Twenty years after he emerged in our lives as a practising politician, Manmohan Singh appears to be happily dismantling the very attributes that endeared him to the chattering classes—or allowing …
The bottomline of the five headlines— “The high command had promised to reinstate me as CM in six months.” ” I won’t go to Delhi seeking CM’s chair.” “Untrustworthy people …
Even as a question mark hangs over the heads of many editors and journalists, H.R. Ranganath, the chairman and managing director of the newly launched Kannada news channel, Public TV, has declared …
Yes, the clothes are white, the turban is blue, but this ain’t Manmohan Singh. The prime minister’s lookalike Gurmeet Singh Sethi arrives at the press club of Bangalore (PCB) on …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Who exactly is ruling Karnataka right now? Exhibit A: The Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee scheme (MGNREGS) guarantees employment in rural areas. Of the Rs 2,153 …
Tehelka magazine has a cover story on Karnataka this week. With the cover reading “Hindutva Lab 2.0“, the story asks if Karnataka is becoming the new Gujarat, the second laboratory …
To no one’s surprise, Kingfisher Airlines has floated into yet another stormy spell of turbulence. For the second time in four months, flights are being cancelled without “guests” being told …
An artist gives final touches to the statue of Kuvempu near freedom park, in Bangalore on Sunday. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News
K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: By qualification I am not an expert in stress management. But as a physician I think I see stress and its results on people more often …
While their unfeathered friends nestled in the so-called temple of democracy show a distinct distaste for decorum, a pigeon, a couple of mynas, and a couple of crows patiently line …
Karnataka chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda inaugurates the Kannada news channel, Public TV, in Bangalore on Sunday by reading a news item from a laptop computer. The channel is headed by …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: According to a statement by an official of United Nations children’s emergency fund, in April 2011, the Karnataka government prudishly turned down a UNICEF proposal to impart …
VIKRAM MUTHANNA writes: Many Indian kids, after they grow up, have trouble with long, tongue twisting names. Luckily we have nicknames to rescue us. But sometimes nicknames too become just …
As if to show that India’s two biggest political parties are cut from the same tainted cloth, the Congress-led government at the Centre and the BJP government in Karnataka have …
Cartoonists and headline writers are having a field day as BJP government in its so-called “Gateway to the South” turns a fine and civilised State into the butt of jokes …
It looks all neat and clean from the outside when the trains start plying, but plenty goes into getting a City ready for the metro. On Tumkur road in Bangalore …
A battle royale has broken out between the two leading Kannada news channels over who broke the porn video scandal, involving ministers in the BJP’s “gateway to the south”, Karnataka. …
On the day three self-appointed saviours of “Bharatiyata” resigned in ignominy after being caught with their pants down in the temple of democracy, a spoonbill watches a pair of pelicans …
Medha Patkar, the anti-dam crusader at the centre of the Narmada movement, has declined to accept the Basava award conferred on her by the government of Karnataka. Below is her …
After over six months in office, the Karnataka chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda (second from left) finally—finally!—strikes a telegenic pose worthy of his predecessor B.S. Yediyurappa, at a yoga camp …
Yes, it’s catchy. Yes, it’s creative. Yes, it’s a hit. But, sadly, it will never be Kolaveri Di. Still, to ask the contrarian question, does the song Pyaar namdukke aagbutaithe …
In its second term in office, the UPA government of Manmohan Singh has been dealt several body blows that could have completely ennervated and incapacitated a lesser man. Scam after …
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