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Topic: Karnataka

‘Feels good to be back home’ — G Janardhana Reddy merges his KRPP with BJP in Karnataka

The mining tycoon Monday said he would work to make Narendra Modi PM for a 3rd term. Reddy was state minister in previous Yediyurappa govt before he was jailed in an alleged mining scam.

Congress fields Kharge’s son-in-law from Kalaburagi, gives tickets to children of Karnataka ministers

Radhakrishna Doddamani is often seen as Kharge's 'backbone' in Kalaburagi. Congress's list of candidates for 24 of 28 seats includes 5 state ministers' children, even 'reluctant' ones.

Bengaluru has a difficult choice—save a 230-year-old stud farm or stay congested

In the tug-of-war between development and green lungs, the racehorse-breeding Kunigal Stud Farm in Karnataka may join the long list of open spaces that have been sacrificed at Bengaluru’s altar.

Karnataka’s draft bill for gig workers: income security, occupational safety, grievance redressal

Karnataka will be 2nd state after Rajasthan to have legislation for welfare of gig workers. Experts & activists welcome key provisions, including fair terms of contract, mentioned in draft.

What led to Bengaluru water crisis? Unchecked concretisation coupled with lack of political will

Govt is implementing measures like imposing fines for non-essential use of drinking water, but experts say this does not address larger water crisis that has been brewing for yrs.

Karnataka Mutts offer a model for temple freedom. BJP raises the slogan but priests don’t

The autonomously run mutts or mathas are not temples and are exempt from the purview of the HR&CE Act. They’re self-sustaining industrial complexes that stretch beyond religion.

4 ‘pro-Pakistan’ sloganeers held in Karnataka: 3 linked to Congress RS win, 1 BJP worker in 2022 case

Minister Parameshwara says FSL evidence confirmed 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans during victory celebrations in Vidhana Soudha after Congress leader Syed Naseer Hussain’s RS election.

Modi critic who once took on Ram Madhav — all about Nitasha Kaul, UK academic denied entry into India

British-Kashmiri academic Nitasha Kaul was denied entry into India to attend an event organised by Congress govt in Karnataka. She says ‘Access to India should not be weaponised’.

‘Links between explosion at Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram cafe & 2023 Mangaluru blast,’ says Shivakumar

Photos of suspect wearing cap, mask & carrying a bag being circulated on social media along with CCTV footage of the blast. Bengaluru Central Crime Branch forms 8 teams for probe.

Blast in Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram cafe leaves several injured, forensic team collects evidence

At least 4 people were injured in the blast reported at the cafe in city's Whitefield area Friday. Area has been secured by police and fire brigade teams and the injured hospitalised.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.