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Karnataka sees a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases to 566

COVID-19 cases are rising in Karnataka after almost four months, with 566 cases recorded in Karnataka among the 1,08,726 samples that were tested on D

Karnataka

BJP executive committee in Karnataka dismisses rumours of leadership change in State, warns partymen against discussing issue publicly

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There was a buzz in political circles that Bommai would be replaced after K.S. Eshwarappa, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister, described Mur

Karnataka

Congress will revoke Anti-Conversion Bill in Karnataka within a week of coming to power or in first legislative session, says Siddaramaiah

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"Our party is also opposed to forcible conversions or conversions by allurement or cheating but there are already provisions in the law to deal with s

Siddaramaiah says 'freedom of expresssion in danger' in the country

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Night curfew in Karnataka from tomorrow to prevent spread of Omicron COVID variant

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According to a government circular, public transport will not be affected during this period and there will not be any change in the schedules of gove

Protest rally taken out in Bengaluru against anti-conversion Bill

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Following the tabling of the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, or the anti-conversion Bill as it is popularly known, in

Kannada organisations demand ban on MES, threaten bandh on December 31

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Kannada organisations have demanded that the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) be banned in Karnataka and have set a deadline of December 29 for the g

BOOKS/INTERVIEW

‘Deve Gowda’s democratic engagement was deep’

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Interview with the author and political commentator Sugata Srinivasaraju.

R.L. Jalappa, former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader from Karnataka, passes away

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R.L. Jalappa, former Union Minister and veteran Indian National Congress leader, passed away in Kolar at the age of 98 on the evening of December 17.

Congress MLA in Karnataka K.R. Ramesh Kumar makes shocking statement in Assembly on rape, tweets apology late on Thursday night

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Ramesh Kumar said in his apology: “I would like to express my sincere apologies to everyone for the indifferent and negligent comment I made in toda

Congress to oppose Karnataka government’s anti-conversion Bill

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The Indian National Congress leadership in Karnataka has made it clear that it will oppose the proposed anti-conversion Bill that the Bharatiya Janata

Interview: Prof. T.V. Sekher

‘Population explosion is not a concern now’

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Interview with Prof. T.V. Sekher, head of the Department of Family and Generations at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS).

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