Tripura Journalist Killed

The CBI has booked three tribal leaders, including a lawmaker, for the murder of television journalist Santanu Bhowmik in 2017, an official said.

A nine-member delegation of Tripura journalists met Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh on Monday to demand a CBI probe into the murder of two journalists from the state.

United Nations' culture organisation UNESCO on Tuesday condemned the killing of journalist Sudip Datta Bhaumik last week in Tripura, calling it "the ultimate form of censorship" and urged his killer to be brought to justice.

Two more Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel have been arrested in connection with the killing of senior journalist Sudip Datta Bhowmick at the force's 2nd battalion headquarters, the police said. Nayek Amit Debbarma and rifleman Dharmendra Kumar Singh were arrested last night on charges of criminal conspiracy, Deputy Inspector General of Police (...

After a senior journalist was shot dead allegedly by a paramilitary force personnel on Tuesday, the newspapers in Tripura's capital Agartala today ran blank edit columns in protest. The BJP and Congress have also called a 12-hour state-wide shutdown accusing the ruling CPI(M) government of failing to protect mediapersons as two journalists have bee...

The paramilitary officer whose bodyguard shot dead a senior journalist after an argument over his request for a meeting at a camp in Tripura has been arrested, the police said on Wednesday.

A journalist was shot dead today near Tripura's capital Agartala, allegedly by a paramilitary force personnel. Sudip Datta Bhowmik, 50, was a crime reporter for the popular Bengali daily Syandan Patrika. The accused soldier, Nandu Reang, who was with Tripura State Rifles - a paramilitary force engaged in counter-insurgency operations - has been arr...

A journalist was shot dead on Tuesday by a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper during an altercation in Bodhjung Nagar in Tripura, police said.

The murder of 28-year-old journalist Santanu Bhowmick in Tripura has triggered massive outrage across the country. Two men have been arrested for his murder and kidnapping while he was covering a clash in Tripura on Wednesday.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today expressed shock at the 'gruesome' murder of a TV journalist in Tripura and said 'repeated' attacks on the media were worrisome for the Indian democracy.

The media fraternity today condemned the killing of Tripura journalist Santanu Bhowmick, saying it was a "reckless" and "inhuman" act to silence the voice of the free press.

Four activists of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) were arrested in connection with yesterday's incidents of violence and the killing of a journalist in the state, the police said today.

A journalist from a local TV news channel in Tripura was today kidnapped and killed in West Tripura district while covering the agitation and road blockade by the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), the police said.

The CBI has booked three tribal leaders, including a lawmaker, for the murder of television journalist Santanu Bhowmik in 2017, an official said.

A nine-member delegation of Tripura journalists met Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh on Monday to demand a CBI probe into the murder of two journalists from the state.

United Nations' culture organisation UNESCO on Tuesday condemned the killing of journalist Sudip Datta Bhaumik last week in Tripura, calling it "the ultimate form of censorship" and urged his killer to be brought to justice.

Two more Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel have been arrested in connection with the killing of senior journalist Sudip Datta Bhowmick at the force's 2nd battalion headquarters, the police said. Nayek Amit Debbarma and rifleman Dharmendra Kumar Singh were arrested last night on charges of criminal conspiracy, Deputy Inspector General of Police (...

After a senior journalist was shot dead allegedly by a paramilitary force personnel on Tuesday, the newspapers in Tripura's capital Agartala today ran blank edit columns in protest. The BJP and Congress have also called a 12-hour state-wide shutdown accusing the ruling CPI(M) government of failing to protect mediapersons as two journalists have bee...

The paramilitary officer whose bodyguard shot dead a senior journalist after an argument over his request for a meeting at a camp in Tripura has been arrested, the police said on Wednesday.

A journalist was shot dead today near Tripura's capital Agartala, allegedly by a paramilitary force personnel. Sudip Datta Bhowmik, 50, was a crime reporter for the popular Bengali daily Syandan Patrika. The accused soldier, Nandu Reang, who was with Tripura State Rifles - a paramilitary force engaged in counter-insurgency operations - has been arr...

A journalist was shot dead on Tuesday by a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper during an altercation in Bodhjung Nagar in Tripura, police said.

The murder of 28-year-old journalist Santanu Bhowmick in Tripura has triggered massive outrage across the country. Two men have been arrested for his murder and kidnapping while he was covering a clash in Tripura on Wednesday.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today expressed shock at the 'gruesome' murder of a TV journalist in Tripura and said 'repeated' attacks on the media were worrisome for the Indian democracy.

The media fraternity today condemned the killing of Tripura journalist Santanu Bhowmick, saying it was a "reckless" and "inhuman" act to silence the voice of the free press.

Four activists of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) were arrested in connection with yesterday's incidents of violence and the killing of a journalist in the state, the police said today.

A journalist from a local TV news channel in Tripura was today kidnapped and killed in West Tripura district while covering the agitation and road blockade by the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), the police said.