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ON August 8, 2020, ten Muslim women from Subhash Mohalla in Delhi went to the Bhajanpura police station to make the police register a first information report on their complaint that some men had tried to foment communal tension in their locality on August 5. Two of the women and a 16-year-old girl, who went inside the police station, later alleged that the officers had manhandled and molested them. The officers denied the allegations. Two journalists, Shahid Tantray of Caravan magazine and freelancer Prabhjit Singh, who visited the police station, said something had happened to the girl. �...

Naveen Patnaik declares working journalists as Covid warriors BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday declared working journalists in the state as frontline Covid warriors and emphasized on their early vaccination. The decision will benefit around 7,000 people in the profession. Approving a proposal to this effect, Naveen said, “Working journalists are doing a great service to the state by providing seamless news feed, making people aware of issues related to Covid-19 in such trying times. They are a great support in our war against Covid-19.” The announcement came in the w...

Marutirao Tandle passes away Updated: Updated: Share Article The Hindu, for over 40 years, died in Bidar on Monday. He was 80. He died in the Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital after a few days of sickness. He was fit and lean and was working till the last week. Deputy Commissioner R. Ramachandran had visited him in hospital on Sunday. His love for photography was so deep that he rejected offers of a government job in Hyderabad. He began as an apprentice with a studio and soon began covering news events in Bidar district, Hyderabad and parts of Telangana bordering Karnataka. He had...

Killings, attacks and intimidation: Journalism under fire across borders Illustration: Noor Us Safa Anik For the first time, media organisations in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Nepal are coming together to report about the killings, attacks, harassment, and intimidation of journalists in these South Asian countries. It is the first such collaboration by media outlets in the region.   By Nirmal Jovial On the evening of August 8, 2020, ten women from Subhash Mohalla in North East Delhi proceeded to the Bhajanpura police station to make the police register a first information report on a co...

Representative image NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that an undertrial prisoner’s right to life does not diminish even a wee bit when in jail as an accused for an offence and said such a person’s health concerns have to be taken care of by the state and, if not done so, by the judiciary. This ruling was handed down by a bench of CJI N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and A S Bopanna directing the Uttar Pradesh government to shift arrested journalist Siddique Kappan to a government hospital in Delhi. The UP government had opposed the move tooth and nail saying admitting Kappan to ...