Karnataka: Minister Somanna’s intervention averts another Janivara rowThe Railway Board averted a potential controversy by relaxing rules on religious symbols for recruitment exams after concerns arose in Karn...
28 Apr, 2025, 06.07 PM IST
Union Minister instructs Railway exam board to rescind rule mandating students remove religious symbolsUnion Minister V Somanna instructed the Railway Recruitment Board to eliminate the rule requiring students to remove religious symbols duri...
28 Apr, 2025, 02.18 PM IST
Sikhs wearing kara/kirpan to be allowed to take DSSSB exam if they reach 1 hr before time, HC toldThe bench noted the board has issued revised guidelines which make it clear that it has taken a decision to allow Sikh candidates wearing k...
07 Oct, 2022, 07.34 PM IST
Jobless & polarised, Ayodhya’s Instagram generation seeks a way out for greener opportunitiesFor the young and first time voters growing up at the epicentre of Ram Janmabhoomi movement a degree is more important than the divine. Cov...
27 Feb, 2022, 08.38 PM IST
Hijab row limited to only 8 high schools & pre-university colleges in Karnataka, says GovtThe High Court, in its interim order pending consideration of all petitions related to the hijab row, last week restrained all the students...
17 Feb, 2022, 03.56 PM IST
K'taka hijab protests intensify; schools & colleges to remain shut for 3 daysThe Home Minister's warning came as tension prevailed at some educational institutions in Udupi, Shivamogga, Bagalkote and other parts, for...
08 Feb, 2022, 04.55 PM IST
Don't get spooked by our own culturesIndia is not, say, France, where not only is the idea of secularism based on the constitutional principle of 'laicite' by which all religio...
07 Feb, 2022, 11.16 PM IST
A look at the roles of nine panna pramukhs of poll bound MP, RajasthanThe job of the panna pramukhs is to stay in touch with the voters on their lists and motivate them to vote for the BJP.
27 Nov, 2018, 10.16 AM IST
Assembly elections, GST, high-profile cases mark 2017Two terrorists were killed by the army as it foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashm...
30 Dec, 2017, 04.53 PM IST
Poke Me: Three big upcoming assembly polls can be seen as '25%-plus Muslim elections'It's also worth noting that the BJP has put up as many as nine Muslim candidates in Assam. None of them is a likely winner, but the symboli...
01 Apr, 2016, 12.43 PM IST
Assembly elections: Why it would be an uphill task for Congress & not for BJPFor the Congress, it would be an uphill task to retain either Assam or Kerala, and avoid being left with Karnataka as the lone major state ...
13 Mar, 2016, 08.04 AM IST
Congress, IUML and other parties flay CBSE AIPMT dress codeA nun, who had refused to remove her veil and holy cross, was not permitted to write the AIPMT exam at a centre in Kerala.
26 Jul, 2015, 03.03 PM IST
Muslim student, nun refuse to remove religious symbols, opt out of AIPMTThree baptized Sikh students were allowed to take the test in Bathinda after they removed their 'kirpans' (small swords) and 'karas' (iron ...
26 Jul, 2015, 11.09 AM IST
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
31 Dec, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
Why Gujarat has become politically monochrome is a mysteryPlurality flourished in post-colonial politics even if it fell short numerically of requisite critical mass, under the Westminster model of...
01 Jun, 2014, 10.53 AM IST