Bengaluru on high alert after Gauri Lankesh murder; crime caught on CCTV?

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September 6, 2017

Bengaluru, Sept 6: The Bengaluru Police is on the hunt to nab the killers of journalist Gauri Lankesh.

Sources said that one of the 2 CCTV cameras in her house held crucial evidence pertaining to the crime.

The Police sources said that they have recovered 2 DVRs from her house which were password protected.

Experts were roped in to access them and recovered images . Both the assailant and victim could be captured in one frame as the shooter has shot her from a close range.

As the incident took place at night, the footage is also being sent to a Forensics lab to be digitally enhanced.

Sources said one of the men wore a black jacket and a full masked helmet waiting on the bike, while the other walked into her verandah and shot her.

Another investigating team is working on the route that Gauri Lankesh took to return to her house from her office in Gandhi Bazaar in Basavangudi. They will also collect CCTV footage along the route to find if she was followed. The team is trying to reconstruct the crime.

Other teams are working on collecting technical evidence.

Police have concluded that the killers were professionals who had conducted a recce of her house and studied her movements.

They are also collection CCTV footage from nearby junctions and houses to see if any suspicious movement was recorded.

Chief Minister is holding an emergency meeting with the DG-IGP at Vidhan Soudha after which he will address media.

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The rise of Hindu Terrorism in India .Following the footstep of Pakistan .The day will come when everyday there will be a bomb blast by these groups RSS,Bajrang dal etc.So its the time to stop them or else india will be same as pakistan.

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NIA conducts raids at 20 locations in Karnataka, TN over terror link suspicion

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February 24,2020

New Delhi, Feb 24: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting raids at more than 20 locations in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The latest raids are being carried out in connection with ISIS conspiracy cases.

More details are currently awaited regarding the cases.

Meanwhile, NIA had on February 15 filed a charge sheet against two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists before the agency special court, Jammu. The two terrorists are identified as Khalil Ahmad Kayani (34) and Mohammad Nazeem (23), both residents of Haveli Farwad Kahuta district in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).

The case is related to the arrest of the two accused near Nilkanth Nala, approximately 700 metres inside the Indian side of LoC, in Gulmarg Sector of Baramulla district.

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Cosmopoetica – a 2-day international poets conference organised at St Agnes College

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February 25,2020

The Post Graduate Department of English, St. Agnes College (Autonomous) organized COSMOPOETICA – a Two-Day International Poets Conference, transcending the boundaries of language and bringing together scholars from English, Hindi and Kannada languages. The key-note speaker was Dr Hima Urmila Shetty and the Panel of Experts included Maggie Harris, a Commonwealth short stories award winning poet of Broadstairs, Kent; Dr Kathryn Hummel, a visiting professor at IIT Hyderabad; Prof Raj Rao, acclaimed poet and novelist, former HOD of English, Savithribai Phule University; Lata Chouhan from Bangalore; Vijay Tiwari from Ahmedabad; Dr. Nagaveni Manchi, an acclaimed Poet and Professor, Govt College, Carstreet and Ms. Chandrakala Nandavara, former Principal of Ganapati PU College.

Dr Sr Jeswina A.C., the Principal; Dr Sr Maria Roopa A.C. the Superior and Dr Sr Vinora A.C., graced the occasion.

Dr Geralyn Pinto, the Staff Convenor; Dr Malini Hebbar, the HOD and Ananya Sneha the student Convenor organised the Conference.

The highlight of the Conference was the Poetry Workshop, Slam Poetry Competition in three languages and paper presentations on various aspects of poetry.

Overall the conference drew together poets and academicians to discuss poetry as a genre and practice with ignited minds.

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7 including parents held for selling a 13-month-old girl child

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January 19,2020

Davanagere, Jan 19: Seven people, including four women, were arrested for allegedly selling a 13-month-old female baby here on Saturday.

Police said that the baby was sold to a couple who had no child. The couple hailed from Ranebennur town in Haveri District of Karnataka. They sold the baby, which was their fourth child.

The arrested were identified as Kavita (26) and her husband Manjunath (couple who sold the baby), Dakshayani (34) and her husband Ravi (49) of Ranebennur, Haveri District (the couple who purchased the baby, Chitramma (44) Nurse, Kamalamma (45) and Karibasappa, who acted as middlemen for the deal.

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