After almost a week of agitation over the Cauvery water sharing row, the Supreme Court will announce the verdict today. The Cauvery supervisory committee on Monday ordered the release of 3,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu from 21 to 30 September. This decision sparked another round of[Read More…]
The Central government has requested the Supreme Court to ban a 500 year old temple ritual in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu where Dalits are made to roll over the leftover meals of Brahmins. The ritual (called “snana” which means bathing) is apparently backed by the belief that rolling over leftovers[Read More…]
The Cauvery water dispute that has escalated tensions in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka seems to have reached its peak as Section 144 was imposed across Bengaluru. Sporadic incidents of attacks on a hotel, stone pelting, ruckus at a bank and attacks on vehicles were reported in both the States. The[Read More…]
Tension prevailed in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka post the Supreme Court’s Cauvery verdict. Recent unprecedented attacks in the capital cities of both the states highlight the fragile relationship shared by them. Even as the court modified it’s earlier verdict and ruled that Karnataka should release less[Read More…]
Karnataka is witnessing the fourth bandh in the state on Friday in the recent 45 days. Likely to be the most disruptive one, the state government has extended its support to all areas specially, Bengaluru. Around 25,000 police personnel are deployed in Bengaluru to ensure that situation remains peaceful. But[Read More…]
Karnataka is witnessing protests and standstill after the Supreme Court Cauvery verdict, as pro-Kannada organisations and farmer unions have called for Karnataka bandh on Friday, September 9. The Karnataka government has received a directive from the Supreme Court to release Cauvery water into Tamil Nadu. Activist, Vatal Nagaraj said, “The water situation[Read More…]
A case of sedition has been filed against Amnesty India by the Karnataka police after anti-India slogans were allegedly raised during a debate on Kashmir. Amnesty has not received the FIR, but is questioning why organising an event to defend constitutional values is being criminalised. The debate, which included students and[Read More…]
Karnataka’s Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is undertaking a demolition drive and razing houses for encroachment on storm water drains in the city. The house of NSG commando Niranjan Kumar, who was killed during the Pathankot terrorist attack in January, is also in its demolition list. His family is calling[Read More…]
A Nigerian woman in her late 20s, identified as Mariam, was tied up by the police in Karnataka’s Bengaluru after she allegedly attacked people at National Market. The police said the girl was drunk and damaged a shop’s glass pane in the market. Meanwhile, the African Students’ Association accused officials[Read More…]
Harshitha C, a visually impaired Mount Carmel College student who spearheaded an initiative to scrap import duties on specialised equipment for the blind, passed her Bcom examinations with distinction in all subjects. She has received a congratulatory letter (accessed exclusively by Newsd) from Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi which reads, “As[Read More…]
The Karnataka High Court on Monday said Lokayukta police can file chargesheets or final reports in the cases filed by them prior to the creation of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The court authorized them to carry on with probe in 747 pending cases. The move came after a PIL stated,[Read More…]