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Accused in Gauri Lankesh murder case wins municipal election in Maharashtra

Shrikant Pangarkar, an accused in the 2017 murder of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh, has won a seat in the Jalna Municipal Corporation election in Maharashtra as an independent candidate.

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South Central 42: Kavitha’s exit from BRS, states push back on GST

In this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna discuss K Kavitha’s suspension and resignation from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) after she claimed that her cousins Harish Rao and Santosh were responsible for corruption in the Kaleshwaram project. They are joined by political and policy consultant Tara…

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Gauri Lankesh case: Govt and judicial inaction, bureaucratic delays slow down trial

Eight years after activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh was killed on September 5, 2017, the trial is progressing at a snail’s pace. Lapses by both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress governments and the judiciary have led to inordinate delays.

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‘Threatened not to identify accused’: Witness in Gauri Lankesh murder trial

One of the key witnesses testifying in the trial of Gauri Lankesh’s alleged killers has told the court that he was threatened and warned not to identify the accused. The police have said they are taking “all appropriate measures” to protect all the witnesses in the case. However, an FIR…

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Woman’s body found in suitcase in Bengaluru, husband detained; Click for inside story...

The deceased has been identified as Gauri Anil Sambrekar alias Gauri Khedekar of Maharashtra. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gauri Lankesh murder case: Last accused in custody granted relief, all 17 facing trial out on bail

A Bengaluru court granted bail to yet another accused in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, reported Bar and Bench.

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Murders, drugs, arms, Sanatan Sanstha ‘a holy cow for cops’: Pansare family’s letter after HC direction

In a 68-page letter to the Maharashtra ATS, the family of slain rationalist Govind Pansare has submitted “evidence” from police documents to point to a strategic plan allegedly by the Hindutva outfit Sanatan Sanstha to kill rationalists and intellectuals in Maharashtra and Karnataka. It alleged negligence on part of investigators…

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The verdict in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case | Explained

Narendra Dabholkar murder case: Special CBI Court sentences Dabholkar's murderers to life imprisonment, acquits masterminds due to lack of evidence - The Hindu explains.

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Murder and motive: on the Narendra Dabholkar murder case

Governments, also in Maharashtra and Karnataka, must show greater political will in combating threats to independent thinkers and activists

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No diversity, govt dependent, paying the price: State of the media at event in memory of Gauri Lankesh

“Maybe the killers of Gauri Lankesh were angry that a woman was questioning the Hindutva ideology. This shows how much danger women journalists are in for merely doing their job,” said Meena Kotwal, founder of digital news platform Mooknayak.

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SC issues notice over plea challenging bail to Gauri Lankesh murder accused

The Supreme Court has issued a notice over a petition challenging the Karnataka High Court’s decision to grant bail to an accused in journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder case, LiveLaw reported.

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Kavita Lankesh and SIT to appeal in Supreme Court

Gauri Lankesh’s sister Kavita Lankesh and the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Gauri Lankesh murder case have decided to file separate special leave petitions (SLPs) challenging the bail granted to Mohan Nayak

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Gauri Lankesh murder case: Karnataka High Court grants bail to Mohan Nayak

The High Court of Karnataka has granted bail to Mohan Nayak N,, who is arraigned as Accused Number 11 in the murder of editor-activist Gauri Lankesh, on the grounds that the trial has been delayed for no fault of his and that it might not be completed any time soon

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Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Karnataka Today newsletter: State to begin crediting ₹2,000 as partial drought relief to farmers’ accounts, and more

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CM directs Home Secretary to take steps on setting up special court to try Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh cases

While senior writer and a doyen of Kannada research M.M. Kalburgi was killed on August 30, 2015, at his residence in Dharwad, police filed a chargesheet in 2018-19.

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Threat letters: Gauri Lankesh case accused had befriended the writer, say investigating agencies

The threat-letter writer, who harassed several prominent writers of the State for over a year, was finally arrested this September. It has now emerged that the accused, Shivaji Rao Jadhav, 41, from Davangere, was befriended by Sujith Kumar, who allegedly worked as a recruiter for the gang that allegedly killed…

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Justice will be done to Gauri Lankesh when her killers are convicted: CM

Chief Min. Siddaramaiah vows justice for Gauri Lankesh; expresses confidence in strong evidence in chargesheet. He condemns forces behind her killing, writing of threat letters & moral policing. Cites her fight for communal harmony & refusal to seek personal favours. Shailaja Teacher & Angela Rangad speak of struggle to save…

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Gauri Lankesh murder: Family unhappy with slow pace of trial, activists propose special fast track court

Journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh was murdered in Bengaluru in September 2017, and the trial began in March 2022.

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‘Prepare for death’: In Karnataka, a string of letters targeting progressive writers and liberals

Several prominent Kannada writers have been receiving threats via post since April last year. The letters are handwritten, and the writing seems similar, according to writers who spoke to this reporter.

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Separate police team to be formed look into threat letters to writers in Karnataka

Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Tuesday said a high-level probe would be ordered into the episode of some Kannada writers getting threat letters and also announced that security would be provided to them.

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As country celebrates freedom, over 20 writers in Karnataka live under security cover, over threats to their lives

As the nation celebrates freedom, ironically, over 20 writers in Karnataka have been living under round-the-clock police security for years now

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Author K.R. Meera on what connects her latest book ‘Assassin’ to journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder in 2017

K.R. Meera's new book, Assassin, is her most ambitious novel to date. Set against real-life events such as the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, the protagonist turns detective to find her assassin, while the author slips in hard truths between the folds of fiction. Writing it was painful, as it…

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Revealed: the US adviser who tried to swing Nigeria’s 2015 election

Sam Patten, an American consultant later mired in controversy, exploited emails obtained by Tal Hanan’s team

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 259: Tax survey on BBC, Gauri Lankesh’s murder

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit and freelance award-winning journalist Srishti Jaswal.

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