D.G. Sagar, president of the organisation, said the CAA and NRC would affect not just Muslims, as some people thought or were trying to project, but the poor and deprived sections of all communities such as Dalits, Adivasis and Backward […]
Bengaluru: The clamour for reservation in government services and educational institutes in the state is growing and experts suggest it has a lot to do with the lack of jobs. While some castes are demanding a hike in reservation, others […]
Leaders of the Muslim community, Dalit organisations, Congress Party, and others are staging a hunger strike at Dr B R Ambedkar Circle in Hubballi, opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). Raising slogans against Prime […]
The Mysuru Bar Association on Tuesday decided not to represent a girl student against whom a sedition case was registered for allegedly displaying a ‘Free Kashmir’ placard during a protest against the attack on JNU students at the University of Mysore […]
The name QAMRA is an acronym for Queer Archive for Memory Reflection and Activism but it is also meant to invoke other meanings. As a queer person living in India today, I’m expected to believe that this is a time […]
New Delhi, January 3: Former foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon on Friday slammed the government for amending the Citizenship Act, saying India had “isolated” itself through the move and the list of critical voices both at home and abroad is “pretty […]
BENGALURU: The state government’s decision to provide reservation to contractors belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in construction contracts has been upheld by the high court. Dismissing a petition filed by HM Vishwanath, a class -1 contractor […]
MYSURU: Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt, who was in the forefront for Ram Mandir movement at Ayodhya, also took the lead against social discrimination of Dalits and worked for bringing them into the mainstream of Hindu society. His efforts […]
The High Court bench led by the Chief Justice will look into the legality of the prohibitory orders issued by the state and expressed dismay over the manner in which protests in bangalore were handled. The Karnataka High Court’s response […]
BENGALURU: Eminent citizens, from a retired Supreme Court judge to former civil servants, called for a disobedience movement against CAA. They joined the protest at Quddus Saheb Eidgah grounds, urging people not to furnish citizenship papers, if asked to, and […]
