RTI activist, friend shot dead in Bihar
Patna, July 1: A Right to Information (RTI) activist and his friend were shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Jamui district, police said.
This is third such crime in the last three months.
Valmiki Yadav and his friend Karu Yadav were attacked by motorcycle-borne assailants near Bichwe village in Sikandra police station area, a district police official said.
Yadav is said to have exposed several rackets and financial irregularities in the public welfare schemes and developmental works in the district.
An RTI activist was shot dead in Vaishali district in April whereas another RTI activist was shot dead in East Champaran district last month.
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India offers condolences over Khamenei's death; Foreign Secretary Misri visits Iran embassy
New Delhi (PTI): India on Thursday condoled the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri conveying to the Iranian ambassador New Delhi's message of sympathy.
Misri visited the Iranian embassy and signed the condolence book on behalf of the government of India.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) also released photograph of the foreign secretary's conversation with Iranian envoy to India Mohammad Fathali.
Khamenei was killed in an Israel-US strike on February 28.
Though India called for resolution of the West Asia crisis through dialogue and diplomacy, it chose not to react to Khamenei's killing.
Misri's visit to the Iranian embassy and signing of the condolence book assumed significance as several opposition parties had criticised the government for not reacting to Khamenei's death.
