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Topic: Karnataka

How Karnataka Congress plans to use emotion & caste to win Bengaluru’s RR Nagar seat

Congress has fielded Kusuma H., widow of IAS officer D.K. Ravi, from the Rajarajeshwarinagar seat for the 3 November bypoll.

Want to meet Karnataka CM Yediyurappa? Bring Covid-negative report or get tested at gate

New protocol that began Thursday makes it mandatory for Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa's visitors to either carry a negative Covid test report or get a test done at the entry gate of his office.

Covid forces Kannada film industry to rake up 40-yr-old govt promise — a mega film city

Film city was first promised in 1980. Stakeholders say a mega movie studio is more needed now as Sandalwood has suffered nearly Rs 1,000 cr losses during pandemic.

Yediyurappa govt announces Kannadiga quota in jobs, but it’s likely to run into SC hurdle

Karnataka issues order reserving Group C and D category govt jobs for ‘Kannadigas’, adding that those from the state will be given priority for employment in the private sector.

Couple names their newborn after Ballari DC Nakul in tribute to his Covid work

Parents Pradeep and Akshata say Ballari Deputy Commissioner S.S. Nakul took care to ensure Covid-19 patients received the best treatment. 

Kannada channel that ran sting on Yediyurappa kin is off air after extortion case, MD questioned

Raids have also been conducted at PowerTV office and residence of its MD after a police complaint alleged he indulged in extortion and forgery.

Karnataka farmers’ bodies to hold bandh Monday, to protest Yediyurappa govt’s bills

The bandh call against amendments to APMC and land reforms acts has been backed by pro-Kannada outfits as well as opposition Congress and JD(S).

‘Tantrums, forgotten password, Covid lie’ — Sandalwood drug suspects keep police on toes

Prime suspects in the alleged Sandalwood drugs scandal, including actor Ragini Dwivedi & party planner Viren Khanna, are allegedly not cooperating with probe. Their lawyers deny the charge.

No budget for free sanitary pads as Karnataka govt wants to ‘save funds’ for Covid fight

Karnataka govt didn't allocate funds for Shuchi scheme in March as it wanted to streamline its budget to 'save funds' to fight the Covid-19 outbreak, say officials.

Symptomatic Covid patients drove infection in Karnataka, study finds

The study, a preprint, is a joint initiative of Public Health Foundation of India, NIMHANS, and the Karnataka government’s Directorate of Health and Family Welfare.

On Camera

Pakistani fundamentalists closer to controlling state. Now the battle is over baby milk bank

Islamic clerics push back against human milk banks as Shari’a proscribes marriages between so-called milk siblings. But several Islamic countries, including Iran, operate them.

Noida International Airport, Delhi NCR’s 2nd, delayed. To begin operations by April 2025

According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.

India’s 15-yr quest for anti-tank missile: Israeli Spike, DRDO option, back to US for Javelin talks

Recent high-profile visit was of US National Security Adviser this month during which a number of key issues, including military cooperation, was discussed by both sides.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.