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Karnataka govt considering proposal to remove Tipu Sultan's name from school textbooks, says BS Yediyurappa

'About Tipu Jayanti, we are going to drop everything. We are also thinking about dropping everything in the textbooks about him,' BS Yediyurappa said.

Centre announces Rs 1,813.75 crore financial assistance for flood-hit Karnataka and Bihar

The approval came after Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the ongoing rescue and relief work of all flood-affected states

Adivasis and the Indian State: Coffee plantations and reserved forests in Karnataka have stripped Jenu Kurubas of land, forest rights

Jenu Kurubas were listed as a primitive tribe by the state government. Now, they are listed as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG).

BJP legislators who failed to get ministerial berth in BS Yediyurappa's cabinet voice displeasure over decision

Dissonance came to the fore with several BJP legislators showing their displeasure after failing to secure a ministerial berth in the BS Yediyurappa cabinet that expanded on Tuesday.

Karnataka floods: BS Yediyurappa requests Centre to immediately release Rs 10,000 crore for state; 48 dead, 12 missing so far

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday requested the Centre to release financial assistance of Rs 10,000 crore immediately for the state which is reeling under floods caused by incessant rains.

One dead in Karnataka as flood situation worsens; Belagavi worst affected after water from Maharashtra's Koyna dam gushes into Krishna river

One person was killed while scores of houses collapsed in parts of Karnataka as the flood situation worsened in the southern state on Tuesday.

Flood situation worsens in Karnataka: Man dies in Belagavi wall collapse; bus, train services cancelled in several districts

One person was killed, schools were shut and bus and train services cancelled in parts of several districts of Karnataka as the flood situation worsened. According to police, a 25-year-old man was killed at Hoskote in Bylahongal taluk of Belagavi district when the wall of his house crashed on him.

Antagonism towards migrant workers keeps Kodagu on edge as politicos fail to balance interests of locals and coffee industry

Antagonism towards 'outsiders' employed in Kodagu's coffee plantations has been around for decades, lately, the narrative is focussed on workers from the north, including Jharkhand, Odisha, and Assam and other northeastern states

On Twitter, Shashi Tharoor praises Imran Khan for paying tribute to Tipu Sultan: BJP, Congress accuse each other of appeasement politics

A tweet by Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Tipu Sultan's death anniversary, which triggered a war of words between the Congress and BJP on 5 May, has been brought to the forefront again with Congress leader Shashi Tharoor praising Imran for paying tribute to 'a great Indian hero'

If Hindu girl touched by hand, that hand should not exist, says Union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde

Hegde had recently stoked a controversy with his 'daylight rape' comment which he had made in the context of persistent violence in Kerala