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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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Topic: Karnataka

Wistron iPhone plant violence ‘unfortunate but not norm’, we’ll get more investment — Modi govt

In an interview to ThePrint, Mohapatra said Modi govt has been in constant talks with Karnataka and has asked it to ensure normalcy is restored at the earliest.

‘Missing’ contractors key to solving mystery of Wistron iPhone plant attack, police begin hunt

Karnataka labour minister says govt also probing allegations that contractors siphoned off salaries of workers. Police say trying to trace contractors and those involved in violence.

At Wistron iPhone plant, families search for ‘missing’ men, accuse contractors of cheating

Relatives of people arrested for 'vandalising' Wistron factory in Kolar say some hadn't even joined work yet. Many call for arrest of contractors first.

Karnataka’s anti-cow slaughter bill stalled after ruckus in Upper House over chairman’s ouster

BJP's attempts to place deputy chairman Dharmegowda of the JD(S) in the chair was stopped by Congress MLCs who manhandled and removed him.   

Taiwanese firm Wistron’s employees vandalise its iPhone manufacturing plant in Karnataka

Quoting preliminary inputs, police said employees at the facility rampaged through the plant premises overturning cars and damaging furniture besides other things.

Karnataka Assembly passes anti-cow slaughter bill amid Opposition walkout

The bill seeks a total ban on the slaughter of cows in the state. It also intends to protect buffaloes and their calves less than 12 years of age.

A house, or two, for Priyanka Gandhi to help lift UP Congress’ flagging fortunes

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Farmers who commit suicide are cowards, says Karnataka Agriculture Minister BC Patil

Karnataka minister BC Patil was addressing farmers when he said 'only a coward' who can't take care of his wife and children commits suicide, drawing flak from the Congress party.

Karnataka state welfare department set to open govt-run salons to fight caste discrimination

The Yediyurappa government has begun identifying places for these salons and has asked panchayats to compile lists of barbers willing to be hired on a contract basis.

Segregation in rural Karnataka greater than local Black-White division in US south: Study

Researchers mapped residents from over 26,000 villages to find that nearly 70 years on, little has changed in caste-religion-based spatial organisation in rural Karnataka.

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New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.