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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a public meeting in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. November 14, 2024.

Why is Adityanath reviving memories of the Razakars’ violence of the 1940s now?

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister referred to Kharge’s personal tragedy; but is silent on the massacre of Muslims in Hyderabad that followed.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s office rushed to deny the existence of any such proposal, but documents show the CM had already approved amendments to the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements Act extending existing SC/ST/OBC quotas to Muslims.

Controversy over proposed Muslim reservation in Karnataka government contracts

Documents reveal Chief Minister Siddaramaiah approved 4 per cent reservation in government contracts despite official denials.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dr Syed Naseer Hussain.

BJP’s agenda is to defame Muslims: Syed Naseer Hussain

MP and member of the JPC says the BJP wants to desecularise India.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Personnel from the Mysuru Division of South Western Railway at work on the Hassan-Mangaluru line, near Kadagaravalli, Karnataka, on July 28, 2024.

Why Karnataka rejected the Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats

State cites economic concerns and political pressure from local representatives, despite growing ecological threats to the biodiversity-rich region.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar in Bengaluru in August 2024. After the Congress won the State Assembly election in May 2023 with a comfortable majority, there was a vague understanding that Shivakumar would be appointed as Chief Minister sometime in the future.

As Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah remains mired in corruption charges, Congress leaders lobby for his post

With this wrangling, the Congress will likely suffer in the only big State it currently rules.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

They’ve brought it with vengeance: K. Rahman Khan, former Union Minister on the Waqf Amendment Bill

The former Union Minister of Minority Affairs delves into the new amendments to the Waqf Act and their implications for Muslims in the future.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister for Minority Affairs K. Rahman Khan.

They’ve brought it with vengeance: K. Rahman Khan on Waqf Amendment Bill

The Congress leader accuses the Modi government of targeting Muslim waqf properties, alleging the new amendments aim to curtail community rights.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
JD(S) and BJP leaders and supporters during a Padayatra led by H.D. Kumaraswamy and B.Y. Vijayendra towards Mandya on August 7, 2024, protesting the state government’s alleged involvement in the MUDA scam.

MUDA scam rocks Karnataka politics and Siddaramaiah’s leadership

At the heart of the wrangle are 14 sites that were allotted to Parvathi, the Chief Minister’s wife, in 2017.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Rescue work at the landslide site near Shirur in Ankola taluk, July 21, 2024.

Before Wayanad: Karnataka’s Western Ghats saw rising landslides, met sluggish action

Experts warned of disaster for years as hills collapsed, but officials dragged their feet on protecting the fragile ecosystem.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Nagesh Hegde, photographed in Bengaluru on October 31, 2017.

Private investors have invaded the Western Ghats: Nagesh Hegde 

Karnataka has the largest chunk of the Western Ghats; its people deserve to understand their role in preserving this ecosystem, says Hegde.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Karnataka BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra addressing the press conference on August 2, 2024..

Karnataka’s Opposition marches against Siddaramaiah

BJP-JD(S) launches foot march from Bengaluru to Mysuru, demanding Chief Minister’s resignation over corruption charges.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Every hour, six people die of snake bite in India: Herpetologist Sumanth Bindumadhav

Snakebites claim more lives in India than all other animal-related deaths combined, yet this crisis remains largely invisible.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
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