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Topic: Karnataka

In Haryana’s cash transfers for women & eligibility riders, a repeat of the promise-delivery gap

Women-centric schemes, promised by parties ahead of polls in multiple states, have seen eligibility tweaks, budget cuts, payment delays. Haryana's Lado Lakshmi is taking similar trajectory.

What’s behind Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge’s RSS-bashing

Vocal critic of the RSS-BJP ecosystem, as well as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policy and politics, Priyank Kharge appears to be positioning himself for the ‘long run’.

‘Centre poaching firms from Karnataka for BJP states with no tech ecosystem’—Priyank Kharge doubles down

Priyank Kharge’s comments came amid his war of words with Andhra IT Minister Nara Lokesh & Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the Centre's preferential treatment.

Andhra vs Karnataka battle gets spicier: $15 bn Google investment adds tadka to Lokesh-Priyank squabble

GenNext politicians bicker on social media, twitterati join in, take sides. Latest round of war of words after US-based tech giant announces strategic investment for India’s first AI hub in Vizag.

In tech park proposal, hopes of making coastal Karnataka a growth hub, shedding ‘communal hotbed’ image

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 approves 1 day of paid menstrual leave per month for women employees across sectors

Menstrual Leave Policy 2025 will cover all organisations that employ women including government offices, garment industry, corporates, information technology, & other sectors. 

Now at Rahul Gandhi’s door, why nomadic SCs are opposing Siddaramaiah’s internal reservation formula

Under internal reservation matrix, of 17% reservation for SCs, groups such as SC-Right & SC-Left given increased allocation of 6% each, and Category C, or ‘touchables’, given 5%.

Why Karnataka govt sealed Jollywood Studios — ‘We aren’t concerned about Bigg Boss Kannada’

After the fiasco on Tuesday, Bigg Boss Kannada contestants were escorted outside the premises of Jollywood Studios and relocated to the Eagleton Resort.

Should Karnataka elephants be kept in confinement camps? Everyone has a different view

With more than 6,000 elephants, Karnataka faces one of India’s toughest conservation challenges.

Karnataka sanctuary sees sixth tiger death this year. High-level probe ordered

The forest department recovered the tiger’s head, shoulders, and front legs, while the rest of the body was missing. The portions found still had claws and teeth intact, pointing towards possible poaching.

On Camera

Though India pursued a different path, we admired Lenin, were influenced by his example: Nehru

On 22 June 1955, Jawaharlal Nehru addressed an audience in Moscow during his first visit to the Soviet Union as India’s PM.

South rising, west slipping: India’s export map is being redrawn, shows RBI data

Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.