Bhawana Kishore is an Indian journalist best known for her work as an online correspondent for The Times.
Wiki/Biography
Bhawana Kishore was born on Wednesday, April 28, 1993, in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh (30 years; as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Taurus. She attended Carmel Girls International College, Gorakhpur. From 2010 to 2013, she studied International Business/Trading/Commerce at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University. From 2013 to 2014, she pursued a master’s degree in journalism and mass communication at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi.
Bhavana Kishore as a child
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 5″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Bhawana’s father’s name is Rajkishore Gupta.
Bhavana Kishore and her parents
Her brother’s name is Raja Gupta.
Bawana Kishore and her brother
reporter
From June 2014 to August 2014, Bhawana did a 3-month media output internship at News Nation, New Delhi. From January 2016 to September 2016, she started working as a Deputy Editor at the Integrated Information and Public Relations Bureau, New Delhi. In September 2016, she started working as an Assistant Producer/Anchor at iTV Network, New Delhi, where she worked until December 2018. From January 2019 to June 2021, she worked as a news reporter at Associated Broadcasting Co. Pvt Ltd (TV9), New Delhi.
Bhawana Kishore as Associated Broadcasting Co. Pvt Ltd (TV9) reporter
She started working as a Journalist at Zee Media Corporation Limited, New Delhi, from July 2021 to July 2022. She has reported on the Delhi government, AAP, social and environmental issues and women’s rights.
Bhawana Kishore as reporter at Zee Media Corporation Limited
From July 2022 to November 2022, she worked as a Senior Journalist at Network 18 Media and Investments Limited, New Delhi. In December 2022, she started working as a national correspondent at Times Network, New Delhi.
Bhawana Kishore as Times Network reporter
dispute
The Punjab Police arrested Kishore after her car hit a woman named Gagan in Ludhiana on May 5, 2023, injuring her hand. She was charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and sections 279 (rash driving), 337 (causing injury to any person endangering life of others by acting recklessly or negligently) and 427 (mischief, thereby endangering the lives of others) is registered. Indian Penal Code causing loss or damage). On May 6, 2023, the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted her interim bail. On May 7, 2023, the duty judge ordered the Superintendent of Ludhiana Central Jail to release her after signing a bail bond. She was released on May 7, Ludhiana Assistant Commissioner of Police Rajesh Sharma said in a statement. After her release, her organization Times Now Navbharat said Kishore, photographer Mrityunjay and a driver were arrested by Ludhiana police on charges of rash driving and insulting Dalits. The group also claims she was arrested in her car by male police officers and denied legal and telephone contact, and was arrested after sunset. According to the channel, they were invited to cover an AAP political program hosted by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwat Mann in Ludhiana. They claimed that this group of women were “motivated AAP workers”. On May 10, 2023, High Court Judge AG Masih granted her bail. The AAP government has denied the allegations and said the police case against her was not politically motivated.
Facts/Trivia
- When she was arrested by Punjab police in May 2023 for allegedly beating a woman with a car and making derogatory remarks about her, the police’s actions were condemned by many journalists. In a statement by the Editors’ Association, the FIR’s booking of her at the Ludhiana police station “appeared to be excessive and hasty”.
- AAP leader Atishi commented on the incident and said that no one is above the law and police and the matter should be left to the courts.
- The Chandigarh Press Club also issued a statement on the incident, saying there were no female police officers at the time of her arrest and she was not allowed to reveal the matter to her family. In the statement, it further said,
If a person is hit by a car, under which law is the passenger booked? How did people know the caste of the complainant and use derogatory language against his caste? Which of these three people used such language to explain specifically? “
- On May 10, 2023, she was released on bail. After her release, she recounted her time in prison and said she was required to use the restroom with the door open. In an interview, she spoke about this and said:
I wasn’t feeling well, so I ate [they gave]. The driver and cameraman also ate a little. I drank a lot of water because I was nervous. When I went to the bathroom, there were 2-3 female police officers accompanying me.The police station has no electricity or water [I was kept in]. I was allowed to use the hospital restroom where there were clothes stained with blood. I feel like I’m going to throw up. I saw dead bodies in the hospital late at night. If I think about it again, I feel the same way again. “
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