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6 Years After Narendra Dhabolkar’s Assassination, Masterminds Remain Free
18 Aug 2019
While chargesheets against accused Amol Kale, Amit Digwekar and Rajesh Bangera are still pending, the permission to search for the weapon used has only been granted recently.
Yogesh S
Murders of Rationalists : Why the Delay in Getting to Evidence?
17 Jun 2019
The SIT of Karnataka and the CBI, after nine months, are still waiting for permission from the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change to get into Vasai Creek in lookout for the gun used…
Yogesh S
Is the Probe into Pansare’s Murder Just Skimming the Surface?
14 Jun 2019
Why are Santan Sanstha and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti not being investigated?
Yogesh S
Who Killed Kalburgi? Four Years Later Question Still Remains
07 Jun 2019
Amol Kale, the former convenor of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, was presented in a court in Dharwad on June 6 by the SIT investigating into the Kannada scholar’s assassination.
Indian Cultural Forum
“The Return of Awards in 2015 Still Rattles Those in Power”
07 May 2019
Renowned poet Ashok Vajpeyi speaks to writer Githa Hariharan for the Indian Cultural Forum about the role of writers in speaking up against intolerance and hate politics over the last five years —…
Subhash Gatade
When ‘Strange’ Visitors Called on Ram Puniyani
12 Mar 2019
Recall Kalburgi and Shahid Azmi? There are several such unconnected looking incidents in recent times that are part of the same mindset that looks for 'internal enemies' in every dissenting voice.
Live Law
SC Directs SIT Probing Gauri Lankesh Murder to Take Over Kalburgi Case Investigation
26 Feb 2019
Petitioner Umadevi Kalburgi had alleged a common link between murders of her husband and activists Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and Gauri Lankesh.
Yogesh S
Will Maharashtra Govt Keep Its Word and Investigate Sanatan Sanstha?
25 Oct 2018
Most recently, the Hindu extremist group has been accused of playing the mastermind behind the political assassinations of rationalists Dabholkar, Pansare, Kalburgi and Lankesh.
Yogesh S
Sanatan Sanstha and its Saviours
18 Sep 2018
The Maharashtra police has said that the SS was behind the political assassinations of Dabholkar, Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh.
Yogesh S
Assassination of Dr Kalburgi – A Conspiracy to Eradicate the Culture of Dissent
30 Aug 2018
August 30, 2018 marks the third death anniversary of the staunch critic of superstitions and Hindutva.