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India’s Silicon Beach: As Bengaluru sputters, a new IT haven in taking shape on Karnataka’s coast

The coastal belt of Mangaluru, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada is now dubbed the ‘Silicon Beach’ of India, with hundreds of tech companies setting up shop.

Lung space or heritage site? Karnataka wants to shift Bengaluru Turf Club despite ‘curse of the horse’

BTC sits on 83 acres of prime land in heart of Bengaluru. Cabinet decision to shift it has sparked fears heritage space could be used for road-widening & other infra projects.

While Bangaloreans bear brunt of 2nd Bengaluru metro fare hike, Centre-state play the blame game

Fares determined by independent fare fixation committee that is 'solely constituted' by Centre, says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah. BJP MP Tejasvi Surya counters.

Late-stage startups in Karnataka feel funding winter as overall investments decline 28%

Tech startups raised $3.8 bn in 2025, down 28% y-o-y, driven by sharp contraction in late-stage funding even as early-stage investments showed resilience, according to Tracxn.

CJ Roy’s death raises an important question. Why isn’t there a time limit on tax raids?

Deterrence cannot mean institutional licence for an endlessly extensible raid. A search that extends across days, followed by seals and freezes that linger for weeks, begins to resemble a siege.

Eye on ‘revenue’, Karnataka govt explores bringing Electronic City under Greater Bengaluru Authority

Amid city expansion plans and looming council polls, Siddaramaiah govt is said to be considering subsuming Electronics City Industrial Township Authority or ELCITA under GBA.

BMC in its grip, why BJP is now betting big on Bengaluru civic polls

In spite of being reduced from 104 to 66 assembly seats in 2023, it has a good track record in Bengaluru as seen in its vote share. Plus, all four parliamentary seats are with BJP.

BJP brings out the big guns for Bengaluru, appoints Ram Madhav as party’s in charge for civic polls

The new task assigned to Madhav points to an expanded role for him within the BJP and reflects the importance given by the party to the Greater Bengaluru Municipal polls.

With SC’s Bengaluru civic poll deadline, Karnataka’s Congress govt set to face crucial test

India’s IT capital has had no elected council for nearly six years. SC directed Karnataka govt & state election commission to hold GBA polls by 30 June.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.