The influential community’s longstanding demand has flared up again ahead of key elections and shaky political alliances in the state.
The BJP wants to make the Hindi ‘Bharat’ the country’s only name.
The Forest Conservation Act prevents any forest land from being used for non-forest purposes without approval from the Central government.
The court’s direction has no basis in law. Personal opinions are irrelevant to the right to seek constitutional remedies, experts say.
An excerpt from ‘Namma Bangalore: The Soul of a Metropolis’, by Shoba Narayan.
By yielding to caste rules at the turn of the 19th century, the ‘Hindu biscuit’ ended up subverting them.
An excerpt from ‘Mansur’, by Vikramjit Ram.
A wrap of the day’s top developments.
