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Grand Tamasha: The life, death, legacy of journalist Gauri Lankesh

A new book by journalist Rollo Romig, I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist’s Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India, recounts the extraordinary life and the tragic death of Lankesh.

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Published on Feb 24, 2025 06:46 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

Rollo Romig: “Gauri Lankesh had a talent for connecting people”

The author of ‘I Am on the Hit List’ on the journalist-activist’s assassination, and what it says about the criminalisation of dissent

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Published on Feb 22, 2025 05:10 AM IST

ByMajid Maqbool

Gauri Lankesh murder accused joins Shiv Sena ahead of Maharashtra elections

Shrikant Pangarkar, a Jalna municipal councillor of the undivided Shiv Sena between 2001 and 2006, was arrested in August 2018

On September 5, 2017, Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her home in Bengaluru(HT FILE)

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Updated on Oct 20, 2024 04:48 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Gauri Lankesh murder accused get grand welcome after release on bail: Report

Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her home by three motorcycle-borne men in Bengaluru's Rajarajeshwari Nagar on September 5, 2017.

Parshuram Waghmore and Manohar Yadve being felicitated by Hindutva activists in Karnataka's Vijayapura.(@vijaythottathil (X))

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Published on Oct 13, 2024 11:16 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Pro-Hindu groups felicitate Gauri Lankesh murder accused after bail in Karnataka

Parashuram Waghmore and Manohar Yadave, who were imprisoned for six years, were granted bail by a Bengaluru sessions court on October 9.

Gauri Lankesh, journalist and a vocal critic of the right-wing extremism was murdered in 2017. (X)

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Published on Oct 13, 2024 06:15 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Gauri Lankesh murder accused Mohan Nayak gets bail

Nayak is the first among all arrested to be granted bail.

This comes days after Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah instructed authorities to set up a special court to try the killings of both Lankesh and famous litterateur M M Kalburgi. (HT File)

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Published on Dec 09, 2023 04:04 PM IST

ByYamini C S

Siddaramaiah directs steps to set up special court to try Gauri Lankesh killing

Lankesh was killed in September, 2017 allegedly by the same gang which had shot dead famous litterateur Kalburgi 2 years earlier at his residence in Dharwad.

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah. (PTI)

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Published on Dec 07, 2023 08:25 AM IST

PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S

Karnataka orders setting up of special courts for Lankesh, Kalburgi trials

The CM issued two directives to the state’s home secretary following requests from the families of Kalburgi and Lankesh seeking expedited legal proceedings

Gauri Lankesh (55), was shot dead outside her home at Rajarajeshwarinagar in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017 (HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 07, 2023 08:26 AM IST

ByArun Dev, Bengaluru

Rahul Gandhi moves HC to quash defamation case

Rahul Gandhi has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to quash a criminal defamation case against him for linking the RSS to the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. The case was filed by an RSS worker and will be heard on December 5.

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Updated on Oct 18, 2023 07:44 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Sanatana row: FIR against YouTube channel as Prakash Raj alleges threat

Prakash Raj had said individuals who aggressively advocate for Sanatana Dharma and Hindutva are not true Hindus but rather “contractors of Hindutva”

Actor Prakash Raj has taken legal action against a YouTube channel, alleging threats to his life and the safety of his family members following his comments on Sanatana Dharma. (HT Archives)

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Updated on Sep 21, 2023 05:26 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Bengaluru

Karnataka CM: Rationalists’ murderers have same mindset as Mahatma’s killers

Siddaramaiah was speaking at a memorial event in Bengaluru to mark the sixth death anniversary of Lankesh, who was shot dead outside her Rajarajeshwarinagar home on September 5, 2017.

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Updated on Sep 06, 2023 12:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Bengaluru

6 years on, activists seek speedy trial in Lankesh murder case

Gauri Lankesh, an activist and journalist was shot dead outside her Rajarajeshwarinagar residence in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017

Six years after the assassination of activist and journalist Gauri Lankesh, her family and activists demands a faster trial. (HT Archive)

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Updated on Sep 05, 2023 01:07 AM IST

ByArun Dev

HC stops monitoring probe in Dabholkar murder case

Justice A S Gadkari and Justice P D Naik, who were hearing the petition filed by Dabholkar’s children, Mukta and Hamid Dabholkar, in 2015, requesting the HC to monitor the probe (first by the Maharashtra police and later the CBI), had concluded the hearing on March 31. It pronounced its order on Tuesday.

Advocate Abhay Nevagi for the petitioners had submitted that the murders of Dr Dabholkar, Govind Pansare, Gauri Lankesh and M M Kalburgi and the Nallasopara arms haul case were inter-connected and had one main mastermind who had not been arrested yet, and hence the HC should continue monitoring the probe which it started doing in 2015. Nevagi had submitted that it was because of the court’s monitoring and supervision that the investigation agencies had complied with all orders. (Getty Images)

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Updated on Apr 19, 2023 12:25 AM IST

ByK A Y Dodhiya

Gauri Lankesh's mother, sister join Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’

Gauri Lankesh was assassinated outside her home in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on September 5, 2017, as she was about to enter her home after returning from work.

Sister Kavitha and mother Indira of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh march with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the Karnataka.(Source: Rahul Gandhi/Twitter )

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Published on Oct 07, 2022 06:11 PM IST

ByAniruddha Dhar, New Delhi

Gauri Lankesh murder trial adjourned by court till Sept 14

The case came up before an in-charge judge of the special court for Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act, (KCOCA) cases which is hearing the trial.

Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on September 5, 2017 by two motorcycle-borne assailants near her house, triggering outrage.(Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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Published on Sep 06, 2022 10:17 AM IST

PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S

Gauri Lankesh murder trial resumes; sister Kavita records statement

Lankesh, a journalist and activist, was shot dead on the night of September 5, 2017, in front of her Rajarajeshwari Nagar home in Bengaluru.

The trial in the Gauri Lankesh murder case resumed at the special Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act (KCOCA) court in Bengaluru on Monday, with the recording of the statement of witnesses. (HT File)

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Updated on Jul 05, 2022 01:40 AM IST

ByArun Dev, Bengaluru

Gauri Lankesh murder trial begins in Karnataka

Justice CM Joshi, who is presiding over the special Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act (KCOCA) court that is hearing the case, set the guidelines for the trial on Friday.

Journalist and activisit Gauri Lankesh was murdered on September 6, 2017. (Photo by Burhaan Kinu/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on May 28, 2022 02:21 AM IST

ByArun Dev, Bengaluru

Supreme Court to hear plea of Gauri Lankesh's sister against high court order

Kavitha Lankesh insists that accused Mohan Nayak, according to an SIT probe, is part of a ‘syndicate’ responsible for multiple instances of organised crime, including the murder of her sister, as well as those of other activists such as Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare.

The murder of Gauri Lankesh triggered a massive outrage across India with citizens voicing their protests against the alleged repression of journalists and activists in the country. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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Published on Sep 08, 2021 06:51 AM IST

Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Disagree with call for RSS ban: Cong leader Singhvi

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has been critical of the RSS and is facing a defamation case in Mumbai for linking the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh with the RSS.

Abhishek Singhvi on Sunday said he disagreed with those who sought a ban on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak SanghANI Photo)

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Published on May 04, 2020 04:26 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Gauri Lankesh murder accused arrested from Jharkhand, sent to 4 days’ transit remand

The SIT, along with Dhanbad police, arrested the accused on Thursday night from the Katras area where he had been working under a false identity. The accused was produced before Dhanbad chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Arjun Saw on Friday.

Journalist Gauri Lankesh was murdered in 2017. The accused held on Thursday is the 18th person to be arrested.(Burhaan Kinu/HT File PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 11, 2020 12:57 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Dhanbad | ByPankaj Kumar

Gauri Lankesh murder accused arrested from Jharkhand’s Dhanbad

Lankesh, journalist, was shot dead on September 5, 2017 outside her house by a member of a gang that apparently planned to kill her after being inspired by a book brought out by right-wing group Sanatan Sanstha.

The SIT had found that Lankesh was killed after a conspiracy was hatched by members of a right-wing group.(Arijit Sen/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Jan 10, 2020 11:48 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Dhanbad | ByPankaj Kumar

U2 pays tribute to Smriti Irani, Gauri Lankesh at concert, Bono says ‘When women of the world unite to rewrite history as their story, that’s a beautiful day’

U2 singer Bono said at the concert, “When women of the world unite to rewrite history as their story, that’s a beautiful day. To rewrite history as her story- that’s a beautiful day.”

U2 paid tribute to Smriti Irani and many others at their maiden concert in Mumbai on Sunday.

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Updated on Aug 06, 2020 09:14 AM IST

Press Trust of India | ByPress Trust of India

Rationalists’ murders:SIT takes three into custody for Govind Pansare’s murder

The three arrested — Sachin Andure, Amit Baddi and Ganesh Mishkin — were already lodged in jails in Mumbai and Pune for the murders of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Maharashtra State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested three people in connection with the murder of veteran CPI leader Govind Pansare

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Updated on Sep 07, 2019 02:33 AM IST

Mumbai | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Pansare murder: SIT takes custody of three accused

The three arrested — Sachin Andure, Amit Baddi and Ganesh Mishkin — were already lodged in jails in Mumbai and Pune for the murders of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh.

Baddi and Mishkin were arrested by the Karnataka police SIT in connection with the 2017 murder of Lankesh, in July 2018.(HT image)

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Updated on Sep 07, 2019 01:09 AM IST

Mumbai | ByHT Correspondent

JNU presidential debate sets the tone for a three-cornered fight

Amid chants of “Jai Bheem”, “Lal Salaam”, and “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” by different students’ outfits, candidates presented their politics and promises in 15-minute speeches, in an attempt to woo around 8,500 voters. JNU students will vote to elect their new students’ union on Friday.

Students cheer during a JNU presidential debate for the students’ union election, at JNU Campus, in New Delhi on Thursday.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Sep 05, 2019 11:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKainat Sarfaraz

From the archives: ‘If Gauri Lankesh wrote in English’, says Kanhaiya Kumar on what may have saved her

Kumar was closely associated with Lankesh in the years preceding her death and she used to refer to him as her son.

Speaking at the event, Kumar said that Lankesh was against the idea of ownership and, hence, nobody could stake a claim to her.(HT image)

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Updated on Sep 06, 2020 11:05 AM IST

Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Gauri Lankesh’s second death anniversary : Investigation complete, trail set to begin

A senior police official said there were many things that the SIT achieved in its investigation that have marked a change, including the fact that it was able to file a charge sheet in the Kalburgi murder case.

The investigation employed many novel techniques in its bid to crack the case because the shadow organisation they tried to trace had made considerable changes to its approach to the murders.(HT image)

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Updated on Sep 04, 2019 09:23 PM IST

Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

SIT files Kalburgi charge sheet, finds Lankesh link

The SIT, investigating the case, stated this in a charge sheet it filed in the district court of Hubballi-Dharwad on Saturday.

The gang was allegedly inspired by a book ‘Kshatra Dharma Sadhana’ brought out by the Sanatan Sanstha, a Hindu extremist group, the SIT said.(HT image)

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Published on Aug 18, 2019 04:01 AM IST

Bengaluru | ByPress Trust of India

‘Book accused in Nallasopara arms haul case under UAPA’: Public prosecutor Sunil Gonsalves

Twelve people have been charge-sheeted by the Anti-Terrorism Squad for plotting a terror attack and possessing arms in huge quantity.

Public prosecutor Sunil Gonsalves said the group to which the accused belonged was also involved in the murders of Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare, Gauri Lankesh and MM Kalburgi.

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Updated on Jul 20, 2019 03:57 AM IST

Mumbai | ByCharul Shah

Will fight BJP 10 times harder, says Rahul after stepping down

Gandhi’s quitting has stirred unease within his party, with a string of high-profile resignations following his announcement. His sister and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said she respected his decision.

Gandhi and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury were at the court in connection with a defamation case filed by an RSS worker against them for linking the RSS with the murders of rationalists and journalist Gauri Lankesh. (HT photo by Anshuman Poyrekar)

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Updated on Jul 05, 2019 12:11 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi/Mumbai | ByHT Correspondent

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A new book by journalist Rollo Romig, I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist’s Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India, recounts the extraordinary life and the tragic death of Lankesh.

The author of ‘I Am on the Hit List’ on the journalist-activist’s assassination, and what it says about the criminalisation of dissent

Shrikant Pangarkar, a Jalna municipal councillor of the undivided Shiv Sena between 2001 and 2006, was arrested in August 2018

Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her home by three motorcycle-borne men in Bengaluru's Rajarajeshwari Nagar on September 5, 2017.

Parashuram Waghmore and Manohar Yadave, who were imprisoned for six years, were granted bail by a Bengaluru sessions court on October 9.

Nayak is the first among all arrested to be granted bail.

Lankesh was killed in September, 2017 allegedly by the same gang which had shot dead famous litterateur Kalburgi 2 years earlier at his residence in Dharwad.

The CM issued two directives to the state’s home secretary following requests from the families of Kalburgi and Lankesh seeking expedited legal proceedings

Rahul Gandhi has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to quash a criminal defamation case against him for linking the RSS to the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. The case was filed by an RSS worker and will be heard on December 5.

Prakash Raj had said individuals who aggressively advocate for Sanatana Dharma and Hindutva are not true Hindus but rather “contractors of Hindutva”

Siddaramaiah was speaking at a memorial event in Bengaluru to mark the sixth death anniversary of Lankesh, who was shot dead outside her Rajarajeshwarinagar home on September 5, 2017.

Gauri Lankesh, an activist and journalist was shot dead outside her Rajarajeshwarinagar residence in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017

Gauri Lankesh was assassinated outside her home in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on September 5, 2017, as she was about to enter her home after returning from work.

The case came up before an in-charge judge of the special court for Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act, (KCOCA) cases which is hearing the trial.

Lankesh, a journalist and activist, was shot dead on the night of September 5, 2017, in front of her Rajarajeshwari Nagar home in Bengaluru.

Justice CM Joshi, who is presiding over the special Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act (KCOCA) court that is hearing the case, set the guidelines for the trial on Friday.

Kavitha Lankesh insists that accused Mohan Nayak, according to an SIT probe, is part of a ‘syndicate’ responsible for multiple instances of organised crime, including the murder of her sister, as well as those of other activists such as Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare.

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has been critical of the RSS and is facing a defamation case in Mumbai for linking the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh with the RSS.

The SIT, along with Dhanbad police, arrested the accused on Thursday night from the Katras area where he had been working under a false identity. The accused was produced before Dhanbad chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Arjun Saw on Friday.

Lankesh, journalist, was shot dead on September 5, 2017 outside her house by a member of a gang that apparently planned to kill her after being inspired by a book brought out by right-wing group Sanatan Sanstha.

U2 singer Bono said at the concert, “When women of the world unite to rewrite history as their story, that’s a beautiful day. To rewrite history as her story- that’s a beautiful day.”

The three arrested — Sachin Andure, Amit Baddi and Ganesh Mishkin — were already lodged in jails in Mumbai and Pune for the murders of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh.

The three arrested — Sachin Andure, Amit Baddi and Ganesh Mishkin — were already lodged in jails in Mumbai and Pune for the murders of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh.

Amid chants of “Jai Bheem”, “Lal Salaam”, and “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” by different students’ outfits, candidates presented their politics and promises in 15-minute speeches, in an attempt to woo around 8,500 voters. JNU students will vote to elect their new students’ union on Friday.

Kumar was closely associated with Lankesh in the years preceding her death and she used to refer to him as her son.

A senior police official said there were many things that the SIT achieved in its investigation that have marked a change, including the fact that it was able to file a charge sheet in the Kalburgi murder case.

The SIT, investigating the case, stated this in a charge sheet it filed in the district court of Hubballi-Dharwad on Saturday.

Twelve people have been charge-sheeted by the Anti-Terrorism Squad for plotting a terror attack and possessing arms in huge quantity.

Gandhi’s quitting has stirred unease within his party, with a string of high-profile resignations following his announcement. His sister and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said she respected his decision.

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