The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed dismay at the second murder of a journalist in India this month and urged the country’s government to ensure that those responsible for the deaths are brought to justice. Sandeep Kothari, a journalist from the Madhya Pradesh state in India, was found dead Saturday night after having been […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) called on Indian authorities to conduct thorough probes into two recent incidents in the state of Uttar Pradesh in which one journalist was beaten and dragged behind a motorcycle and another was burned to death during a police raid on his home. Journalist said that on Saturday he was lured […]

The International Press Institute (IPI)’s Indian National Committee on Friday presented its 2014 Award for Excellence in Journalism to daily newspaper Hindustan Times and weekly newsmagazine The Week at a ceremony in Delhi. The Committee honoured the Hindustan Times for an investigation by Harinder Baweja into acid attacks on women in India. The Week garnered its award […]

The recent attack and gang-rape of an Indian journalist who was on assignment in the northern state of Uttar Pardesh underscores the dangers faced by female reporters, an editor of The Hindu told IPI in an interview. The 30-year-old employee of a Haridwar-based Hindu newspaper was reportedly seized on March 27 by three men driving […]