Karnataka

For an Unholy Blessing

Anil Budur Lulla

After seers at Karnataka’s muths tilt, Sonia senses a chance

Now the BJP Finds Its Centre Can’t Hold

Anil Budur Lulla

The BJP’s troubles in Karnataka are set to worsen, as Yeddyurappa gears up for the next Assembly election in the state

Sri Ram Sene Hoists Pakistan Flag

Anil Budur Lulla

The odd use of a strange ruse to stir up communal trouble

The NCP Eyes Cash-rich Karnataka

Anil Budur Lulla

The wealth of its politicians went up 677 per cent. Which political party wouldn’t want a base here?

After the Serpent’s Sting

Suhit Kelkar

Maria Benedict, almost 11, was one of the 50,000 odd Indians who died of snakebite last year, but it was not the venom alone that killed her

High Stakes Game in Karnataka

Anil Budur Lulla

With Sriramulu winning the Bellary bypoll, the Reddy group gets ready to dare the BJP

The Underfed and the Unscrupulous

Shahina KK

Raichur district of Karnataka has some of India’s worst statistics on malnourished children. It is hard to tell which is the worse scandal: the lack of nutrition here or the money being made off it

The Land Mine Explodes

Anil Budur Lulla

Karnataka’s illegal mining scam has claimed its Chief Minister. But, with so many people involved, it will be a long while before the dust settles

The Tearful CM

Anil Budur Lulla

Tears, black magic and trips to the temple have dominated BS Yeddyurappa’s three years in office. But will he last now?

The Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka has been notified as a tiger reserve. While this tag will fetch extra conservation funds for the sanctuary, it threatens to displace Soliga tribals from their ancestral habitat. New generations of Soligas may not be content with their forefathers’ way of life, but this forest will lose its soul without them. And India will lose one of its best opportunities to try out a model of coexistence between wildlife and eco-sensitive people