Will hold more protests: INC 

The opposition members showed distress about the current government arresting everyone who speaks against them.  The Indian National Congress (INC) is planning to conduct more protests like the one that happened two days earlier, where Mohammed Haris Nalapad, Karnataka Youth Congress President and Ashik Gowda, State General Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress protested with a […]

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Online translation apps affect enrollments to Kannada learning centers

Kannada teaching centers in the city witnesses a decrease number of Kannada learners and language script-writers due to the language based applications. From diverse cultural backgrounds encompassing different states, actors like Priyanka Upendra from Kolkata, Ragini Dwivedi from Haryana, Joseph Ninasam from Kerala, and Pooja Gandhi from Uttar Pradesh have all embraced Kannada after making […]

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Hasiru Prathishtana calls for reconsideration of Article 371J

The association demanded formation of a high level committee to reconsider the reservation under Article 371J and to suspend further promotions till then. Members of Hasiru Prathishtana, an association working on social and welfare issues in Karnataka, demanded reconsideration of reservation for promotions in government jobs for people from the Hyderabad-Karnataka region. In a press […]

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Broken Promises, Overflowing Drains in Gottigere

Unfinished drainage work leads to overflowing sewage, mosquito infestations, and finger-pointing between BWSSB and BBMP Residents of Gottigere and the adjacent areas have been in distress since the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) began installing underground drainage (UGD) pipes last year. The construction is still not completed, and the delay has resulted in […]

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Toying with artisans’ lives

Criteria of government schemes and programs not artisan friendly, say Channapatna toy makers It was a silent day. Krishna Singh, a toy maker in Channapatna was carefully painting the wooden spinning top in his shop surrounded by colorful toys. The sound of an auto pierced the silence. As a customer entered the shop, Krishna’s face […]

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