Karnataka

Viral inappropriate video triggers fresh controversy for Karnataka DGP R Ramachandra Rao
Five-year jail term, protection cells, safe houses: Inside Karnataka’s proposed law against caste killings

Free beds, big claims: Experts question Karnataka’s hospital plan with Azim Premji Foundation
From stigma to sanitation: Why Karnataka’s shift to menstrual cups in schools could see challenges
Invisible epidemic: Lung cancer surges among non-smoking women in South India

Karnataka Congress issues show-cause notice to Rajiv Gowda over alleged verbal abuse
Karnataka activists seek action against cow vigilante Puneeth Kerehalli over threatening migrant workers
Son of JD(S) leader Chaitra Kotharkar booked under abetment to suicide
Karnataka to convene joint legislature session to debate repeal of MGNREGA
Karnataka High Court stays probe in land encroachment case against Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Kogilu demolitions: Activists reject ‘illegal Bangladeshi immigrants’ narrative, seek immediate rehabilitation
Whose rights, whose forest? Inside the struggle of tribal communities in Karnataka’s forests
Union Budget 2026: GST protection, tobacco excise sharing and welfare funds top Karnataka’s pitch
Karnataka rejects VB-G RAM G Act, to legally challenge repeal of MGNREGA
Karnataka Governor gives assent to several Bills; anti-hate speech Bill on hold
Ballari murder case: HD Kumaraswamy tears into Karnataka govt, seeks CBI probe
Mumbai court’s interest in Karnataka Congress’ 2023 manifesto over Bajrang Dal
‘PPP models are failures’: Arrests follow protest against privatisation push at Vijayapura district hospital
Probe ordered into Infosys land sale over irregularities in registering properties
Record outlasts rumours: Siddaramaiah surpasses Devaraj Urs as Karnataka’s longest-serving CM
The politics behind Karnataka Congress’ rare promise to rehabilitate those displaced in Kogilu
After anti–hate speech legislation, Karnataka government mulls a law against caste killings
Dalit woman stabbed to death in Uttara Kannada after refusing proposal, accused found dead a day later
‘Assault on right to work’: Karnataka’s rural workers, activists seek restoration of MGNREGA
ECI’s ‘trust in EVMs, elections’ survey predates Congress’ vote theft ‘expose’
Clash over banner near BJP leader G Janardhana Reddy’s Ballari residence leads to firing; one dead
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