Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government today announced to set up a Special Court to hear the high-profile murder cases of prominent Kannada researcher Prof. M.M. Kalburgi and journalist Gauri Lankesh, This follows a letter by Kavitha Lankesh, sister of Gauri Lankesh, expressing concern about the prolonged delay in trial and to appoint a full-time Judge and…
Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT files first chargesheet
May 31, 2018Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Karnataka Police to investigate the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh is close to solving the case. Four more persons linked to the radical right-wing outfit Sanathan Sanstha and its sister outfit Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to kill rationalist-writer Prof….
Gauri Lankesh Murder Case: Man from Maddur taken into custody
March 3, 2018Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh has taken Naveen Kumar alias Hotte Manja, 37, hailing from Maddur near Mandya into custody for questioning yesterday evening.Naveen is the first person to be taken into custody, suspected to have direct links to the Gauri murder case, but Police claimed that…
Gauri Lankesh murder: Police deny media reports, say no arrests made
February 24, 2018Bengaluru/ Mandya: Rebuffing reports in the media, the Bengaluru Police late yesterday night clarified that no arrests were made in connection with the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead in September 2017. Reports by news channels and print media had claimed that K.T. Naveen and Hotte Manja, members of Hindu Yuva Sena…
Gauri Lankesh’s brother for CBI probe into her murder
January 30, 2018Bengaluru: Murdered journalist Gauri Lankesh’s brother Indrajit Lankesh said yesterday that he would move the Karnataka High Court demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into her death. Unidentified persons shot dead Gauri outside her home in Bengaluru on Sept. 5, 2017. “It has been five months since Gauri’s death,” Indrajit Lankesh told the…
Botany & Zoology Clubs inaugurated at City Zoo
November 13, 2017Mysuru: As part of the 125th-anniversary celebrations of Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popularly known as the Mysuru Zoo, Scion of the Mysore Royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar inaugurated the Botany and Zoology Clubs at the Zoo here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion at a function organised at the Amphitheatre in the Zoo premises, Yaduveer…
Police get clue of Gauri Lankesh killers?
October 31, 2017Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is investigating the murder of Journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead in front of her house at Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru on Sept.5, is said to have got some clue of the killers. The murderers are said to be professional killers, who are involved in over 25 killings,…
SIT releases two sketches of Gauri killers
October 14, 2017Bengaluru: Two main suspects have been identified in the murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh, officers of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to probe the case said this morning and released three sketches. Two of these sketches are based on different descriptions of the same suspect. “Two male suspects have been identified based…
Anti-PM views: Pratap Simha hits back at Prakash Rai
October 4, 2017Mysuru: BJP leader and Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha came down heavily on noted actor Prakash Rai (Prakash Raj) for questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not reacting to the murder of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh who was killed in front of her house on Sept. 5. Responding to the statement of Rai calling Prime…
Have vital clues about Gauri Lankesh killers: Home Minister
October 3, 2017Chikkaballapur: Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy said here yesterday that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh had ‘definite clue’ and has identified those who carried out the murder! Speaking to press persons, Reddy said that “we have got vital clues about the killers, but are waiting to get proper evidence…
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