We will recommend ban on SDPI for Bengaluru violence: Karnataka Home Minister VIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDIn conversations with mediapersons on Aug. 13, Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj S. Bommai blamed the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) for the
Three dead after protests over a social media post turn violent in Bengaluru VIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDThree people were killed in police firing on the night of August 11 after a mob of Muslim men who were protesting against a derogatory post on Faceboo
Karnataka Health Minister B.S. Sriramulu contracts COVIDVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDKarnataka’s Health Minister B.S. Sriramulu took to Twitter on August 9 to announce that he had tested positive for COVID. In a series of three tweets,
COVID-19 UPDATE Karnataka: Situation still grim VIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDAfter the good work of controlling the pandemic in the initial months, the administration lost the plot in the last six weeks, resulting in the virus
Migrants set aside discrimination, donate blood in large numbers in Bengaluru VIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDShortage of blood in blood banks has become a serious problem since the coronavirus-linked lockdown began in March, with even regular donors reluctant
Chapter on Tipu Sultan dropped from Class VII textbook in KarnatakaVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDIn a decision that has sparked off a controversy in Karnataka, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has dropped a chapter on the 18th centu
Karnataka top State in the quality of COVID-19 data reporting: Stanford studyVikhar Ahmed SayeedA recent study published by three researchers from Stanford University and two independent researchers stated that Karnataka topped in the quality of
Siddi community of African descent gets its first representative in Karnataka legislature VIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDWith the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka nominating Shantaram Budna Siddi as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC), the backward Si
COVID-19 Update Karnataka: Terrible transitionVikhar Ahmed SayeedKarnataka’s initial record in restricting the spread of COVID-19 has been upset by an alarming increase in the cases of infection across the State wit
Agriculture Karnataka: Undoing land reforms VIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDThe Karnataka government’s decision, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, to introduce an amendment Bill to make it possible for non-agriculturists
Interview: Prof T.N. Prakash Kammardi ‘A majority of farmers oppose the changes to the Karnataka Land Reforms Act’ VIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDInterview with Professor T.N. Prakash Kammardi, former chairman, Karnataka Agricultural Prices Commission.
Residents prevent burial of COVID-19 victim in Bengaluru Vikhar Ahmed SayeedResidents of M.S. Palya in north Bengaluru refused to allow the burial of the body of an 86-year-old man who passed away due to COVID-19 on July 16. W
Behemoth studios in the era of pan-Indian films Yash Raj Films used to set trends, not follow them. Can it turn the tide?
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
