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Priyanka Gandhi's Aide Charged For Assaulting, Threatening UP Journalist

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 14, 2019

A journalist has filed a police complaint in UP's Sonbhadra against an aide of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, alleging he assaulted and threatened him during the Congress general secretary's visit to the district in Uttar Pradesh.

Journalists Locked Up As Yogi Adityanath Visits Hospital? Officials Deny

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday July 1, 2019

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's visit to a hospital in Moradabad over the weekend has triggered controversy as a group of local journalists who were at the spot alleged that they were locked up in a room to prevent them from asking tough questions.

UP Journalist Claims He Was Abused By Railway Cops For "Exposing" Them

India News | Edited by Stela Dey | Friday June 14, 2019

Amit Sharma, the Uttar Pradesh journalist who was brutally beaten up on a video on Tuesday, has today claimed that he was targeted by Railway personnel for "exposing" their illegal activity.

"They Urinated In My Mouth," Says UP Journalist Beaten By Railway Cops

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday June 13, 2019

A journalist is punched, slapped and abused by a group of policemen as he pleads with them to stop, in a video from western Uttar Pradesh. The journalist said a group of Railway Police personnel locked him up and abused him last night when he went to cover the derailment of a train in Shamli district.

Rahul Gandhi Condemns Arrest Of UP Journalists, BJP Cites Karnataka "Hypocrisy"

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday June 11, 2019

A post by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi condemning the arrest of journalists by Uttar Pradesh authorities on defamation charges sparked off a war of words on social media today, with the BJP calling him "hypocritical" for overlooking similar actions by his party's coalition government with the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) in Karnataka.

US Not Covering Up Journalist Khashoggi's Murder: Mike Pompeo

World News | Reuters | Tuesday February 12, 2019

The United States is still probing the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today, as US lawmakers continued to demand stronger US action to punish the perpetrators.

Kolkata Top Cop Wants 10 Days To Evaluate Why His Men Beat Up Journalists

Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Wednesday May 24, 2017

Kolkata's Police Commissioner asked for 10 days to investigate the attack on journalists during a Left protest in the city on Monday after journalists held a protest march on Tuesday. At least 15 media persons were injured when police caned them during the protest.

Journalist Shot Dead in Uttar Pradesh, Third Incident in 4 Months

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 5, 2015

A journalist was shot dead by motorcycle-borne gunmen in Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh, in the third such incident in four months in the state.

Family of UP Journalist Who Died of Burns No Longer Wants CBI Inquiry

India News | Reported by Kamal Khan, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday June 22, 2015

The family of a journalist who died after being set on fire in Uttar Pradesh no longer wants the CBI to investigate the murder that was allegedly ordered by a state minister as revenge for the reporter's exposes on him.

For UP Journalist Set on Fire, Supreme Court Issues Notice to Centre and State

India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Monday June 22, 2015

The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government on a petition seeking CBI probe into death journalist Jagendra Singh.

UP Journalist's Death: No Sacking of Ministers Without Investigation, Says State Government

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 16, 2015

The Uttar Pradesh government said on Monday that it would not sack any of its ministers without investigation, days after a cabinet minister was accused of orchestrating the murder of a journalist in the state.

'Can't Stop the Course of Nature': UP Minister's Shocker on Journalist's Killing

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday June 15, 2015

Amid outrage and protests in Uttar Pradesh over the alleged murder of a journalist, in which a state minister is a suspect, another minister has controversially said about the incident: "You can't fight nature."

UP Minister, 5 Others Booked for Allegedly Burning Journalist to Death

Lucknow News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 9, 2015

Uttar Pradesh Minister Ram Murti Singh Verma has been booked along with five others in connection with the killing of a journalist by allegedly setting him on fire in Shahjahanpur district.

Missing UP journalist's body found in a gunny bag

Cities | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 25, 2013

The body of a local scribe who was missing since Friday, was found in a gunny bag on roadside in Chola area of Kotwali Dehat in Uttar Pradesh Bulandshahr, police said today.