All that glitters is, yes, gold for the next ten days
On the first day of the Dasara festivities in Mysore, the scion of the erstwhile royal family, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, ascends the throne at the khas durbar in the main …
On the first day of the Dasara festivities in Mysore, the scion of the erstwhile royal family, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, ascends the throne at the khas durbar in the main …
Shankar Nag died on this day in 1990. Vadiraj Hombal forwards a YouTube video of the star’s “first six minutes” on screen, in Ondanondu Kaaladalli.
Jamia Millia Islamia University’s decision to provide “legal assistance” to two of its students, Mohammad Shakil and Zia-ur-Rehman, picked up in connection with the serial blasts in Delhi has, as …
Young Muslim girls and boys break their roza at an iftaar party attended by chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa at Samad Bhavan in Shivajinagar in Bangalore on Monday. Photograph: Karnataka Photo …
The old HAL airport falls off the map near the Raj Bhavan in Bangalore as a new one opens shop on the other side of town. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News
As Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss‘s diktat for a nationwide ban on smoking in public spaces, including private offices, from October 2 awaits judicial scrutiny, an opinion poll shows the …
PRESS RELEASE: HarperCollins and Crossword bookstores invite you to the launch of Destination Moon, India’s quest for the Moon, Mars and Beyond by Pallava Bagla and Subhadra Menon at 5 …
D.P. SATISH writes from New Delhi: What is now happening in Karnataka is quite disturbing; almost unthinkable. People like me who went to school and college in the 1980s and …
ALOK PRASANNA writes from Bangalore: Few cricket experiences can come close to the delight of watching a good solid cricket match with one’s college-mates in the common room. This time …
When somebody is, well, advising you, it is best to lie back and enjoy it. Karnataka’s severely stressed-out legislators perform “yoga” at a consultation camp organised by Suttur Mutt in …
POTA has become everybody’s favourite four-letter word in the wake of the continuing terror attacks. The BJP would have us believe that tough terror laws are all we need to …
On Aaj Tak, a moment of stunning simplicity in an era of conspicuous consumption. The crown prince’s dietary habits broken over live TV. Link via Chetan Krishnaswamy Also read: Cold …
Editorial in The Indian Express, New Delhi: “The B.S. Yediyurappa government in Karnataka is not doing itself any good by persisting in its state of denial…. The Karnataka government’s singular …
Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: “As they say, religion is the teachings of God entrusted to learned men to spread love, goodwill and harmony. Unfortunately when men, especially ignorant men, descecrate …
The sort of disrepute Shivaraj Patil has brought the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre in four years, V.S. Acharya has brought the BJP government in Karnataka in four months …
As inter-religious animosity in Karnataka travels from the coast to the capital under a benign and benevolent government which seems to think it was sworn into office to protect and …
Sudheendra Kulkarni in The Indian Express: “Indian Muslims need to introspect on whether the shrill and persistent propaganda that they are a persecuted and oppressed community in India is helping …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Praveen Kumar III of South Western Railway was gazing at the track between Srirangapatna and Naguvanahalli. As he was staring at the track, his mind went back …
Children of mahouts ferrying elephants for the Dasara festivities in Mysore, and a couple of large gatecrashers, sit down for special classes conducted by department of public instruction at the …
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in The Telegraph, Calcutta, on the Singur controversy: “That politics might change over time once the terrible consequences of industrial and economic stagnation are more widely appreciated …
With Durga pooja round the corner, an artist gives the finishing touches to idols at the Bengali Association in Bangalore on Thursday. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News
By U.R. ANANTHA MURTHY What has happened in Dakshina Kannada is a shame. The Christians in the past had made contribution to the development of modern Kannada. Rev Kittel who …
PRESS RELEASE: This Friday, 19th of September, will see a small Hindi film being released called Hulla. Written and directed by Jaideep Varma, it took seven years for the film …
The “Eye for an Eye” email sent out by the “Indian Mujahideen” before the Delhi blasts on Saturday, while using the “injustice and oppression inflicted upon Muslims all over the …
Forest and police personnel give a standout demonstration on how to hold down a leopard on the loose in Mysore. The full-grown cat, which appeared on the Chamundi Hill road on …