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, there were some on Twitter, apparently right-wing supporters, who said the noted Kannada journalist-activist “deserved” what she…