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Karnataka farmers to take out tractor rally in Bengaluru tomorrow

Farmers in Karnataka have decided to take out a tractor rally on Republic Day tomorrow in opposition to the passage of the three agricultural laws tha

Slaughter ban in Karnataka to affect nutrition and rural economy

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

The Karnataka Cabinet takes the ordinance route to implement a new Bill banning the slaughter of cattle in the State, a move that will have consequenc

Karnataka Cabinet expansion leads to problems for Chief Minister Yediyurappa

VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED

If Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa thought that he would be able to breathe a sigh of relief after the

Seven new Ministers inducted into B.S. Yediyurappa Cabinet in Karnataka

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The long-pending Cabinet expansion in Karnataka that was considerably delayed finally took place today at 3:50 p.m. at Raj Bhavan when Governor Vajubh

Karnataka’s cattle slaughter ordinance unconstitutional, says former Supreme Court judge

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

SPEAKING at an event the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha organised on January 10 to protest against the recent draconian ordinance that bans cattle slau

Karnataka Governor clears ordinance banning cattle slaughter that the Yediyurappa government brought after it failed to get Bill passed in the Legislative Council

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Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala promulgated an ordinance banning cattle slaughter — the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattl

Karnataka politics

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa creates development boards for Maratha and Lingayat communities with an eye to winning byelections and to get one up in his tussle with the BJP central leadership

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa pampers dominant communities by creating caste-based authorities in an attempt to win elections and widen hi

Fresh perspectives on medieval Deccan history

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Two recent books, which focus on the Deccan Sultanates of the 16th and 17th centuries, and which chart the connections between the Deccan and Iran, se

Controversy

Akshaya Patra Foundation under the scanner

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

The recent resignation of all independent trustees of the Akshaya Patra Foundation, along with several allegations levelled in a letter by a member of

Protest in Bengaluru against proposed ‘love jehad’ laws of BJP governments

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Around 200 people gathered at the Mysore Bank Circle in Bengaluru on December 1 to protest against the laws against ‘love jehad” that various BJP-

Karnataka High Court rules that H. Vishwanath, who was disqualified as an MLA for his defection to the BJP in 2019, cannot become a Minister

VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED

The Karnataka High Court ruled on November 30 that H. Vishwanath, one of the 17 MLAs whose opportunistic desertion of the Janata Dal (Secular) led to

Love Jehad & Karnataka

Karnataka’s role in creating the trope of love jehad despite no proven cases

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The fact that allegations of love jehad have never been proved in Karnataka has not prevented Hindu right-wing groups from using the term to advance t

columns

Are Hindi films problematising history?

After Padmaavat, the Hindu historical tasted blood and sharpened its fangs, but the recent Samrat Prithviraj is a weak offspring of the genre, neither

Slideshow

Hooked on tradition

A festival in rural Bengal, considered essential to usher in a bountiful harvest, is marked by plenty of rituals, some of them dramatic but bizarre.

Walking in Indian Cities – A Daily Agony for Millions

GEETAM TIWARI