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APU study says most teachers’ educational institutions are run by liquor and road contractors
Teachers hold the key to good education. Teaching is all about transferring knowledge from teachers to learners or students. Students carry nothing out of the classrooms but what they learn from their…
- Bangalore
BJP, a divided house in Karnataka
The BJP in Karnataka is a divided house. Disorder reigns supreme within the party as open expression of dissent and mutual accusations have become the order of the day. There have been…
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Pandemic times: Gulf between rich and poor widens alarmingly
We live in an unequal world striving towards decline in economic inequality. But COVID-19 has put serious break on our efforts to heal the gap between the rich and the poor. The…
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Resource crunch demand shift in construction industry; demand for new materials, innovative technologies up
Bengaluru: Wiseman and renowned bureaucrat P. N. Haksar, late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s Principal Secretary, had made an apt observation while speaking at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore in 1982: “Any…
- Bangalore
Study busts myths of online education
The pandemic raging for the last one year has caused massive disruption in lives of the common masses across the world. People have made several changes in daily chores. Education too has…
- Bangalore
Keen contest on cards in by-elections in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Even as Assembly elections will be held in four major States (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and West Bengal) and a Union Territory (Puducherry) in coming weeks, Karnataka would witness by-elections in two…
- Bangalore
Karnataka tidings: Ramesh Jarkiholi and his sexcapades
The BJP Government in Karnataka suffered a severe blow with the resignation of Ramesh Jarkiholi, Minister for Water Resources in a day of fast-paced developments following the telecast of a widely viral…
- India
Caste politics is rocking BJP ruled Karnataka
Bengaluru: With several communities up in arms demanding a fresh look at the caste-based reservation list, Karnataka is witnessing a cacophony of unprecedented proportion with religio-political undertone. Panchamsalis, a sub-caste group within the…
- Bangalore
Park for the parrots showcases birds in blooming and subdued colours
Karnataka’s cultural capital, Mysuru (previously Mysore) could boast of the largest concentration of twitterati within the country. No, not in the virtual space, but in the real sense of the word! The…
- Bangalore
Yeddyurappa Facing Relentless Salvos
BJP hardliner and Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has become a source of acute embarrassment for the party, Government and Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa by relentlessly firing salvos. Though the party…
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Appointment with a catastrophe–2001 earthquake in Bhuj
January 26, 2001, the fateful Friday was destined to be a Republic Day with a difference. I had arrived in Bhuj a day earlier to see a childhood friend with whom I…
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Curbs on free speech in Karnataka
Two incidents seen as curbs on free speech and expression by the BJP Government in the State have drawn criticism from writers, academicians and media in the State. In the first instance,…
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Congress has no monopoly over ‘family rule’; BJP is leaving it behind in the race
All those who thought the dynasties proliferate only within the Indian National Congress and the regional parties, would need to correct themselves. The Bharatiya Janata Party is stealing a lead over all…
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Should Muslims tag along with MIM or find real time ways to improve their situation?
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is in the process of spreading its wings across the nation. Significant success in the recent Bihar elections (five MLAs from Seemanchal region) have given the…
- India
Kannadigas sense threat to their language; demand two-lingo formula
Kannada activists have staged protests at several places in the State over what they see as imposition of Hindi in where Kannada is the official language for all purposes. The immediate cause…
