Activists to hold ‘Dharmasthala chalo’ to seek justice in Sowjanya case
3 days, 9 hours ago

Activists to hold ‘Dharmasthala chalo’ to seek justice in Sowjanya case

The Hindu  

Several activists who met on Tuesday resolved to hold “Dharmasthala Chalo”, a march to the temple town to seek justice for Sowjanya, a 17-year-old who was raped and murdered in 2012. While the Bengaluru police had earlier disallowed holding of the meeting, the activists could go ahead with it after the Karnataka High Court said that it could not be stopped. The Sheshadripuram police had then issued notice to the organisers on March 17 asking them to not hold the event citing a court order. To be pursued legally An organiser of the event, talking to The Hindu, said: “During the meeting, we decided to hold ‘Dharmasthala Chalo’.

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Karnataka HC grants permission for ‘Justice for Sowjanya’ protest in Bengaluru's Freedom Park
1 day, 22 hours ago

Karnataka HC grants permission for ‘Justice for Sowjanya’ protest in Bengaluru's Freedom Park

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday granted permission for a peaceful protest at Freedom Park, Bengaluru, in connection with the ongoing demand for justice in the Sowjanya case. Karnataka High Court The protest is being organised to demand justice for Soujanya, a second-year Pre-University student of the Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College who was allegedly raped and murder on October 9, …

Karnataka’s Soujanya Case: YouTuber Exposes Lapses, Questions Justice in Dharmasthala Murder
1 week, 4 days ago

Karnataka’s Soujanya Case: YouTuber Exposes Lapses, Questions Justice in Dharmasthala Murder

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 10, 2025 18:11 IST - 5 MINS READ A sensational YouTube video in Kannada has refocused attention on the unsolved rape and murder of 17-year-old Soujanya. While Sameer avoids directly naming the influential family that controls Dharmasthala’s political economy through their hereditary management of its famed Jain temple, his insinuations about their alleged involvement in Soujanya’s case …

Notice to Kannada YouTuber for video on Karnataka temple town rape-murder case
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Notice to Kannada YouTuber for video on Karnataka temple town rape-murder case

India Today  

The Karnataka cyber cell issued a show-cause notice to YouTuber MD Sameer over alleged misinformation in his video about a rape and murder case in Dharmasthala, a religious town in the state. Sameer’s 38-minute video, uploaded on February 27, 2025, revisits a 2012 rape and murder of a second-year Pre-University student, Sowjanya, at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College in the town. …

Parbhani violence: Ambedkarite activists march to Mumbai, demand justice for Somnath
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Parbhani violence: Ambedkarite activists march to Mumbai, demand justice for Somnath

The Hindu  

A long march has been organised from Maharashtra’s Parbhani district, seeking justice for Somnath Suryawanshi, who died in judicial custody days after violence erupted in the city of Parbhani over the alleged desecration of a replica of the Indian Constitution. “Every day, thousands of people are walking and joining the rally, seeking fast-track court trials on police officials who allegedly …

Chennai: Hindu Organisations Protest Against Arrest Of Hindu Monk Chinmoy Krishna Das In Bangladesh
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Chennai: Hindu Organisations Protest Against Arrest Of Hindu Monk Chinmoy Krishna Das In Bangladesh

ABP News  

Various Hindu organisations participated in a protest organised by the Bangladesh Hindus Rights Retrieval Committee in Chennai condemning the attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh. The demonstration was held to demand justice for the victims of violence and the arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das who was detained at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on November 27 under charges of …

Convention demands justice in Soujanya murder case; decries ‘malicious campaign’ against Dharmasthala
1 year, 7 months ago

Convention demands justice in Soujanya murder case; decries ‘malicious campaign’ against Dharmasthala

The Hindu  

The Akhila Karnataka Sri Manjunatha Swami Bhakta Vrinda on Friday, August 4, organised a massive convention of devotees and well-wishers of Dharmasthala that demanded bringing to book the real culprit of Soujanya murder and condemned “baseless allegations” being made against Dharmasthala and the family of D. Veerendra Heggade, Pattadhikari of Dharmasthala, at Ujire. Those who attended the convention and a …

Court restrains seven from making allegations against Dharmasthala pattadhikari and others through media
1 year, 8 months ago

Court restrains seven from making allegations against Dharmasthala pattadhikari and others through media

The Hindu  

A city civil and sessions court in Bengaluru on Tuesday issued an ex parte interim injunction against Mahesh Shetty Thimarodi and others from making any false allegations against Dharmasthala pattadhikari D. Veerendra Heggade, the Manjunathaswamy temple and institutions run by Dharmasthala, till an original suit filed by a few people seeking mandatory injunction in the matter was disposed of. The …

Divine justice in Bengaluru:Murder revealed after bike carrying corpse hits bump
2 years, 10 months ago

Divine justice in Bengaluru:Murder revealed after bike carrying corpse hits bump

Hindustan Times  

Two people were caught red-handed by a cop in Bengaluru on their way to Channapatna to dispose off the dead body of a 21-year-old woman they had killed eight hours earlier. Their plan to burn the body of the young woman in an isolated place far away from the crime location failed when their bike skid in front of the …

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