Defamation of Yogi Adityanath

The super (in)famous UP CM Adityanath felt so bad about a social media post that five people are now arrested. While the said post was in a bad taste or not, is not the more glaring matter when compared to the abject abuse of power and threatening journalistic freedom. You might disagree with the post, […]

Karnataka 2018: How the parties fared in different regions of Karnataka and why

An analysis of seat-share, issues and background politics in the six regions of the state in the assembly elections Karnataka election results were declared on May 15, with no party getting a simple majority. While the battle of forming the government is holding everyone’s attention, the trends in different regions of the state have thrown […]

Swaraj India party releases its manifesto, contesting from 11 seats

The party also levied serious charges on JD(S) MP CS Puttaraju for using money and threats to win the Melukote seat, and it has complained to EC For the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, Swaraj India party released its English manifesto on May 9 at the Press Club in Bengaluru. The party is fighting on 11 […]

BJP politicians responsible for Kaggadasapura Lake mess, claims Bengaluru’s CV Raman Nagar AAP candidate

In this interview, Mohan Dasari, speaks about the issues facing CV Raman Nagar like illegal commercialization, water scarcity etc and how he plans to solve them. Some interesting battlelines are being drawn in the Karnataka elections to be held on May 12 and one such electoral fight is poised to take place in the CV […]

Encouraging residents to vote, Justice Hegde slams BJP and Congress

“Prithvi is an honest person, vote for him. If not, press NOTA button but do vote”, says former Supreme Court judge Santosh Hegde On April 25, Santosh Hegde, a former Supreme Court judge and Lokayukta of Karnataka, addressed a small public gathering in a private home in Cox town, which comes under Sarvagnanagara constituency in […]

KPCC working president Dinesh Rao files nomination papers, predicts victory in Karnataka

The four-time MLA had no answers about traffic problems in Bengaluru and blamed BBMP for the concerns related to pourakarmikas not getting their salaries.   Four-time MLA and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee working president Dinesh Gundu Rao filed his nomination papers on Friday from the Gandhinagar seat in Bengaluru and then spoke with media about […]

Govt to start linking Aadhaar to flight tickets as privacy concerns loom

Ministry of Civil Aviation is rolling out Aadhaar-based paperless boarding using biometric verification but experts are critical of the decision The civil aviation ministry is starting a project under which domestic passengers can link Aadhaar to air tickets at the time of booking the tickets and then, they can travel to the airport without a […]

AAP convener Prithvi Reddy files nominations, to battle Congress minister KJ George

“AAP is fighting on 11 seats in Bengaluru and will not support any party”, says party’s state affairs coordinator. Karnataka convener of the Aam Aadmi Party, Prithvi Reddy, filed his nomination papers on Thursday for the Sarvagnanagara assembly constituency in Bengaluru. Prithvi Reddy, along with his supporters, took out a rally from the AAP office […]

Protesting BJP blames Congress for disrupting parliament, predicts victory in Karnataka

During the protest, senior BJP leaders berate Congress, accusing it on blocking the nation’s development and predict victory in Karnataka As part of BJP’s protest and fast today across the nation against the alleged disruption of parliamentary proceedings by Congress, several senior BJP ministers and office-bearers sat in the protest demonstrations at Anand Rao Circle, […]

Ram Navami and radical Hinduism

I returned to Jaipur this Sunday, 25th, afternoon and then went to meet my friends in evening, around 4:30 PM. While crossing the exteriors of Vaishali Nagar, I saw a rally of over 1000 young males, aged 25-40, going on bikes, all dressed in various shades of saffron. Every bike had at least 3 men, […]