In a significant move aimed at safeguarding individual liberty, the government of Karnataka has introduced the Freedom of Choice in Marriage and Prevention and Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Honour and Tradition Bill, 2026. The proposed legislation seeks to protect consenting adults from family or community interference, particularly in cases of inter-caste and interfaith relationships.
The much-anticipated socioeconomic, educational, and political representation survey in Karnataka got off to a slow start on Monday, with enumerators facing numerous technical glitches and challenges.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that there was a concerted attempt to delete the names of over 6,000 voters in Karnataka’s Aland constituency during the 2023 Assembly elections, which the party had prevented.
For the first time since 1982, when Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were first introduced in India, Karnataka has broken ranks with the rest of the country.
The Supreme Court Collegium has proposed the reshuffling of judges across nine State High Courts. This is the second time in four months since Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai took charge that the Collegium has proposed substantial transfers and repatriations of High Court judges
The new Class 8 NCERT Social Science textbook looks quite different this year — and not just in layout. Entire sections on Tipu Sultan, Haidar Ali, and the Anglo-Mysore Wars of the 1700s have been removed.
In Karnataka, Gandhi alleged that over one lakh votes were fraudulently cast in the Mahadevapura Assembly constituency out of a total of 6.5 lakh. “There was ‘vote chori’ of over one lakh votes,” he said, further alleging that the Congress research team had found large numbers of duplicate voters, invalid addresses, and bulk entries in that constituency.
In a recent case that has shaken our country , in a small village in Karnataka, a group linked to In a Hindu right-wing outfit allegedly poisoned a school’s drinking water, not to harm the students directly, but to target the school’s Muslim headmaster.
The visit of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar to the national capital has once again set the rumour mills rolling. Amidst speculation of a leadership change in Karnataka, the two leaders are flexing their muscles in Delhi.
