The shot ended Angel Gahona’s commentary, sending him tumbling down the steps in front of the building. He then lay prone as people screamed his name and rushed to help, the footage showed. read more

The curbs included several articles being pulled off media websites in Pakistan, removal of online editions of published articles and one media house even asking its anchors to stop doing live shows. read more

British Prime Minister Theresa May (R), speaks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their bilateral meeting at 10 Downing Street, London. Modi arrived in London early on Wednesday to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) as he looks to enhance India’s role in multilateral organisations. He is the first Indian PM to attend the meet in nearly a decade.

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TVR Shenoy, who was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2003, contributed to several national and international newspapers and websites and wrote on issues ranging from politics, economy to international affairs. read more

A 15-year-old rape victim got her parents booked, claiming they accepted a bribe from the accused to force her to withdraw her statement in court. The girl was allegedly raped by two men in Delhi’s Aman Vihar area in August 2017 According to media reports, one of the accused who was out on interim bail, approached the girl’s parents on April 8 and offered them Rs 20 lakh to which they readily agreed. The girl’s mother was arrested following her complaint while the father is on the run. (HT)read more

Swathi Vadlamudi said she had chosen the cartoon to express her views and it was her fundamental right to do so. read more

The Ghaziabad police arrested five on Monday including one of the two sharp shooters who allegedly attacked journalist Anuj Chaudhary outside his house on the evening of April 8 at Rajapur. read more

In August 2017, S Nihal Singh had promised to pay another visit to Chandigarh Press Club; it is not to be; A recall of the two days in the company of a consummate editor who prided himself in his ability to say NO read more

S Nihal Singh had worked with several leading newspapers including The Indian Express, The Statesman and Khaleej Times. read more

Doctors said that the next 5-6 days will be critical for Anuj Chaudhary, the Ghaziabad journalist read more

30-year-old Yasser Murtaja was killed by Israeli firing while he was covering the protest at the Gaza-Israel border. Along with him, eight other Palestinians were shot dead. The Israeli military claims that they opened fire when the protesters tried to breach the border. Thousands of Palestinians have been protesting at the border for the right of the Palestinian refugees to return. On the first day of the protest, 16 Palestinians were killed when Israeli soldiers opened live fire. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called on the United Nations to provide international protection. (HT Correspondent)read more

A journalist was shot by two unidentified gunmen inside his home in Ghaziabad on Sunday evening. The assailants came on a motorcycle and forced their way into his home, shooting him in the stomach and right hand. Anuj Chaudhary, a journalist with Hindi newspaper Rashtriya Sahara, is currently being treated in a hospital and is said to be stable. (HT)read more

A protester holds a Palestinian flag on top of tires to be burned during an ongoing protest next to Gaza’s border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. Palestinian activists chanted “death is better than humiliation” as they stacked old tires that were burned in hope that resulting clouds of black smoke would shield demonstrators from Israeli snipers.

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The man’s family alleged that a jailed criminal with whom the journalist had run-ins before could be behind the crime. read more