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Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT picks up another accused from Kodagu; total climbs to 10

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July 25, 2018

Madikeri, Jul 25: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing into the assassination of journalist-cum-activist Gauri Lankesh has arrested one more suspect taking the total number of arrested men in the case to 10.

Rajesh (50), said to be a hardline Hindutiva chauvinist, was arrested from Kodagu district of Karnataka on July 23 and was sent to police custody till August 6.

Earlier this week, the SIT had arrested two suspects in connection with the murder case.

Amit and Ganesh were arrested from Hubbali on Sunday and were produced before the third Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court on Monday. The court had also sent them to police custody till August 6.

Earlier seven people, including Parshuram Waghmare, K T Naveen Kumar alias Hotte Manja, Amol Kale, Manohar Edve, Sujeeth Kumar alias Praveen and Amit Degvekar were arrested in the case. Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her Bengaluru residence on September 5 last year.

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Danish
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Wednesday, 25 Jul 2018

Only suspects.. Who killed Gauri

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April 22,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 22:  Karnataka Women and Child Welfare Department has warned of action against those raising funds for Covid relief works, by using photos of children.

In a release here on Wednesday, the department said that several non-governmental organisations and voluntary groups were using the photographs of children to collect donations.

It has come to notice that several NGOs are using photos of children to raise donations to meet their food, health and other expenditure during the lockdown. However, this is against the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act," the Director of the ICDS scheme stated in a release.

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April 21,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 21: An FIR has been filed against a Kannada TV anchor allegedly for organising a guest packed wedding at a resort near Bengaluru last week amid lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Police got the tip-off about the event held on April 18 by locals residing near the resort. Around 20 people were present there to attend the wedding.

The FIR has been filed under National Disaster Management Act (NDMA) and Section 188 and 269 of the Indian Penal Code.

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June 13,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 12: Karnataka on Saturday reported 209 discharges, as the state confirmed 308 new cases of COVID-19 and three related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 6,824 and the death toll to 81.

With the 14 new cases, the total number of covid cases in Udupi district alone today reached 1005. Dakshina Kannada today reported 30 cases and the tally mounted to 263. 

Today highest cases were reported from Kalaburgi (67), followed by Yadgir (52), Bidar (42) and Bengaluru Urban (31). More details to follow.

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