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3 days ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Shivani Kava |Bharathy Singaravel
During the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, a new threat emerged on social media: the surge of disinformation powered by artificial intelligence (AI). As tensions intensified, AI-generated videos of political leaders, manipulated battlefield footage, and cloned voices flooded platforms, spreading false narratives at an unprecedented pace.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Shivani Kava |NIDHI SURESH
This is the first story in our series on Police Impunity in India. Reporters from The News Minute and Newslaundry are travelling across states to bring you stories of negligence and abuse of power by the police, and how minorities and marginalised sections suffer the most. On April 1, 2025, around 6 pm, a few Mysuru police officers stood at the Madikeri bus stand, waiting for a woman who was supposed to have been murdered.
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2 months ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Shivani Kava |Dhanya Rajendran
Sowjanya’s murder remains a significant case in Karnataka’s collective memory—not only because her killer was never found, but also due to flaws in the justice system. Sowjanya, a 17-year-old college student from Belthangady, was brutally raped and murdered in October 2012. Despite multiple investigations by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), her killer hasn’t been found.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Shivani Kava |Dhanya Rajendran
A video by Kannada content creator Sameer MD on February 27, 2025, has reignited public interest in the Sowjanya rape and murder case, shedding light once again on the tragic events that unfolded in Karnataka’s Ujire. Sowjanya, a second-year Pre-University student of the Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College, went missing on October 9, 2012 and was found dead the next day near the Nethravathi river, her hands bound to a tree with her shawl.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Shivani Kava
The Karnataka High Court on Friday, January 17, temporarily restrained a trial court from framing charges against Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Revanna, who is accused of abducting a woman allegedly raped by his son. Justice M Nagaprasanna, while issuing the order, allowed the special court in Bengaluru to continue hearing arguments in the case but barred it from framing charges until January 30. The High Court is set to hear Revanna’s quashing petition on the same date.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Shivani Kava |Dhanya Rajendran
"Just because you are Prajwal Revanna, the law cannot be bent for you," the Karnataka High Court said on Thursday, January 16, while dismissing a plea filed by the former MP seeking access to all electronic evidence in his case. Prajwal, a former Mandya MP and JD(S) leader, is accused of sexually assaulting five women, with most of the digital evidence in the case retrieved from his driver’s phone. While the court denied him copies of the records, it allowed him to inspect them, LiveLaw reported.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
newslaundry.com | Shivani Kava
For the second year in a row, Kannada news channels descended into voyeuristic coverage during New Year’s celebrations in Bengaluru, stalking and chasing couples and women on the packed streets of MG Road, Church Street, and Koramangala. The harassment was not limited to news channels alone, as some popular handles on X seem to have also shot videos of these women and hosted the videos on their handles.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Azeefa Fathima |Shivani Kava |Ragamalika Karthikeyan
TW: Mention of suicide, details of methods of suicides “Nearly one lakh men die by suicide ever year due to marriage-related problems,” screamed several television anchors and Men’s Rights Activists on social media, following the suicide of Bengaluru based techie Atul Subhash. The 35-year-old’s death and suicide notes — including one on video — have triggered a widespread debate across India in this regard.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
newslaundry.com | Shivani Kava
An inquiry has found evidence of caste-based discrimination at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B), prompting the Karnataka Department of Social Welfare to call for action against six senior officials, including the institute’s Director Dr Rishikesha T Krishnan.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Shivani Kava |Lakshmi Priya
More than 100 advocates practising at the Karnataka High Court have petitioned Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna to address what they describe as systemic failures under High Court Chief Justice NV Anjaria. In a memorandum submitted on December 2—signed by over 100 advocates led by the Advocates’ Association Bangalore general secretary TG Ravi—severe allegations have been raised of judicial inefficiency, inequitable case allocation, and corruption within the court registry.
