New charges for Afghan accused in journalist abduction case

An Afghan man already facing charges in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a New York Times reporter and another journalist has been charged in the killing of three American soldiers. A revised indictment against Haji Najibullah accused him of commanding the Taliban fighters behind a fatal ambush of Matthew L. Hilton,…

Press Council seeks report from UP govt on journalist killed in Lakhimpur Kheri violence

The Press Council of India Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the death of a journalist during the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3, and a sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh government on the facts of the case “at the earliest”. Raman Kashyap, 30, a local journalist from Nighasan area of Lahimpur…

Go To Taliban. Petrol Cheaper In Afghanistan’: BJP Leader To Journalist

Bhopal:  A Madhya Pradesh BJP leader triggered controversy after he told a journalist to “go to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan” after being questioned over rising fuel prices. Ramratan Payal, the district unit chief of the party in Katni, slammed the journalist for asking questions about fuel prices at a time…