18+ hour, 25+ min ago   (1108+ words) Opposition to the Kasturirangan Committee's recommendations on the Western Ghats is gaining momentum across Karnataka’s Malnad region, with protests continuing in places including Honnavar, Sringeri, Shivamogga and Karkala. What began as a debate over environmental protection has now turned into…...

22+ hour, 58+ min ago   (1719+ words) In an exclusive interview with The Federal, Gowda, Professor and Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Vidyashilp University, Bengaluru, talks about his latest book, Longing for an Elsewhere: Mysore and the Making of India’s Developmental State, Mysuru’s pursuit of…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (454+ words) The Congress government in Karnataka has taken a stand against the Centre’s guidelines making it mandatory to sing all six stanzas of Vande Mataram. It has now issued a significant order stating that, henceforth, only the first two stanzas of…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (400+ words) Karnataka Water Resources Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy on Wednesday (September 9) said that the state government will move the Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the orders directing the state to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu. On Tuesday, the…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (445+ words) The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 9) said that "all are treated equally," after counsel for the complainant in a defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned why the matter had not been listed for hearing for a long time....

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (296+ words) Bengaluru, Sep 8 (PTI) The Karnataka government is seriously considering approaching the Supreme Court against the CWRC direction to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water daily to Tamil Nadu, the state's Water Resources Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy said on Tuesday. Describing the…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (439+ words) The Tamil Nadu government has banned the use of smartphones at 52 major temples in the state. The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department brought the restriction into effect on September 1. The Federal visited the Vadapalani Andavar Temple in…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (638+ words) There is more to the Congress party’s reshuffle of its state in-charges than the headline-drawing replacement of Bhupesh Baghel with Sachin Pilot at the helm of the party’s affairs in Punjab. As Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge reassigned the responsibility of…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (422+ words) New Delhi, Sep 7 (PTI) The Election Commission on Monday announced bypolls to five assembly seats in three states including Nandigram, vacated by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari after he chose to retain Bhabanipur where he had defeated former chief…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (447+ words) Three people, including two women, were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a 30-year-old woman over unpaid loan interest in Bengaluru. The arrested persons were identified as Nazath, Reshma Banu and Suhail, police said on Friday (September 4). According to the…...