Congress Challenge: Keep Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar Happy

There are lessons for the Congress to learn from the Karnataka elections of how burying the hatchet among top leaders and not washing dirty linen in public can help, says Ramesh Menon. IMAGE:......

Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood is next CBI director

Karnataka Director General of Police Praveen Sood has been appointed as the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, a government order said on Sunday. IMAGE: IPS officer Praveen......

Why BJP In Karnataka Is Not In Good Health

'There is a conscious move by the BJP to distance itself from the current state leadership.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi along with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, left, at......

Why Are The Scindias Bowing To Amit Shah?

What some of our leaders were up to over the weekend...   IMAGE: Priyadarshini Raje Scindia, the maharani of Gwalior, and her son Mahaaryaman Jyotiraditya Scindia, the yuvraj of the royal......

He is paying the price for rice @ Re 1

The current crisis Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is facing is a cumulative effect of inattention to water management and the fiscal burden of populist promises, says Aditi Phadnis.......

PM dedicates Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline to nation

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday dedicated GAIL India Ltd's 1,000 km Dabhol-Bangalore natural gas pipeline to the nation. While the pipeline was completed earlier this year, the Prime......

Why Bellary is to bleed again

It’s sleepless nights again for the residents of Kamtur village. Located on the fringes of the Kumaraswamy forest range, one of the six iron ore-bearing mountaintops in Karnataka’s......

Should locals get 26% of mining profits?

Appropriating a percentage of earnings will scare away entrepreneurs and defeat the purpose of bringing tribals into the national mainstream. Even so, the basic principle of compensating people for......

Hugging without sexual intent is not an offence, Brij Bhushan tells court

IMAGE: Brij Bhushan's counsel Rajiv Mohan submitted that the former WFI chief hugged the wrestlers as he took pride in their performance. Photograph: ANI/Twitter Outgoing Wrestling Federation of......

Long jumper Sreeshankar finishes 3rd in Diamond League

IMAGE: Murali Sreeshankar is the only third Indian to finish in the top-three of a Diamond League. Photograph: Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images India's long jumper Murali Sreeshankar secured a......

Australia crash out of World T20

Ricky Ponting tried to hit spinner Ajantha Mendis against the spin and saw his leg-stump uprooted for 25. The skipper's 15-ball innings included five hits to the fence Sri Lanka defeated Australia......