Input your search keywords and press Enter.
Let us begin with a cliché that all of us are aware of – India is an agricultural country. Our policies, over seven decades since Independence, are consciously and carefully crafted keeping in mind the welfare of our farmers. It is the duty of the Indian central and state governments…
These are still early days but it appears that the seeds have been sown for the roots of the tree to almost shake the foundation of the house that Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa has built under the banner of the BJP. Disgruntlement within the party over loyalists being denied…
He has been on the run before, playing side and seek with the Indian authorities for over a decade now. But will the law ever be able to catch up with fugitive godman Nithyananada aka A Rajashekaran, who has fled the country following serious charges including rape, sodomy, torture, child…
Dropping names is par for the course in politics. Just like there was a time when Indira Gandhi’s name would be dropped in Congress circles to curb dissidence, it has now become inevitable for the leaders of the BJP to drop the “central leadership” tag to send a message across.…
Following directions of the Karnataka High Court, the Karnataka government hastily readied the Foreigner Detention Centre (FDC) in the outskirts of Bengaluru a month back. The centre is meant for housing those who have illegally entered the country and for those foreigners whose visas and passports have expired. This facility…
The manager of an orphanage in JP Nagar has been arrested for causing the death of eight dogs in MS Ramaiah City, JP Nagar, on January 27. According to the police, the arrested accused had carried rotting food waste in his car and dumped it in the spot frequented by…
For months, Tushar Chandra, a 39-year-old content writer from Jigani in Bengaluru (rural), watched in unease as a local contractor dumped sewage into Hennagara lake regularly. He was living in a rented flat in the plush DLF Maiden Heights apartment complex which overlooks the lake. The contractor, Shivaraju, was hired…
Harobele, a nondescript village in southern Karnataka, may have put itself on the world map overnight with its proposal to build the world’s tallest Jesus Christ statue in a 10 acre land atop a hillock called Kapalabetta. But strong opposition to the project by Hindu hardliners has visibly shaken the…
Sitting through a video session on a medical procedure with graphic visuals was not how this 25-year-old had imagined her assignment to pan out on a weekday morning. Squeamish and terribly confused, she was all set to bail out. But she remembers being coaxed by her peers to stay back…
As the year comes to an end, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa has made a flip-flop – nothing surprising in a year that has seen more than its share of those. It was perhaps even inevitable that Yediyurappa, the ace politician, should do one over compensation to the families of…
