Author: Maqsood Maniyar

Channapatna heads for photo finish as campaign concludes

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-11-12 --

'Toy Town' Channapatna is witnessing a neck-and-neck battle between five-time local MLA and Congress candidate CP Yogeshwar and JD(S) canddate and grandson of HD Deve Gowda, Nikhil Kumarasw Read more...

Criminal cases in seat blocking discrepancies soon: Minister

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-11-09 --

Higher Education Minister MC Sudhakar on Friday confirmed the “seat blocking” irregularities in relation to engineering college seats under the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET), ad Read more...

Congress response to waqf row mired in finger pointing, infighting

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-11-08 --

Karnataka Congress has been sending out mixed signals in its response to the waqf row which has been raging in the state. The controversy refers to the local tehsildar in mid-October issuing notice Read more...

BJP, JD(S) leave rebel leaders out of by-poll campaigns

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-11-02 --

At a time when the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) thought it had the ruling Congress on the ropes with corruption al legations, they’ve had to contend with infighting, leading to exclusio Read more...

Siddu terms BJP waqf protests election stunt

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-10-31 --

NT | Bengaluru

 Chief Minist er Sidd aramaiah on Wednesday termed the Opposition BJP’s protests against the recent events surrounding waqf pro Read more...

What Yogeshwar departure from BJP tells us about NDA faultlines

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-10-26 --

NT Bengaluru: Five-time MLA CP Yogeshwar leaving the BJP and joining the Congress to contest as their Channapatna by-election candidate has laid bare an uncomfortable truth for the Read more...

JD(S) losing Muslim vote & Channapatna: Yogeshwar

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-11-12 --

Congress candidate from Channapatna CP Yogeshwar reckoned that the populous Muslim community of Channapatna had abandoned JD(S) ticket holder Nikhil Kumaraswamy, ensuring the latter’s defeat Read more...

What is the recent waqf land controversy about?

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-11-08 --

The issue surrounding waqf claims in Karnataka of late is interpreted by various actors as land grab by one or the other party or mistakes in gazette notifications. Waqf is an Islamic endowment, us Read more...

Why Karnataka continues to undergo wet spell

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-11-06 --

India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that parts of Karnataka, including Bengaluru, continued to receive rainfall due to the presence of a cyclonic circulation in the region. The weather depar Read more...

Lalitha Naik 'aptly' rewarded for literary contributions

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-11-01 --

Writer and activist turned politician BT Lalitha Naik was rewarded for her contributions in Kannada literature as she was named among the 69 Karnataka Rajyotsava awardees on Wednesday. Bor n into a Read more...

Internal reservation in SC quota a must, says IRS officer

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-10-29 --

NT Bengaluru: Additional commissioner of Income Tax and Indian Revenue Services (IRS) officer Nethrapal has been advocating for the sub-categorization of the Scheduled Caste (SC) q Read more...

Bird watchers treasure wintering winged visitors

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-10-21 --

NT Bengaluru: Scores of migratory birds have been making their way to Karnataka since September to the delight of bird watchers. Bird watchers and wildlife lovers like Dr Moha Read more...