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  1. Hell hath no fury like a Yeddy scorned

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    / November 30, 2012 /
    The BJP would be amused that at just about the same time that one of its stalwarts B S Yeddyurappa is bidding adieu to the party, another of its prodigal sons Kalyan Singh is knocking at its door in Lucknow. But while Kalyan is a spent force in the cesspool...

  2. Jaya in Bangalore to get Cauvery water

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    / November 29, 2012 /
    At 3 pm today, the chief ministers of Tamilnadu and Karnataka will meet in Bangalore to discuss sharing the waters of the Cauvery river. This will be the first time in 15 years that the two CMs will meet on the issue. The meeting comes after the Supreme court caustically...

  3. Is Yeddyurappa preparing to leave the BJP?

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    / September 28, 2012 /
    Is B S Yeddyurappa preparing the ground for leaving the BJP? Today even as the national executive was on in Haryana, he embarrassed the party by praising the Nehru-Gandhi family leadership and ridiculed his own party chief Nitin Gadkari for going back on his words. “The Congress leadership – from...

  4. Does your dentist know Sanskrit?

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    / September 14, 2012 /
    How would it be if your dentist next asks you to open your mouth in Sanskrit? Foxed. Well,  it could well happen if Karnataka’s medical education minister S A Ramdas has his way. Ramdas wants dental students to learn Sanskrit to understand their subjects better. The Times of India reports...

  5. Karnataka HC Judge’s sexist remarks draw flak

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    / September 6, 2012 /
    Over 500 lawyers practising in the Karnataka high court judge have signed a petition requested the Chief Justice of India to intervene in the case relating to a judge who recently made a sexist remark. Justice K Bhaktavatsala had apparently told a domestic abuse victim that it may be okay...

  6. Karnataka’s foreign nataka is over

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    / September 5, 2012 / 1 Comment
    The curtains are down on the `nataka’ that nine legislators from Karnataka were indulging in in South America. Public outcry and severe criticism in the media has Bangalored the MLAs and MLCs, with chief minister Jagdish Shettar asking them to take the next flight back to Bangalore. The MLAs –...

  7. Governor Bhardwaj offers to pick up the broomstick

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    / August 27, 2012 /
    This attack on the government would make Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj a popular man for sure. Taking potshots at the Bangalore city corporation for not clearing up piled up garbage, Bhardway has offered to clear the waste himself. “Give me 20 men, I will clear it myself,” he said....

  8. No Mamata for judiciary

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    / August 15, 2012 / 3 Comments
    There is clearly no order, order, when it comes to Mamata Banerjee’s mind and tongue. First a student at a talk show was branded a Maoist for asking uncomfortable questions, then a professor was taken to task for forwarding a cartoon and then a farmer was accused of being a...

  9. Is Yeddy ka haath, Congress ke saath?

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    / August 10, 2012 /
    Will B S Yeddyurappa destroy the BJP in Karnataka from within? This has been the subject of speculation and rumour mills for quite many months now, with several sources talking of secret meetings between senior Congress leaders from Karnataka and Yeddyurappa. The former CM’s bravado and intent to take on...

  10. What’s Hindu about these %&*#?

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    / July 29, 2012 / 4 Comments
    `We the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a moralistic Talibanisque goonda Republic, and to thrash all citizens who dare to party and have fun ….’ This is the 2012 version of the Preamble to the Constitution of India that is being rewritten on the streets...

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