Mm Kalburgi

MM Kalburgi killing: SC slams Karnataka govt for 'doing nothing and just fooling around', asks for status report in two weeks

Scholar and epigraphist, MM Kalburgi, was shot dead in broad daylight at his residence in Kalyan Nagar in Dharwad, Karnataka, on 30 August 2015.

Crime syndicate comprising 18 members plotted Gauri Lankesh's murder and identified her as 'durjan', says SIT

Gauri Lankesh's murder an organised crime, journalist killed for her anti-Hindutva ideology, says SIT chargesheet

The SIT submitted the 9,235-page charge sheet on Gauri Lankesh's murder in the Principal Civil and Sessions court in Bengaluru Friday.

Narendra Dabholkar murder: Pune court grants CBI 45-day extension to file chargesheet against six accused

A court on Saturday granted a 45-day extension to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a charge sheet against two of the six accused in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case. Dabholkar, a well-known anti-superstition activist, was shot dead in Pune on 20 August 2013

Narendra Dabholkar murder: CBI invokes terror charges against accused, gets 90-day extension to file charges

The CBI made a submission to this effect before Judicial Magistrate (First Class) SMA Sayyad here in Maharashtra on Monday. "The central probing agency told the court that it has invoked sections 15 and 16 (acts of terror) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against the accused persons," public prosecutor Vijaykumar Dhakane said.

'I'm giving them a clean chit': Chief of BJP ally MGP says Sanatan Sanstha not behind killing of rationalists

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party chief Dipak Dhavalikar said the Sanatan Sanstha does good work, but there are some people who want to project it as a group of wrongdoers.

Congress urges Goa governor Mridula Sinha to act against 'sanatani' organisations operating in state

The Goa Congress claimed that several people arrested recently in connection with the murder of rationalists and activists (in Maharashtra and Karnataka) were connected to such right-wing organisations.

Goa Congress demands ban on Sanatan Sanstha, says organisation that 'kills people to eliminate their ideology has no right to continue'

Police in Maharashtra and Karnataka have nabbed members of the Sanatan Sanstha in connection with the murders of rationalists Govind Pansare, MM Kalburgi, Gauri Lankesh and others.

Gauri Lankesh murder: Karnataka SIT searches for 5 more suspects, officials say they are based in Goa, Maharashtra

As the SIT started cracking the murder of Gauri Lankesh, leading to the arrest of key players in the killing of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and MM Kalburgi, it discovered the wide network of Sanatan Sanstha

Daily Bulletin: SC hearing on Kerala floods today; CEC OP Rawat rules out possibility of simultaneous polls, and other top stories

The Supreme Court hearing on Kerala floods is scheduled for 11.30 am on Friday. The Kerala government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the sudden release of water from the Mullaperiyar dam by the Tamil Nadu government was one of the reasons for the massive floods in the state