Author: Rahul M

The question of whether he will continue as the Karnataka Chief Minister is still up in the air, but Siddaramaiah seems to have just cemented his base among the farming community in the state. This came after three-and-a-half years of protests led by farmer unions such as Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, pro-Dalit forums, labour organisations, and literary personalities. The residents of 13 villages in Channarayapatna in rural Bengaluru, where the proposed project was to come up, also joined the protests. The state government has, however, said it would acquire land from those who consent to give…

In another shocking display of Maoist brutality, two young teachers who were appointed under the state’s Shiksha Doot scheme were murdered by Naxals on Tuesday, 15th July, in a remote village deep inside Chhattisgarh’s Indravati National Park area. The victims, Vinod Made (28) from Pillur village and Suresh Meta (29) from Tekameta village, were dragged out of their homes and executed by Maoists who suspected them of being police informers. The incident took place about 57 kilometres from the Bijapur district headquarters, under the Farsegad police station limits. According to police, both teachers were temporary recruits under the government’s Education…

For her new book, journalist Carter Sherman interviewed over 100 young people about why they’re not having sex. She says they’re “very horny” but also more isolated, self-conscious, and fearful.

A stampede at a food distribution site run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip killed 20 Palestinians on Wednesday, the group said, in the first acknowledgment of deadly violence at its operations. The Gaza Humanitarian Fund, an American organization backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip’s population, said 19 people were trampled in a stampede and one person was fatally stabbed at a hub in the southern city of Khan Younis. The organization accused the Hamas militant group of fomenting panic and spreading misinformation that led to the violence, though it provided no evidence to support…

The Israeli father of the two children found living in a Karnataka cave with their Russian mother Nina Kutina has sought their shared custody and urged authorities not to deport his daughters to Russia along with her. Speaking to indianexpress.com along with his legal representative, Brar Goldstien, 38, said on Wednesday that he was worried about his daughters’ future as Kutina, 40, allegedly did not allow them to be schooled formally or to interact with other people. “It is true that the children should have their mother. But being their father, I want to spend time with them too,” he…

With six MLAs in the 90-member legislative assembly, Congress is a member of Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling alliance led by National Conference. However, of late, the ties between the two parties have been frosty with Abdullah disapproving of the Congress’s allegations on EVM tampering, and the rudderless state of the INDIA bloc.Even on Monday, when various opposition parties criticised the L-G’s administration for using security forces in an attempt to physically prevent Abdullah from visiting the Naqshband Sahib graveyard in Srinagar to pay tribute to those killed by the Dogra army in 1931, the Congress national leadership remained silent.The party’s…

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spearheaded a large protest march in Kolkata on Wednesday, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of targeting Bengali-speaking individuals in various BJP-governed states. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief claimed the Centre was systematically harassing Bengalis through linguistic profiling, eviction drives, and illegal detention. Thousands joined the protest, which began at College Square around 1:45 pm and culminated at Dorina Crossing in Dharmatala. The nearly 3-kilometre-long route was heavily guarded, with approximately 1,500 police personnel deployed along the barricaded roads and nearby buildings. Traffic diversions were in place across major routes in central Kolkata, news…

A man’s visit to a police station to appear for questioning made him a suspect in a hoax bomb threat, only for the police to later find the real culprit: A prison inmate who allegedly used his mobile phone to send an email threatening to blow up the Bhatkal town in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka.The accused has been identified as Jithesh Sharma alias Khalid, a man in his 40s, who has about 16 cases in eight states, mainly for allegedly issuing hoax bomb threats. On July 10, the Bhatkal police station’s official email address received two bomb threats…

Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin strongly criticised the performance of India’s top-order batters following their 22-run defeat to England in the third Test at Lord’s. Despite posting a solid total of 387 in the first innings, India collapsed under pressure in the second, getting bowled out for just 170 while chasing a target of 193. Ravindra Jadeja along with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj valiantly fought back giving whole India a glimmer of hope but eventually bundled out in a heartbreaking fashion. England is currently leading 2-1 in the series with next test starting from July 23 at Old Trafford.…

The BJP-led NDA government seems to be keen to make the Monsoon Session of Parliament, starting on July 21, heavy with its legislative agenda, but the Opposition is set to corner the government over multiple issues, ranging from the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor to US President Donald Trump’s claim of brokering the India-Pakistan ceasefire, to the Election Commission (EC)’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.In its tentative list of key business for the month-long session, the government has lined up eight new Bills besides aiming to push the pending Income Tax Bill through.…