Karnataka garment workers badly hit by lockdownVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDOver five lakh workers of Karnataka’s garments industry, mainly women, have been badly hit by the lockdown. The Garments Mahila Karmikara Munnade (GM
Siddaramaiah, Kumaraswamy oppose naming Bengaluru flyover after Savarkar VIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDFormer Karnataka Chief Ministers Siddaramaiah of the Indian National Congress and H.D. Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) have opposed the naming
Karnataka Spike in casesVikhar Ahmed SayeedA spike in COVID cases does not take away from the fact that aggressive contact tracing and quarantining helped Karnataka contain the disease, but the
APMC Act amended by ordinance in KarnatakaVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDIgnoring the massive opposition from farmers’ groups and opposition political parties in Karnataka, the State Cabinet under the leadership of Chief Mi
Karnataka Labour Secretary transferred without posting VIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDCaptain Manivannan, an IAS officer who was Principal Secretary of the Labour Department in the Government of Karnataka, was transferred without a post
Karnataka On way to flattening Vikhar Ahmed SayeedFaced with a money crunch, Karnataka resorts to partial easing of lockdown measures. The number of COVID cases stabilises in the State, but its death
Karnataka cancels special trains for migrants VIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDIn a move that is being severely criticised, the Karnataka government cancelled special trains that were to ferry migrant workers back to their native
Former civil servants appeal for social harmony VIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDA group of concerned former civil servants belonging to the All India and Central Services who have organised themselves as the “Constitutional Conduc
Karnataka Community efforts Vikhar Ahmed SayeedWhile non-governmental organisations step up to meet the food needs of migrant workers, the lack of adequate testing and the inordinate focus on Benga
‘No attack on police, heath care workers’ in sealed Bengaluru wardVikhar Ahmed SayeedOn the evening of April 19, an incident of vandalism took place in the sealed ward of Padarayanapura in Bengaluru when a group of youth broke the barr
Interview: David Quammen David Quammen: Pandemics are inevitable and costlyVikhar Ahmed SayeedAn interview with David Quammen, author of “Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic”.
Glimpses of past gloryVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDA comprehensive book with a set of guided walks, vintage photographs, old maps and generous trivia on Bengaluru’s heritage.
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
