Siddaramaiah evokes the Ahinda spirit at Dasara festivitiesIn his address on Thursday, Siddaramaiah recalled watching Dasara celebrations as a child, sitting on his father's shoulders.
22 Sep, 2017, 10.30 AM IST
Siddaramaiah uses state festival Dasara to put forward secular credentials and win votesThe state festival, marked by nine-day events and a massive procession in Mysuru on the 10th day, has traditionally been inaugurated by a p...
21 Sep, 2017, 07.02 PM IST
Siddaramaiah flags off another controversyA Congress leader said, “if Narendra Modi can get to power in Gujarat on the back of Gujarati asmita (pride), why should Siddaramaiah not s...
19 Jul, 2017, 04.18 PM IST
'Baahubali 2' hits bandh hurdle! Kannada outfits want Sathyaraj's apology before releaseThe activists are protesting against actor Sathyaraj's "anti-Kannadiga" remarks during the Cauvery row.
25 Apr, 2017, 10.50 AM IST
Karnataka at 60 still searching for unified linguistic identity while battling economic disparityThe unification movement, which began in Dharwad in Bombay Presidency and in Kerala, was supported by litterateurs who saw language as a un...
13 Nov, 2016, 03.43 PM IST
Writers remember MM Kalburgi, protest air of intoleranceG Parameshwara said that state's CID, which is investigating Kalburgi's murder, had found a similarity in bullets used in the killing of Da...
31 Aug, 2016, 11.35 AM IST
M M Kalburgi death anniversary revives debate on intolerance and freedom of expressionAcademic Chaman Lal, formerly a professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, said the march and the convention was addressing the fate of ...
30 Aug, 2016, 07.16 PM IST
Madras High Court upholds classical tag for Kannada, Odia, TeluguBased on petition, the Madras High Court had stayed any benefits for the languages till it was disposed of.
16 Aug, 2016, 10.41 AM IST
Law and order government's responsibility, not Akademi's: Jayant NarlikarIn a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee, Narlikar said the awards carry a rare dignity and should remain above the fracas.
04 Nov, 2015, 04.50 PM IST
Two protests - one aginst rising intolerance, other against returning Sahitya Akademi awardsThe Joint Action group of Nationalist Minded Artists & Thinkers is in the forefront, mobilising litterateurs who disagree with the mode of ...
23 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Karnataka govt preparing to explain stand on making Kannada compulsory subject in schoolsThe state legislature recently passed two bills to the effect and the Acts are to come into force from June.
13 Apr, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Now read 'Vachanas' onlineIn less than a year, Omshivaprakash and his wife Pavithra, an information retrieval specialist, have helped litterateurs build a web portal...
24 Dec, 2014, 03.31 PM IST
Belgaum to be renamed as BelagaviMaharashtra moved SC on boundary row with Karnataka maintaining its stand that Mahajan Commission report which says Belgaum is part of stat...
10 Oct, 2014, 11.15 PM IST
- Varanasi to organize convention for strengthening secular and democratic forces
Renowned writers and intellectuals may descend on the temple town of Varanasi next month to take part in a convention to strengthen secular...
13 Apr, 2014, 06.14 PM IST
Kannada writers, BJP cross swords on Narendra ModiTouching the raw nerve of BJP, celebrated writers U R Ananthamurthy and Girish Karnad have come out with guns blazing on Modi.
06 Apr, 2014, 11.58 AM IST
- Narayana Murthy to open World Kannada meet
The final 'Yes' from Infosys Technologies chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy has spared the Karnataka government embarrassment and cleared th...
05 Mar, 2011, 02.04 PM IST
- Much water has flown down the Cauvery
Eighteen years after it was installed, the statue of Tamil saint-poet Thiruvalluvar was finally unveiled on Sunday with Bangalore ignoring ...
10 Aug, 2009, 02.39 AM IST