The Sangh parivar's response to the Karnataka BJP accepting the Justice Das Committee's recommendations to increase reservation for SCs and STs betrays the contradictions between the saffron party's ideology …
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Karnataka: Pregnant Woman Dies After Being Turned Away From Hospital For Not Having Aadhaar Card
State health minister K. Sudhakar has ordered for the suspension of three nurses of the maternity ward and an on-duty doctor and has constituted a three-member committee to inquire …
How Karnataka’s ‘Preventive Protocol’ Could Help in Retaining All Children in School
The state's RTE protocol on out-of-school children is the first in the country. It has incorporated the provisions of the Articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights …
Karnataka: Third Minor Girl Alleges Sexual Assault by Murugha Mutt Head
Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru is already under judicial custody till October 21, after he was arrested for allegedly raping two minor girls.
Karnataka: Dalit Workers Assaulted, Locked Up For Days; Pregnant Woman Loses Baby
According to the complainant, 16 people were kept under house arrest for 15 days.
Karnataka: 10 Booked for Tying up, Brutally Beating Dalit Child
The ten, all members of 'upper' caste communities, had allegedly suspected that the child stole some jewellery.
Karnataka: Dalit Family Fined Rs 60,000 After a Teen ‘Touches’ Hindu Deity Idol
The village elders ruled that the boy had touched the pole connected to the idol of Sidiranna, a prominent south Indian village deity, during a procession and the idol …
Karnataka: How Two Friends Became the Target of Hindutva Polarisation on Eid
When Kavya was on her way to her friend Shamsheena's house to eat biryani on Eid ul Adha, she had no idea that the police would get involved.
Karnataka: NEP Position Paper Bats for Gender Sensitivity to Combat Sterotypes
An informal study conducted by the committee found that a majority of people believe women should nurture and look after children and that women "tolerate violence for the good …
Karnataka: Bajrang Dal Interrupts Play Performance Because it Showed Interfaith Couple
Rangabelaku, a Shivamogga-based theatre group, was performing well-known writer and lyricist Jayant Kaikini's play Jotegiruvanu Chandira – a Kannada adaptation of Joseph Stein's Fiddler on the Roof.