State govt believes new facilities, infra push would transform Mangaluru & other coastal districts into the next 'high-growth corridor', allowing the region to realise its economic potential.
Karnataka govt’s ‘anti-communal force’ is yet to become operational, even as tensions in communally sensitive coastal regions remain dangerously close to spiraling out of control.
State Home Minister Parameshwara said the force will be constituted along the lines of 'anti-naxal force' & scour all platforms, speeches & social media, to identify provocative content.
Bajrang Dal, which Congress promised to 'ban' if voted to power, has presence in coastal Karnataka. The issue, though not a 'game-changer' will likely neutralise anti-incumbency in state.
The trio, who had allegedly hacked Nettar to death in the Dakshina Kannada district, were arrested in Kerala. The murder had caused communal tension in the district.
The rise of Hindutva and Islamist forces, coupled with socioeconomic tensions, have turned Dakshina Kannada into an arena of what experts have called ‘competitive communalism’.
Liberty without accountability is the freedom of the fool. Our concept of freedom will remain impoverished until it is deepened by liberal education, wrote Nani A Palkhivala in 1995.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
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