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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicJournalist murder

Topic: Journalist murder

How call details, CCTV footage & air ticket led cops to Mukesh Chandrakar murder accused

Mukesh’s call records helped police pinpoint his final location before they discovered his body in a freshly-covered septic tank on a contractor’s premises.

‘Nicknamed JNU, paid the price for exposing truth’. Bijapur journalists remember Mukesh Chandrakar

Mukesh was a household name in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, known for his reporting on Maoist violence, civic issues, and as someone who never let anything stop him from chasing a story.

SIT to probe murder of Chhattisgarh-based freelance journalist Mukesh Chandrakar

Cops take 3 into custody for questioning; Editors Guild terms incident ‘deeply disturbing’. Mukesh Chandrakar, who ran YouTube channel Bastar Junction, went missing Wednesday.

Al Jazeera to send legal file to International Criminal Court over killing of cameraman in Gaza

Samer Abu Daqqa was killed by a drone strike while reporting on the bombing of a school used as a shelter for displaced people in Gaza.

Delhi court convicts 4 for 2008 murder of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, all 5 under MCOCA

The fifth accused, Ajay Sethi, was convicted for offence of receiving stolen property. Soumya’s mother says verdict will act as deterrent for looters.

These 5 journalists were killed in India in 2021. 4 ‘murdered’, 1 died on dangerous assignment

Watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists says India has highest number of journalists who were killed in 'retribution' for their work this year. ThePrint tracks the cases, and where they stand.

4 journalists ‘murdered’ in India for their work in 2021, most in world, says media watchdog

It’s been a ‘bleak year’ for press freedom worldwide, record 293 journalists jailed, 24 killed, says survey report by US-based Committee to Protect Journalists.

Pakistan is mourning another journalist death. One who exposed illegal hunting by Arab VIPs

In a video Nazim Jokhio had posted online speaking in Urdu, he said, “I am not scared. I am getting threats and I will not apologise.”

4 years, 4 charge sheets, 17 arrests later, trial yet to begin in Gauri Lankesh murder case

Progress in the case currently hinges on the Supreme Court's decision on a plea filed by Lankesh's sister, Kavitha, challenging the Karnataka HC's decision to quash KCOCA charges against an accused.

Why a journalist’s murder in 2017 has led Malta PM Joseph Muscat to resign now

PM Joseph Muscat’s decision came after he received flak over inquiry into murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, who probed corruption among country’s political & business elite.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.