Senior Kannada journalist and social activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on Tuesday night by unidentified men at her residence, police said. She was 55.


Senior journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Bengaluru (Fifth Lead)


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Senior Kannada weekly tabloid Editor and social activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on Tuesday night by unidentified men at her residence, police said. She was 55.


Senior Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Bengaluru (Fourth Lead, with Image)



Senior Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Bengaluru (Third Lead, with Image)


Senior Kannada journalist and social activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on Tuesday night by unidentified men at her residence here, police said.


Senior journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Bengaluru


Senior Kannada journalist and social activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on Tuesday night by unidentified men at her house here, said police.


Senior journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead



Senior journalist shot dead in Bengaluru


A Paris court has awarded 100,000 euros (92,000 pounds) to Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine Middleton in damages after ruling that topless pictures of her published in a French magazine in 2012 were an "invasion of their privacy".


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Twitter's new terms of service that apparently allow other companies to re-publish content on its platform without any compensation have sparked widespread online criticism.


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Authorities in Hong Kong on Tuesday replaced a 24-hours BBC World Service radio channel, that has been running for 39 years, with China National Radio's Mandarin-language broadcast.


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A radio channel has partnered with the Lucknow Metro to play customised content across all metro stations, an official of the channel told IANS on Tuesday as the metro began its inaugural run.


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Two teenage girls, suspected to be playing the macabre online game Blue Whale Challenge, were interrogated and counselled in West Bengal, police said on Thursday.


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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called on Turkey to release German citizens held in pre-trial detention without justification and urged Ankara to respect the principles of the rule of law.


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Twitter on Monday launched a new media agency programme named "#TweetToTheTop", dedicated to young media executives.

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