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After court nod, police to probe Sena MLA Gaikwad’s threat calls to publisher

After court nod, police to probe Sena MLA Gaikwad’s threat calls to publisher
Published on May 25, 2026 03:46 am IST

Sena MLA threatens publisher of ‘Who Was Shivaji?’ for omitting honorifics

Sena MLA threatens publisher of Govind Pansare’s ‘Who Was Shivaji?’ for omitting honorifics
Updated on Apr 24, 2026 08:58 am IST

Suspect in Govind Pansare murder case dies in Sangli

Gaikwad was allegedly associated with the Sanatan Sanstha and was named as an accused in the 2015 murder of Govind Pansare (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Jan 21, 2026 12:00 pm IST

Key accused in Govind Pansare murder case dies in Maharashtra's Sangli

Sameer Gaikwad, a right-wing activist and co-conspirator in the 2015 murder of author Govind Pansare, died in Maharashtra.
Updated on Jan 20, 2026 12:45 pm IST

Govind Pansare murder: Bombay HC grants bail to key accused, 2 others

Govind Pansare murder: Bombay HC grants bail to key accused, 2 others
Published on Oct 14, 2025 03:36 pm IST

SC issues notice to State govt over petition by Pansare’s family

Sangli, India - Feb. 16, 2015 : Veteran leader Govind Pansare was admitted after two unindentified youngsters shot him at Kolhapur, India, on Monday, February 16, 2015. (Photo by Uday Deolekar )
Published on Sept 04, 2025 05:10 am IST

SC seeks Maharashtra's reply on plea of Govind Pansare kin against HC order

SC seeks Maharashtra's reply on plea of Govind Pansare kin against HC order
Updated on Oct 07, 2025 10:11 am IST

Decade after Pansare murder, kin await justice

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Decade after Pansare murder, kin await justice
Published on Feb 18, 2025 05:37 am IST

Govind Pansare murder case: Bombay HC grants bail to 6 accused

Author Govind Pansare.
Updated on Jan 29, 2025 03:21 pm IST

HC admonishes cops for seeking action against professor who referred to Pansare's book on Shivaji

HC admonishes cops for seeking action against professor who referred to Pansare's book on Shivaji
Published on Jul 27, 2024 10:09 pm IST

Court cancels Dr Tawade’s bail in Pansare murder case 

At that time, he was in the CBI custody in connection with his role in Dr Narendra Dabholkar’s assassination.   (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)
Updated on Jul 17, 2024 07:10 am IST

HC stops monitoring probe in Dabholkar murder case

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)
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 12:25 am IST

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

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
Updated on Sept 07, 2019 02:33 am IST

Pansare murder: SIT takes custody of three accused

Baddi and Mishkin were arrested by the Karnataka police SIT in connection with the 2017 murder of Lankesh, in July 2018.
Updated on Sept 07, 2019 01:09 am IST

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

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.
Updated on Sept 04, 2019 09:23 pm IST

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

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.
Updated on Jul 20, 2019 03:57 am IST

Pansare-Dabholkar murder case: HC raps CBI for not taking probe ahead

The Bombay high court (HC) on Thursday slammed investigating agencies for giving excuses and not taking the probe in the murder of activist Govind Pansare and rationalist Narendra Dabholkar forward.
Published on Jul 05, 2019 03:31 am IST

Court should act within limits, says CM Fadnavis

The Bombay high court (HC) last month pulled up chief minister and senior bureaucrats over the slow pace of investigation into the murder of rationalists Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar.
Updated on Jun 21, 2019 04:41 am IST

Gauri Lankesh killing accused held for Govind Pansare’s shooting

A special team of the Maharashtra police Tuesday arrested right-wing activist Sharad Kalaskar in connection with the killing of veteran Communist leader Govind Pansare
Published on Jun 11, 2019 11:13 pm IST

Govind Pansare murder case: Slow pace of probe making you a laughing stock, Bombay HC tells Maharashtra govt

Rationalist Govind Pansare was shot dead in 2015. The killers are still absconding.
Updated on Mar 15, 2019 10:09 am IST

Murders of rationalists: HC tells CBI, SIT to take help of other agencies to track down accused

Pune, India,June 16_ Narendra Dabholkar murder on Maharshi Ramji Shinde Bridge near Onkareshwar mandir in Pune, India, on Saturday, June 16, 2007. (HT Photo / Hindustan Times)...File photo
Published on Feb 07, 2019 12:58 am IST

In Gauri Lankesh murder case, right-wing book in focus

Gauri Lankesh, 55, known for her strong anti-Hindutva views was shot dead in Bengaluru on September 5 last year.
Updated on Nov 29, 2018 07:26 am IST

SIT names Sanatan Sanstha in Gauri Lankesh murder, says planning took 5 years

In its chargesheet, SIT said the planning to kill Gauri Lankesh took place for almost five years.
Updated on Nov 24, 2018 03:18 pm IST

Narendra Dabholkar, MM Kalburgi murders linked, CBI tells Pune court

Narendra Dabholkar, 67, was gunned down in August 2013 when he was out on a morning walk.
Updated on Nov 14, 2018 12:12 am IST

Same group behind killings of Dabholkar, Kalburgi, Gauri Lankesh; members linked to Sanatan Sanstha: Police

Pune, India - August 18, 2018: Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti volunteers lit up candles in the eve of 4th year completion of Dr Narendra Dabholkar murder at Shinde bridge in Pune, India, on Sunday, August 19, 2018. (Photo by Ravindra Joshi)
Updated on Sept 16, 2018 01:03 pm IST

Sanatan Sanstha: From obscurity to heart of conspiracy

Sanatan Sanstha’s name has featured in the killings of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar, Kannada scholars MM Kalburgi and Govind Pansare, and in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh.
Updated on Sept 06, 2018 07:32 am IST

Anti-terror squad looks for ‘Murali’, brains behind killings, terror plots since 2008

All five accused told their interrogators that Murali had instructed Amol Kale to execute the September 2017 murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru.
Updated on Sept 05, 2018 05:07 am IST

Weapon used to murder Dabholkar considered lucky, not destroyed: CBI sources

The CBI is probing the murder of Narendra Dabholkar (pictured) while that of Govind Pansare, MM Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh are being investigated by state agencies of Maharashtra and Karnataka.
Published on Aug 28, 2018 10:29 pm IST

Maharashtra can ban Sanatan Sanstha, but its legality can be challenged: Experts

The ban can be challenged when one learns that there is no umbrella organisation known as Sanatan Sanstha to which all these allegations can be attributed, said experts.
Published on Aug 28, 2018 03:13 am IST