At a concert on Sunday in Hampi, Karnataka, the singer Kailash Kher received jeers purportedly for not singing any Kannada songs. Police reported that during the Hampi Utsav’s closing ceremony, the singer received a bottle hurled at him by the crowd that was upset with him for performing Continue Reading
Following the hijab ban, Karnataka appears to be set for yet another major scandal, with a BJP lawmaker in the state’s government preparing a bill to outlaw halal meat a year before the state elections. The state assembly, which began its winter session Monday, is expected to become turbulent over the issue. The bill will […]Continue Reading
Today in Karnataka, a 10-year-old boy lost his life after being assaulted by his teacher, who also shoved him off the first-floor balcony of the public school. According to the authorities, Muthappa, a teacher at Adarsh Primary School in the northern village of Hagli, struck the youngster with a shovel. Bharat was a fourth-grade student. […]Continue Reading
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday pleaded with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to assist an injured juvenile elephant in need of immediate medical attention in the Nagarhole Tiger Reserve in Mysuru. On a visit to the reserve on Tuesday, Rahul and Sonia Gandhi observed the young elephant. Rahul Gandhi explained in his letter […]Continue Reading
The Karnataka High Court’s decision to uphold a ban on the hijab at educational institutions was challenged in a number of petitions, and the Supreme Court on Thursday postponed its decision. After the parties presenting from both sides of the case had finished speaking, a bench of justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia reserved their […]Continue Reading
A couple was granted a divorce by the Karnataka High Court after it determined that the husband had treated the wife like a “cash cow.” A split bench of Justices Alok Aradhe and J. M. Khazi recently ruled that it is inhumane for a husband to treat his wife like a “cash cow.” To demonstrate […]Continue Reading
Karnataka’s National Education Policy Committee (NEP) has called for non-vegetarian food to be avoided in school lunches across the country. This proposal was put before the government citing the reason that eating eggs or meat causes illness. The BJP government in the state is of the view that there is no need for controversy in […]Continue Reading
With the Rajya Sabha elections coming up tomorrow, all the JDS MLAs in Karnataka have been shifted to resorts. The MLAs were shifted to a private resort in Bengaluru. Thirty-two JDS MLAs were replaced. In Karnataka, there are six candidates in four seats. You need 45 votes to win. The BJP can win two seats […]Continue Reading
Seven teachers have been suspended in Karnataka’s Gadag district for allowing students wearing hijabs to appear for exams. GM Basavalingappa, deputy director of public education in Gadag district, said seven teachers had been suspended following media reports of an incident at CS Patil Girls’ High School. “The invigilators allowed the headscarf in violation of Continue Reading
On Monday, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging a Karnataka High Court decision prohibiting the wearing of hijabs in educational institutions. The Board, in its petition, called the move “erroneous,” claiming that it will “lead to discrimination against Muslims in general, and Muslim girls in Continue Reading