Author: Maqsood Maniyar

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

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...

Pro-Palestine org: India must cut ties with Israel

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 AfriRead more...

Echoes of egalitarian Harappan civilization grow louder

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 iRead more...

Weather system causes wet spell; to delay monsoon withdrawal

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 IndiaRead more...

Congress women leaders demand holistic conversations

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 jRead more...

Really, how far has Indian democracy come?

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...

Unsung Muslim freedom fighters remembered

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 strRead more...

State govt cares for minorities: KSMC chairman Nisar Ahmed

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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Bullish about KSDL’s growth, says company MD Prashant

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 MysorRead more...

Economists: No strategy to tackle major challenges

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

Countering hate, electoral reform, democratization way forward: Civil society

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Civil society members advocate for a push-back against communal hate online, electoral reform and sensitisation of the masses to cement what they seeRead more...

CM tells officers: Cancel BPL cards for ‘ineligible’ people

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah directed officials to scrap Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards held by those ineligible, pointing out that 80 per centRead more...