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Karnataka High Court refers hijab case to larger bench

"Even interim prayers merit consideration at the hands of larger bench that may be constituted by CJ in his discretion and therefore the arguments adv

INTERVIEW: Muzaffar Assadi

Muzaffar Assadi: ‘Muslims must reclaim their caste identities’

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Interview with Muzaffar Assadi, political analyst.

COVER STORY: COVID-19

COVID: Swift spread of Omicron variant across States in third wave

Lyla Bavadam R. Krishnakumar Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay R.K. Radhakrishnan Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

The surge in test positivity rate across the country in early January signals the arrival of the third wave of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, helmed this time

COVER STORY

Rangayana: Theatre of the absurd

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Rangayana, the pluralistic Kannada theatre repertory and a unique secular cultural space, is in danger of being reduced to a handmaiden of the BJP and

Karnataka 'anti-conversion Bill'

Karnataka Legislative Assembly passes anti-conversion Bill amid criticism

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Karnataka’s Lower House passes the Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, but critics say the BJP government is using conversion as a ruse

Obituary

Kannada writer ‘Champa’ passes away

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Prominent Kannada writer Chandrashekhar Patil, popularly known as “Champa”, passed away on January 10 at the age of 82 in a private hospital in Be

Book Review

Book Review: 'Hampi' by Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat and Vasundhara Kavali-Filliozat is more than a coffee-table book on the Vijayanagar Empire

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

At first glance the book may seem like a coffee-table book because of its lavish photographs, but the Filliozats’ text is valuable as it explores po

Karnataka

KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar opposes Karnataka government’s move to free temples from state control

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D.K. Shivakumar, president, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), has said that the Congress is opposed to freeing temples from state control.

Kannada writer D.S. Nagabhushan wins Sahitya Akademi Award for his biography of Mahatma Gandhi

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Kannada writer D.S. Nagabhushan is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2021, along with 19 others, according to a press release by

In Karnataka, Congress records impressive victory in urban local body elections

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D.K. Shivakumar, KPCC president, said the results were a pointer that the 2023 Assembly election would be in the party’s favour.

Controversy

Vegetarian extremism in Karnataka: Lingayat groups against eggs in schools

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

The Karnataka government’s laudable move to improve nutrition levels of children by introducing eggs in the noon meal scheme in its schools meets wi

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai says temples in Kartnataka will be freed from state control and allowed to function independently

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"A law will be brought before the Budget session to remove legal provisions that control the functioning of temples and allow them to function indepen

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