Karnataka Government

‘Savarkar flew out of jail on birds’: When school books gave the wrong lessons

If a passage from a Kannada textbook is to be believed, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar flew out of jail on the wings of Bulbul birds to visit his motherland every day. This, of course, is not the first time a school lesson has turned out to be questionable

COVID-19: Karnataka government orders surveillance measures for passengers arriving from Japan, Thailand

Testing through RT-PCR should be done for the symptomatic persons at the airport testing laboratory and for those found positive, the samples shall be sent for genome sequencing

Karnataka contractor's death: Opposition demands K S Eshwarappa's arrest on murder charges, dismissal from Cabinet

Santosh K Patil, who was found dead in a lodge in Udupi, clearly said that the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj minister is directly responsible for his death, accusing him of demanding 40 per cent commission on a contract

Ban on Muslim traders in Karnataka temples citing 2002 rule: Understanding what the law actually says

The Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 2002 has been brought up to keep Muslim traders out of temple premises and fairs. However, the rule applies only to immovable property; stalls at fairs can be dismantled

Hijab not essential practice of Islam, AG tells Karnataka HC; hearing to continue on Monday

Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi, while arguing on behalf of Karnataka government, said that the practice of wearing hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam and preventing its use did not violate Article 25 of the Indian Constitution

Hijab Row: Hijab wearing woman will one day be PM of India, says Asaduddin Owaisi

The comments were made in a 43-second video, which comes amidst the raging hijab row and after the AIMIM chief came out in support of Muskan who was seen being heckled in Mandya district of Karnataka in a now-viral video

Basavaraj Bommai expresses confidence about peace and normalcy ahead of high schools reopening tomorrow

Meanwhile, the Udupi district administration has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC in areas around all high schools in the district from Monday till 19 February

Hijab row: Three-judge bench of Karnataka HC to hear petition today; Basavaraj Bommai urges everyone to maintain peace

The hijab controversy started in December-end last year when a few students were stopped from entering class at the government pre-university college in Udupi wearing hijab

How Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, famous for anti-CAA protest, is backing Karnataka’s hijab stir

Shaheen Bagh earned popularity in 2019-2020 when thousands of people from all walks of life had collected for over 100 days to protest against the Centre's Citizenship Amendment Act

History will not be kind to ‘liberals’ cheerleading for hijab and burqa

The hijab, under so much weight of fear and conditioning, can never be a choice. And history will remember the role that ‘liberals’ are playing in making it look like one