The court has adjourned the hearing to June 6 for objections, if any to the plea, to be filed. The trial will be held from July 4 to July 8 and for a week every month.
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Gauri Lankesh murder suspect nabbed from Jharkhand’s Dhanbad
One more suspect in the murder case of senior Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh has been arrested
Remembering journalist-turned-activist Gauri Lankesh on her birth anniversary
They say that a pen is mightier than the sword. However, according to The Press Freedom Index, India ranks as one of those places where journalists find themselves amidst life-threatening situations. Despite the upsurge in violence, journalists have continued to make their mark on the society. Gauri Lankesh was one[Read More…]
Gauri Lankesh murder case: SIT takes former Shiv Sena councillor in custody
Former Shiv Sena Corporator Shrikant Pangarkar taken has been taken under custody by the special investigating team probing Gauri Lankesh murder. 42-year-old Pangarkar was arrested by the Maharashtra ATS in a terrorism case last month. Upon demand, he was produced before the court of principal session judge in Bengaluru by[Read More…]
Watch: Guarantee no attack on critics of government: Umar Khalid to Modi
A day after he survived an attack on his life in the heart of the capital, JNU scholar Umar Khalid on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to assure in his Independence Day speech that critics of the government won’t be targeted. “Modiji, you had asked for suggestions for your IDay speech.[Read More…]
Goa government gone soft on Sanatan Sanstha: writer Damodar Mauzo
Panaji: Goa-based Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer Damodar Mauzo, who was last week given police security following death-threats by alleged killers of Bengaluru-based writer Gauri Lankesh, on Wednesday said the state government has gone soft on the Sanatan Sanstha, headquartered in the coastal state. Why has this happened today? When in[Read More…]
Christians attacked in MP over alleged conversion, 30 detained
Right-wing Hindutva activists attacked Catholic carol singers in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district and also set a priest’s car ablaze, accusing them of religious conversion. The police detained over 30 members of the Catholic choir group, including priests. The incident occurred on Thursday evening. Instead of taking action against the attackers,[Read More…]
Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT releases suspects’ sketch; says ‘not biased’
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) released the sketches of suspects who may have killed journalist and activist, Gauri Lankesh. “Based on the information, we made sketches. We want people to cooperate and hence we are releasing the sketches,” SIT Chief, BK Singh said. There was no bias in the probe[Read More…]
We know who killed Gauri Lankesh: Karnataka govt
The killers of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh have been identified, said Karnataka government on Tuesday. “We know who it is,” home minister, Ramalinga Reddy told NDTV. However, it refused to divulge the details saying, broadcasting more information could jeopardize the case. “We have got clues, but we cannot tell[Read More…]
Former The Indian Express editor KJ Singh, his mother found dead
Days after Gauri Lankesh brutal murder, another journalist KJ Singh and his 92-year-old mother have been found killed at their residence in Mohali in Punjab. The police suspect Singh and his mother, Gurcharan Kaur, were murdered. A senior journalist, Singh was a former news editor at The Indian Express. Senior[Read More…]
BJP sends legal notice to Ramachandra Guha over statement on Gauri Lankesh murder
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sent a legal notice to historian Ramachandra Guha on Monday for his comment after the murder of Journalist Gauri Lankesh. The noted historian had alleged the killers of Lankesh could be from Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). Guha had said that the climate of hate and intolerance[Read More…]
Surat man followed by PM: ‘Never heard of Gauri Lankesh, people gave it a political angle’
Surat garments trader, Nikhil Dadhich, who is being followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter and whose tweet on killing of Bengaluru journalist, Gauri Lankesh was in the headlines for the same reason said it was a normal tweet and he does not know why PM follows him. Dadhich[Read More…]
If incidents like Lankesh‘s murder keep happening, it’s not my India: AR Rahman
Popular music composer, AR Rahman on Friday said if incidents like journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh‘s murder keep happening, it’s not his India. Expressing his views on Lankesh’s killing in Bengaluru, Rahman said, “I am so so sad about that. I hope these things don’t happen in India. If these things happen[Read More…]
After Gauri Lankesh’s murder, journalist Sagarika Ghose receives threat on Facebook
After senior journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at her home by unknown assailants in Bengaluru, Delhi Police’s cyber cell on Thursday registered an FIR against a man who has openly threatened journalist Sagarika Ghose on Facebook. According to a senior police officer, the man has openly threatened to eliminate[Read More…]
Gauri would be alive if she hadn’t written against RSS, BJP: Karnataka BJP MLA
BJP MLA from Karnataka, DN Jeevaraj, on Thursday generated much controversy by stating that senior journalist, Gauri Lankesh, was killed for writing against the right wingers. While flagging off a BJP Yuva Morcha rally, Jeevaraj suggested that Gauri was killed because she published a story with the headline “Chaddigala Marana[Read More…]
Gauri Lankesh murder: CCTV shows how the killing takes place
After journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot three times, she tried to run into her house in Bengaluru but failed. She collapsed outside, where neighbours who heard the gunshots found her lying in a pool of blood. The killing, which has outraged journalists, activists, and citizens, was reportedly recorded by security[Read More…]
Being a woman is a strong security for me: Gauri Lankesh
Being a woman is a strong security for me: Gauri Lankesh It was Gauri’s self-confidence two decades back. But.. “Even the stringent opponents of my father cannot fire the same quantum of salvo against me. It is because of the fact that I am a woman. And my womanhood is[Read More…]
US Mission condemns killing of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh
The US Mission in India has condemned the killing of senior journalist, Gauri Lankesh. “The US Mission joins advocates of press freedom in India and world-wide in condemning the murder of respected journalist, Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru. We offer our sincere condolence to the family, friends, and colleagues of Ms[Read More…]
Anybody who speaks against BJP, RSS is pressurised, and even killed: Rahul Gandhi on Gauri Lankesh’s murder
Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the killing of senior Kannada journalist-activist, Gauri Lankesh. “It is a philosophy…anybody who speaks against the ideology of BJP and RSS, is pressurised, beaten, attacked and even killed”, Gandhi said. “People say that the PM[Read More…]
Gauri Lankesh murder: Protests to be carried out across country, Tharoor, Irani offer condolence
Ever since senior journalist, Gauri Lankesh, was shot dead outside her home on Tuesday evening, there have been protests and candle light vigils. Several people protested at Rajarajeshwari Nagar through the night demanding justice for the journalist. A candlelight vigil was also held in Karnataka’s Gulbarga for Lankesh on Tuesday[Read More…]
Senior journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh shot dead at home in Bengaluru
Senior journalist and activist, Gauri Lankesh was killed by unidentified assailants at the entrance of her home in Bengaluru West on Tuesday evening. Reportedly, four bullets were fired into the editor of the Kannada weekly Lankesh Patrike at her doorstep. The incident happened at around 8 pm after she had[Read More…]