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Journalist Palki Sharma quits Firstpost, set to launch her own venture

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2026

Journalist Palki Sharma, one of the most prominent and widely followed news anchors in India, has stepped down from her position as Managing Editor...

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EGI, Press Club outrage after police summon ‘journalists’ who spread propaganda against terror financing linked to mosques and madrasas? Here’s what we know so...

Amit Kelkar - 22 January, 2026

The outrage over journalists being summoned in Kashmir for reporting on a possible counter-terror financing exercise involving mosques and madrasas

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Bengaluru police arrest ‘journalist’ for attempting to extort ₹15 lakhs from cops, accused wanted to see Rahul Gandhi as the next Prime Minister

OpIndia Staff - 31 December, 2025

Bengaluru 'journalist' Sharath Sharma Kalagaru was arrested for trying to extort ₹15 lakh from three suspended cops over a ₹1.2 crore drug bust. He threatened to expose their drug links on TV, recorded calls led to FIR. LinkedIn lists him at Dainik Bhaskar; he praised Rahul Gandhi as next PM.

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Kolkata: Man abuses female journalist for talking to residents in New Town for report on SIR, threatens to pour hot water on her

OpIndia Staff - 6 November, 2025

A female journalist working with Rashtriya TV Bangla was abused and threatened by a resident at Kolkata for visiting an area in Kolkata to...

Taliban invites women journalists for conference in Delhi after backlash over female exclusion during first press meet

OpIndia Staff - 12 October, 2025

After facing widespread criticism for excluding women journalists from his first press conference, Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will now hold a second...

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Bangladesh: veteran journalist Bibhuranjan Sarkar found dead a day after he went missing, had sent his ‘final article’ to news portal before leaving home

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2025

Veteran Bangldaeshi journalist-columnist Bibhuranjan Sarkar, who went missing a day ago, was found dead on Friday

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Supreme Court orders release of journalist Kommineni Srinivasa Rao, who was arrested by Andhra Police after a panellist on his show called Amaravati the...

OpIndia Staff - 13 June, 2025

The court warned Rao not to involve himself in any defamatory statement or allow anyone to make such statements on his show.

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Canadian investigative journalist assaulted by Khalistan supporters in Vancouver, warns of rising extremism

OpIndia Staff - 8 June, 2025

He further warned that organisations including the World Sikh Organisation (WSO) offer political cover within Canada. He said, “Their executives include current and former MPs and ministers, who have spread influence across Canadian institutions.”

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