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Jalna civic poll results: Gauri Lankesh murder accused Shrikant Pangarkar wins

Jalna civic poll results: Gauri Lankesh murder accused Shrikant Pangarkar wins

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Shrikant Pangarkar, an accused in the 2017 murder of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh, has been elected as a corporator to the Jalna Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra, reported the PTI. The results were declared on Friday as counting continued for elections held across 29 civic bodies in the state. The Maharashtra civic poll results are scheduled to be announced later in the day. Shrikant Pangarkar contested the election as an Independent candidate from Ward No. 13. He secured victory by defeating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Raosaheb Dhoble. According to election officials, Pangarkar polled 2,661 votes, while Dhoble received 2,477 votes, according to the PTI. With the exception of the Shiv Sena, most major political parties had fielded candidates against Pangarkar in the ward. BMC Election Results 2026 LIVE: Ward-wise and Party-wise Counting Updates Gauri Lankesh murder case Gauri Lankesh, a prominent journalist and outspoken critic of right-wing extremism, was shot dead outside her home in Bengaluru on 5 September 2017. Her killing sparked nationwide outrage and renewed debates on press freedom and political violence …

Decision on PoSH panel to address sexual harassment complaints deferred, says filmmaker Lankesh | Latest News India

Decision on PoSH panel to address sexual harassment complaints deferred, says filmmaker Lankesh | Latest News India

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Bengaluru, The decision taken by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce to form a PoSH committee headed by her to address sexual harassment complaints has been deferred, said filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh on Tuesday. Decision on PoSH panel to address sexual harassment complaints deferred, says filmmaker Lankesh KFCC had constituted a 10-member Complaints Internal Committee under the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act on December 1, Lankesh told PTI. Incidentally, Lankesh is the president of Film Industry for Rights and Equality , an organisation that fights for women’s rights and against abuse in the Kannada film industry. FIRE has been pushing KFCC to form a committee on the lines of Justice Hema Committee that has encouraged many women to come out with their complaints against sexual predators in the Malayalam film industry. “We had a meeting, and it was decided that I would be heading the committee,” added Lankesh. But now she has been informed that the decision has been deferred pending the election of new office-bearers, she said. “I have been told that KFCC will convene …

Days after his induction, CM Shinde cancels appointment of Gauri Lankesh murder accused as Shiv Sena’s Jalna poll in-charge | Mumbai News

Days after his induction, CM Shinde cancels appointment of Gauri Lankesh murder accused as Shiv Sena’s Jalna poll in-charge | Mumbai News

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Days after Shrikant Pangarkar, accused in the 2017 murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, was inducted into the Shiv Sena and made the in-charge of the party’s poll campaign in Jalna, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ekanth Shinde Sunday cancelled his appointment. “All orders issued at the (district level) by the party in Jalna stands null and void,” the order issued by Shinde Sena states. Pangarkar joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Friday in the presence of party leader and former state minister Arjun Khotkar, who announced that he was given the charge of the party’s poll campaign in Jalna Assembly constituency. Khotkar said that said that Pangarkar is an old Shiv Sainik and has returned to the party after completing the judicial proceedings. Pangarkar, a former member of the undivided Shiv Sena, has served as a municipal councillor in Jalna for two terms. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit …

Accused in journalist Gauri Lankesh murder case joins Shinde-led Sena in Jalna

Accused in journalist Gauri Lankesh murder case joins Shinde-led Sena in Jalna

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One of the key suspects in Narendra Dabholkar murder case, former Shiv Sena corporator from Jalna Shrikant Pangarkar. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement. Shrikant Pangarkar, an accused in the 2017 murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, which outraged the nation, joined Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in Jalna ahead of assembly polls. Ms. Lankesh was shot dead outside her home in Karnataka capital Bengaluru on September 5, 2017. A probe by police in Karnataka with assistance from agencies in Maharashtra led to the arrest of several persons. Pangarkar, a Jalna municipal councillor of the undivided Shiv Sena between 2001 and 2006, was arrested in August 2018 and was granted bail by the Karnataka High Court on September 4 this year. After he was denied a ticket by the Shiv Sena in 2011, Pangarkar joined the right-wing Hindu Janjagruti Samiti. He joined the Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Friday in the presence of party leader and former State Minister Arjun Khotkar. “Pangarkar is a former Shiv Sainik and has returned to the party. He has been …

Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Joins Eknath Shinde’s Party Ahead Of Polls

Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Joins Eknath Shinde’s Party Ahead Of Polls

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Maharashtra assembly polls will be held on November 20 (File) Jalna: Shrikant Pangarkar, an accused in the 2017 murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, which outraged the nation, joined Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in Jalna ahead of assembly polls. Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her home in Karnataka capital Bengaluru on September 5, 2017. A probe by police in Karnataka with assistance from agencies in Maharashtra led to the arrest of several persons. Pangarkar, a Jalna municipal councillor of the undivided Shiv Sena between 2001and 2006, was arrested in August 2018 and was granted bail by the Karnataka High Court on September 4 this year. After he was denied a ticket by the Shiv Sena in 2011, Pangarkar joined the right-wing Hindu Janjagruti Samiti. He joined the Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Friday in the presence of party leader and former state minister Arjun Khotkar. “Pangarkar is a former Shiv Sainik and has returned to the party. He has been nominated as the chief of the Jalna assembly poll campaign,” Khotkar told reporters. …

Hindutva groups felicitate Gauri Lankesh murder accused out on bail in Karnataka | Bangalore News

Hindutva groups felicitate Gauri Lankesh murder accused out on bail in Karnataka | Bangalore News

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Hindutva groups in Karnataka on Friday felicitated Parasuram Waghmore and Manohar Yadawe, the key accused in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, after their release from Bengaluru Central Jail. A special court granted the duo bail on October 9. A source said the Sangh Parivar and Sri Ram Sena felicitated Waghmore and Yadawe after they returned to their hometown of Vijayapura. The event’s photos and videos went viral on Sunday. Upon their arrival, they reportedly offered prayers at the Kalika temple and were garlanded by Sangh Parivar and Sri Rama Sena members. They also garlanded a statue of Shivaji at Shivaji Circle in the town. Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on September 5, 2017, outside her residence in Bengaluru. The police arrested 25 people and filed a chargesheet. A total of 18 people have got bail so far. In December 2023, the first bail was granted to N Mohan Nayak, followed by the release of Amit Dighvekar, K T Naveen Kumar, and Suresh HL on July 16. Others, including Bharat Kurane, Srikanth Pangarkar, Sujith Kumar, …

How probe in 2017 Gauri Lankesh murder unlocked leads in 2013 killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar | Bangalore News

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It was a probe by a Special Investigation Team of the Karnataka Police into the September 5, 2017, shooting of journalist Gauri Lankesh, 55, at her home in Bengaluru that cracked open the CBI investigations in the August 20, 2013 murder in Pune of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, 69, by members of a right-wing extremist group. On Friday, a sessions court in Pune convicted two persons — Sachin Andhure and Sharad Kalaskar — to life imprisonment following a trial where they were identified as the shooters who gunned down Dabholkar on the morning of August 20, 2013, while he was out for a morning walk in Pune. The court, however, acquitted three conspirators in the case. The ballistic analysis reports for the two murders in Karnataka in 2015 and 2017, the SIT’s arrest of a man who plotted the murders, the discovery of a diary he kept with the coded names of shooters, trainers and logistics providers and the arrest of a shooter and trainer for the 2017 murder by the SIT — all of these …