With many accusing Karnataka of making Kannada textbooks 'less progressive', textbook review panel chair defends changes, cites 'complaints about syllabus favouring a certain ideology'.
Sanskrit bodies’ opposition to Kannada in degree courses lit the fire. Govt funding for a Sanskrit university compared to poor state of Kannada University in Hampi fanned it.
AICTE had approved 1,230 seats in 19 institutes across India for engineering courses in regional languages, but only 255 have been filled. Hindi gets 116 students.
A group of history enthusiasts launched a Twitter campaign on 28 November to celebrate the reign of Badami Chalukya king Immadi Pulakeshi (or Pulakeshin II) in Karnataka.
The actor was rushed to the hospital Friday after he complained of chest pain. The popular TV presenter was known to be one of the highest-paid actors in the Kannada film industry.
Karnataka Minister for Kannada, Culture and Forest, Aravind Limbavali said that a legal notice would be served to Google for showing such an answer to that question.
Alur Venkata Rao is called the face of 'Karnataka Ekikarana' movement, though many believe several others equally contributed towards unification of the state.
The US could have used its coercive resources to compel Pakistan to shut down the Taliban’s transborder sanctuaries. It chose not to—costing its victory.
The government will permit purchases of 2 million tons each of the two vegetable oils per annum this fiscal year and the next, according to a notification by the finance ministry.
India is 35th member of the maritime counterterrorism partnership that also includes Pakistan, Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany and Greece, among others.
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.