Kalburgi Killed

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday directed officials to initiate measures to set up a special court to try the killings of Gauri Lankesh and MM Kalburgi for speedy disposal of the matters.

A police constable was run over by a truck carrying illegally mined sand in Karnataka's Kalburgi district Thursday evening.

A plea filed by the wife of murdered scholar and rationalist MM Kalburgi, seeking a probe by a special investigation team into his killing, will be heard by the Supreme Court today. In the last hearing on January 25, the top court had said it would not adjourn the case. "It's a very serious case and we will hear it... We are not going to adjourn th...

A Pune court on Friday granted bail to three accused in the killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar after the investigating agency, CBI failed to file its charges within the stipulated 90-day time-frame.

The Supreme Court today asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the murders of Kannada academician MM Kalburgi, journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, social worker Narendra Dabholkar and rationalist Govind Pansare if it can find a common link between them.

The same group of right-wing activists is behind the killings of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar, M M Kalburgi and journalist Gauri Lankesh, a senior police official said quoting investigation reports.

Right wing outfit Sanatan Sanstha should be treated like any other terrorist organisation if its involvement in killings of rationalists, including Narendra Dabholkar, was proved, Kavitha Lankesh, sister of slain journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, said today.

The SIT probing the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh today claimed that five suspects, arrested in connection with the case, were also involved in rationalist M M Kalburgi's killing.

It has been three months since journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her house in Bengaluru and yet, there have been no arrests for the killing. Her name now seems to be a sad addition to the roll-call of unsolved murders of people - Narendra Dhabolkar, Govind Pansare and MM Kalburgi - widely believed were killed for the views they had.

The CID will share the details of its probe into the killing of rationalist M M Kalburgi with the Special Investigation Team probing the Gauri Lankesh case, a top official said today.

Around 8 pm last night, when senior journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh stepped out of her car outside her home in Bengaluru to open the gates, seven shots were fired at her at close range. Three bullets hit her and instantly killed the 55-year-old editor renowned for speaking her mind.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed CID officials to fast track the probe into the killing of rationalist and Kannada writer MM Kalburgi at Dharwad in August 2015.

The family of Narendra Dabholkar has accused Union Minister Kiren Rijiju of "misleading" the Parliament through his statement that there is no connection between the killing of the rationalist and the murders of Kannada author MM Kalburgi and Left leader Govind Pansare.

Hitting out at Sahitya Akademi award winners who returned their laurels, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has accused them of spreading "ideological terrorism" in the country.

The families of Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and MM Kalburgi, rationalists and intellectuals whose killings have fuelled allegations of growing intolerance in the country, today demanded punishment for those that had carried out attacks against the trio.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday directed officials to initiate measures to set up a special court to try the killings of Gauri Lankesh and MM Kalburgi for speedy disposal of the matters.

A police constable was run over by a truck carrying illegally mined sand in Karnataka's Kalburgi district Thursday evening.

A plea filed by the wife of murdered scholar and rationalist MM Kalburgi, seeking a probe by a special investigation team into his killing, will be heard by the Supreme Court today. In the last hearing on January 25, the top court had said it would not adjourn the case. "It's a very serious case and we will hear it... We are not going to adjourn th...

A Pune court on Friday granted bail to three accused in the killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar after the investigating agency, CBI failed to file its charges within the stipulated 90-day time-frame.

The Supreme Court today asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the murders of Kannada academician MM Kalburgi, journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, social worker Narendra Dabholkar and rationalist Govind Pansare if it can find a common link between them.

The same group of right-wing activists is behind the killings of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar, M M Kalburgi and journalist Gauri Lankesh, a senior police official said quoting investigation reports.

Right wing outfit Sanatan Sanstha should be treated like any other terrorist organisation if its involvement in killings of rationalists, including Narendra Dabholkar, was proved, Kavitha Lankesh, sister of slain journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, said today.

The SIT probing the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh today claimed that five suspects, arrested in connection with the case, were also involved in rationalist M M Kalburgi's killing.

It has been three months since journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her house in Bengaluru and yet, there have been no arrests for the killing. Her name now seems to be a sad addition to the roll-call of unsolved murders of people - Narendra Dhabolkar, Govind Pansare and MM Kalburgi - widely believed were killed for the views they had.

The CID will share the details of its probe into the killing of rationalist M M Kalburgi with the Special Investigation Team probing the Gauri Lankesh case, a top official said today.

Around 8 pm last night, when senior journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh stepped out of her car outside her home in Bengaluru to open the gates, seven shots were fired at her at close range. Three bullets hit her and instantly killed the 55-year-old editor renowned for speaking her mind.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed CID officials to fast track the probe into the killing of rationalist and Kannada writer MM Kalburgi at Dharwad in August 2015.

The family of Narendra Dabholkar has accused Union Minister Kiren Rijiju of "misleading" the Parliament through his statement that there is no connection between the killing of the rationalist and the murders of Kannada author MM Kalburgi and Left leader Govind Pansare.

Hitting out at Sahitya Akademi award winners who returned their laurels, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has accused them of spreading "ideological terrorism" in the country.

The families of Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and MM Kalburgi, rationalists and intellectuals whose killings have fuelled allegations of growing intolerance in the country, today demanded punishment for those that had carried out attacks against the trio.