Rationalists Murder

Same Group Of Activists Behind Killings Of Three Rationalists': Official

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 16, 2018

The same group of right-wing activists is behind the killings of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar, M M Kalburgi and journalist Gauri Lankesh, a senior police official said quoting investigation reports.

Link Between Arrested Right-Wing Men, Rationalists' Murders Being Probed

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta, Sunil Kumar Singh | Monday August 13, 2018

Following the arrest of "gau rakshak" Vaibhav Raut and two other right-wing activists, which led to seizure of arms and bomb-making equipment by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad or ATS near Mumbai, the agency has confiscated motorcycles, mobile phones, pen drives and documents related to the case in Pune today.

CBI Gets 6 Weeks To Bring Forensic Reports From UK In Rationalists' Murders

India News | Written by Ketki Angre | Friday September 30, 2016

The investigators in the murder cases of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and MM Kalburgi, have been given six weeks to get ballistic reports from British experts.

Govind Pansare's Family Opposes Transfer Of Officer Probing Murder Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 28, 2016

Medha Pansare, daughter-in-law of rationalist and CPI leader Govind Pansare who was shot dead last year, has sought cancellation of the transfer of the officer investigating the case stating that it would "adversely impact" the probe.

CBI Probe Into Rationalist Narendra Dabholkar's Murder Questioned in Parliament

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 23, 2015

The 2013 killing of noted rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune today figured in Rajya Sabha, with a CPI(M) member saying even the court had expressed concern over Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the case.

People Returning Awards, Part of 'Malicious Campaign': Venkaiah Naidu

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 29, 2015

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today hit out at those returning their awards citing intolerance in the country, saying they are "misleading" people as part of a "systematic, orchestrated and malicious campaign" by BJP's political opponents.

Opinion: Celebrate, Not Mock the Dissenting Writers

Opinion | Rana Ayyub | Sunday October 18, 2015

A Sahitya Akademi winner Kalburgi's death did not elicit a protest by the Sahitya Akademi, leave alone those who were responsible for good governance in the country. Good governance, which means to not just protect the rights of every citizen, but also those writers who speak for them.

Bengal Intellectuals Seek President's Intervention in Cases of Attacks on Rationalists

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 15, 2015

A group of more than 90 writers and intellectuals from West Bengal have written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention in ensuring justice in the Dadri mob killing and attack on rationalists.

Four More People Detained In Rationalist Govind Pansare's Murder

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday September 17, 2015

Four more people have been detained over the murder of rationalist Govind Pansare, after police made the first breakthrough in case months after the incident, sources have told NDTV.

Rightwing Activist Arrested for Rationalist Govind Pansare's Murder

India News | Reported by Tejas Mehta, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday September 16, 2015

Months after the murder of rationalist Govind Pansare, the police in Maharashtra have made the first arrest.

Who Killed Scholar MM Kalburgi? Shock and Anger in Karnataka

India News | Agencies | Monday August 31, 2015

Hundreds of people poured into a college in Karnataka today to pay tribute to renowned scholar MM Kalburgi, who was shot dead at the doorstep of his home in Dharwad city on Sunday morning.