The Latest Breaking News from Gauri Lankesh

First week of the trial saw the slain journalist-activist’s sister Kavita Lankesh depose

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This week, the news of Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal’s beheading in Udaipur by two extremist Muslim men, Gaus Mohammad and Mohammad Riyaz Akhtari, hit headlines. One would think there was nothing to “debate” about such a crime, but when does news TV disappoint? Times Now, where the entire Nupur Sharma…

The trial into the murder of Journalist Gauri Lankesh will be held from July 4

The journalist-activist was shot dead on September 5, 2017

‘There is also a mushrooming of self-styled Hindutva groups’

The trial in journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder case is set to start on May 27, prosecution lawyer S Balan told Press Trust of India. Balan said the trial was delayed due to multiple petitions filed after the accused engaged more than 60 lawyers.

Activists discuss growing violence against dissenters on 60th birth anniversary of Gauri Lankesh

To mark three years of the disappearance of the Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmed and return attention to the case, the campaign group United Against Hate organised a protest march at Jantar Mantar, Delhi on October 15.