Dharmasthala
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Verbal duel between BJP, Congress over Dharmasthala excavation
Bengaluru: The ruling Congress and opposition BJP traded charges on Sunday, August 17, over the ongoing excavation in Dharmasthala, based on allegations of multiple murders, rapes and burials, particularly of young women…
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Karnataka BJP launches Dharmasthala Chalo rally in show of support for temple
Karnataka’s main opposition party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has organised a massive rally of over 300 vehicles to the temple town of Dharmasthala, at the center of major controversy after a former…
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SIT uses ground penetrating radar tech in Dharmasthala ‘mass burial’ probe
Bengaluru: The SIT probing allegations of several bodies being buried at various locations in Dharmasthala village has begun inspections using Ground Penetrating Radar technology, officials said. On Monday, August 11, the Special…
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Dharmasthala case: SIT launches fresh search at foothills of Bahubali Betta
Dharmasthala: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged mass burial of bodies here has launched a new search operation at the foothills of Bahubali Betta, police said. The operation began near…
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Dharmasthala case: SC to hear plea against Karnataka HC order lifting media gag
New Delhi: The Supreme Court would hear on Friday a plea challenging a recent order of the Karnataka High Court quashing a media gag on reportage surrounding the controversial Dharmasthala mass burial…
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YouTubers attacked near Dharmasthala, four hospitalised
Mangaluru: Four men, representing three YouTube channels, including a cameraman, were attacked by a large mob near Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday evening, when they were interviewing a person, amid…
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Dharmasthala mass burial: Skeletal remains found at new site
Karnataka: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged mass burial case in Karnataka‘s Dharmasthala on Monday, August 4, recovered multiple skeletal remains from a new site identified by the anonymous complainant,…
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Dharmasthala case: Gag order judge an alumnus of Heggade-run institute
Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge at Bengaluru Vijay Kumar Rai, responsible for passing the interim media gag order in connection with the alleged Dharmasthala mass burial case, has requested that the…
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No skeletal remains found at two more suspected burial sites in Dharmasthala
Dharmasthala: No skeletal remains were recovered during the exhumation on Saturday at the ninth and tenth sites identified by the anonymous complainant-witness in connection with the alleged mass burial case in Dharmasthala,…
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Karnataka HC quashes gag order on Dharmasthala temple coverage
In a significant development, the Karnataka High Court on Friday, August 1, quashed the gag order imposed by a local court against media coverage of the ongoing Dharmasthala’s alleged mass burial case.…
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SIT begins excavation at seventh site in Dharmasthala mass burial probe
Dharmasthala: The Special Investigation Team on Friday began excavation at the seventh identified location in Karnataka‘s temple town of Dharmasthala, as part of its ongoing probe into allegations of mass burials in…
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Dharmasthala mass grave case: SIT recovers human bones on third day
Mangaluru: In a major development in connection with the mass grave allegation case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has recovered human bones during the excavation of the sixth burial site on the…
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Forensic team joins SIT to dig up suspected remains at Dharmasthala forest
Dharmasthala: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Tuesday began exhuming suspected human remains in a forested area near the Netravati bathing ghat here, amid tight security following serious allegations of mass burials,…
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Dharmasthala row: Temple town, secret burials and a decades-old silence
A peaceful temple town in Karnataka, Dharmasthala, which is sacred in its religious and spiritual importance, has been plunged into scandal following shocking reports of clandestine mass burial of victims of brutality…
