See who is being killed, not where killings are happening: P Chidambaram"I think the government of Karnataka must quickly investigate the (Lankesh) case, find the culprits and bring them to justice," said Chidam...
09 Sep, 2017, 10.37 PM IST
Karnataka government forms SIT; family demands CBI probe into Gauri Lankesh murderActivists demanded a judicial probe, while Gauri’s family wanted one by CBI. Siddaramaiah said he was open to handing over the case to CBI ...
07 Sep, 2017, 01.08 AM IST
Winds of change set to sweep reconstituted Indira Gandhi National Centre for ArtsA public outreach programme is envisaged involving ‘new’ institutions, cultural organisations and universities that the Centre may not have...
11 Jun, 2016, 01.50 AM IST
CBI for 3rd opinion on weapon used in rationalists' murderBangalore FSL was of opinion that different weapons were used in murders, Kalina FSL in Mumbai opined that weapon used in all three cases w...
01 Feb, 2016, 04.31 PM IST
US raises issue of Kalburgi murder and protests by literary communityUS praised India for its tolerance and resilience amid rising incidents of terrorism, while also raising the issue of the murder of Kannada...
14 Jan, 2016, 02.09 AM IST
Anyone disturbing harmony will not be spared: Rajnath SinghRejecting the contention that intolerance is growing under NDA rule, Home Minister Rajnath Singh asserted in Lok Sabha that anyone disturbi...
01 Dec, 2015, 10.12 PM IST
Karnataka CM meets Rajnath SinghKarnataka Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah today called on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed with him various issues concerning ...
28 Oct, 2015, 11.42 PM IST
Filmmakers return National Award in support of FTII studentsEminent filmmakers Dibakar Banerjee, Anand Patwardhan and eight others today returned their National Awards in solidarity with the protesti...
28 Oct, 2015, 09.03 PM IST
BJP doing politics of deliberate hate conspiracy: AAPAAP today said that BJP is doing politics of deliberate and planned way of "hate conspiracy" in the entire country to disturb Indian societ...
25 Oct, 2015, 08.32 PM IST
Sahitya Akademi breaks its silence, passes resolution condemning killing of writersAkademi stressed the need to protect India’s plural culture but sidestepped demands from protesters for holding a condolence meet for Kalbu...
24 Oct, 2015, 01.56 AM IST
Sahitya Akademi condemns writer's killing, appeals to take back awardsCondemning the killing of writer MM Kalburgi, Sahitya Akademi passed a unanimous resolution appealing to Union and state governments to pre...
23 Oct, 2015, 03.54 PM IST
Dalit killings: VK Singh says government not responisble for "somebody throwing a stone at a dog""Never associate local events with the government. For everything…say if somebody throws a stone at a dog and you say govt is responsible. ...
23 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Led by Nayantara Sahgal, Indian writers renounce awards; script dissent against intoleranceFormer head of the Lalit Kala Akademi Ashok Vajpayi returned his award, in Kashmir poet-writer Ghulam Nabi Khayal also followed suit.
13 Oct, 2015, 01.19 PM IST
- Another Gujarat-based writer Anil Joshi to return Sahitya Akademi award
The decision by Joshi comes a day after another writer here, Ganesh Devy, returned his Sahitya Akademi Award citing a similar reason.
12 Oct, 2015, 10.35 PM IST
Writers step up protest, 5 more return Akademi awardDelhi-based Aman Sethi said he too was returning the Sahitya Award he got in 1993, as the "spirit of inquiry is clearly under threat".
11 Oct, 2015, 10.00 PM IST
2 killed, 8 injured in train derailment in KarnatakaAt least two persons were killed and eight others injured when nine coaches of a Mumbai-bound train derailed near Kalburgi in Karnataka ear...
12 Sep, 2015, 09.00 AM IST
Efforts to save grand alliance under consideration: Sharad PawarTalking about Mulayam Singh's walk out from the alliance, Sharad Pawar said that efforts for unity can be discussed during the meeting sche...
05 Sep, 2015, 06.28 PM IST