Author: Maqsood Maniyar

CAA citizenship data cover-up hollows out RTI scope further

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-10-20 --

NT Bengaluru: Multiple rejections of Right to Information (RTI) applications seeking data on the number of persons granted statehood under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is fu Read more...

Speculations aside, here’s why Siddu will stay CM for now

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-10-13 --

NT Bengaluru: It appears that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will continue as the head of government in the near future. Siddaramaiah has the support of 100 or so MLAs out of the 134 Read more...

Echoes of egalitarian Harappan civilization grow louder

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-10-06 --

In the fervent discussions surrounding the Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), what is seldom broached is the subject of the largely non-hierarchical nature of this Bronze Age society, a theory that i Read more...

Congress women leaders demand holistic conversations

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-08-22 --

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Congress women leaders said the August 9 rape and murder of a duty doctor on the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital campus in Kolkata was not j Read more...

Unsung Muslim freedom fighters remembered

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-08-15 --

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: In the lead up to Independence Day, Muslim religious leaders of Bengaluru emphasized the pioneering role that their co-religionists played in the str Read more...

Bullish about KSDL’s growth, says company MD Prashant

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-07-28 --

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited Managing Director Dr Prashant PKM sought to impress upon people that the company wasn’t limited to Mysor Read more...

Cong, BJP, JD(S) in 'big fight' for bypoll seats

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-10-16 --

NT Bengaluru: The three biggest political parties of Karnataka may all end up fielding candidates in the three vacant Assembly seats in the state namely Channapatna, Shiggaon and S Read more...

Pro-Palestine org: India must cut ties with Israel

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-10-08 --

NT Correspondent Bengaluru: Members of civil society demanded that India suspend all ties to Israel similar to what the country’s policy had been towards apartheid South Afri Read more...

Weather system causes wet spell; to delay monsoon withdrawal

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-09-25 --

NT Bengaluru: A cyclonic circulation in central India is bringing rain to parts of India, including Karnataka, and delaying the withdrawal of the South West Monsoon (SWM). An India Read more...

Really, how far has Indian democracy come?

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-08-15 --

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: There has been a sea change in the political landscape in India since 1947, but academics argue that the state of electoral democracy leaves much to Read more...

State govt cares for minorities: KSMC chairman Nisar Ahmed

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-08-12 --

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Karnataka State Minorities Commission (KSMC) Chairman U Nisar Ahmed defended the Congress State government on its minority rights track record.

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Economists: No strategy to tackle major challenges

  • By Maqsood Maniyar --
  • 2024-07-24 --

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Economists expressed disappointment with the Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday, adding that it lacked strategy Read more...