Dabholkar’s shooters convicted, one is also an accused in Gauri Lankesh murder

Dabholkar’s murder in 2013 had set off a chain of targetted killings of rationalists such as Govind Pansare, MM Kalburgi, and Gauri Lankesh.

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Dabholkar’s shooters convicted, one is also an accused in Gauri Lankesh murder

More than 10 years after rationalist Narendra Dabholkar was shot dead in August 2013, a special court in Pune on Friday, May 10, convicted two accused and acqui

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Panel to ensure return of govt awards are not used as instrument of protest

A parliamentary panel has recommended that top cultural institutions and academies must take prior undertakings from the recipient of the honour to ensure that the return of the award is not used as an instrument of political protest.

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2015 in mind, panel seeks to halt future 'award wapsi'

A parliamentary panel has recommended that top cultural institutions and academies must take prior undertakings from the recipient of the honour to ensure that the return of the award is not used as an instrument of political protest. The recommendations tabled in Parliament on Monday are part of the Standing Committee on Transport, Culture and Tourism’s report on the ‘Functioning of National Akademis and Other Cultural Institutions’.

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