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    Muralidhara Khajane
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      G S Amur: The writer-critic who opened Kannada literature to the world
      Features

      G S Amur: The writer-critic who opened Kannada literature to the world

      8 May 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Banu Mushtaq, author of Hearth Lamp
      Features

      How Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq shines a light on Muslim women’s struggles

      30 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Kannada films, Sati Sulochana, Talkie
      Features

      The return of Sati Sulochana, the first Kannada talkie

      30 March 2025 8:02 PM IST
      M S Sathyu-Garm Hava
      Films

      M S Sathyu interview: On Garm Hava, and why he wants to keep making films

      18 Feb 2025 6:30 AM IST
      How Karnataka’s MFC crisis is back driving people to suicide, leave homes
      The Eighth Column

      How Karnataka’s MFC crisis is back driving people to suicide, leave homes

      3 Feb 2025 7:06 AM IST
      Kamalakar Bhat-Kirtinath Kurtkoti-Courtesy of Criticism
      Features

      Kamalakar Bhat interview: ‘To Kurtkoti, criticism was a way to share literature’s rasa’

      1 Feb 2025 6:30 AM IST
      tunnel road project bengaluru
      Karnataka

      Union Budget 2025: Karnataka expects fairness, seeks more packages, aid

      30 Jan 2025 2:58 PM IST
      Charkha at Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
      Features

      At Gandhi Bhavan in Bengaluru, ‘scanning’ is the new ‘spinning’ to digitise Bapu’s thought

      30 Jan 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Why, as Sati Sulochana inches to complete 90 years, efforts to trace its making are on
      The Eighth Column

      Why, as Sati Sulochana inches to complete 90 years, efforts to trace its making are on

      24 Jan 2025 9:32 AM IST
      Mine
      The Federal Focus

      Karnataka: Governor returns mining Bill; dashes state's hope of raking in fresh revenue

      23 Jan 2025 9:39 PM IST
      No funds vs no land: Karnataka-Centre feud over limping railway projects
      The Federal Focus

      No funds vs no land: Karnataka-Centre feud over limping railway projects

      22 Jan 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Ritwik Ghatak
      Films

      BIFFES | Bengaluru International Film Festival to mark centenary of Ritwik Ghatak

      17 Jan 2025 7:16 PM IST
      Did Siddaramaiah declare Karnataka ‘Naxal-free state’ too early
      The Eighth Column

      Did Siddaramaiah declare Karnataka ‘Naxal-free state’ too early

      16 Jan 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Karnataka temple
      Karnataka

      Karnataka: Priests seek govt intervention as powerful mutts eye Hindu temples

      15 Jan 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Kannada Modern classics
      Features

      How Kannada classics find their way to modern readers through translation

      8 Jan 2025 8:38 AM IST
      Hirebenakal megalithic site, nuclear power plant
      Karnataka

      Karnataka: Fear grips Koppal villagers over proposed nuclear power plant

      8 Jan 2025 6:20 AM IST
      Nirvana-BIFFes
      Films

      BIFFES I Bengaluru International Film Festival: 16th edition set to be held from March 1

      6 Jan 2025 7:37 PM IST
      landslide and siddaramaiah
      Karnataka

      More mining projects, and laxer rules; is Karnataka being reckless?

      6 Jan 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Kantara-1
      Films

      Kannada cinema: Pan-India releases set to change things for the ailing industry in 2025

      2 Jan 2025 9:36 AM IST
      Belagavi poll results
      Karnataka

      MLAs of ‘ignored’ North Karnataka call for special status, warn of statehood stir

      25 Dec 2024 5:57 PM IST
      Shyam Benegal
      Films

      Shyam Benegal: Master storyteller, unyielding torchbearer of Indian Parallel Cinema

      24 Dec 2024 3:35 PM IST
      Kannada cinema
      Films

      Kannada cinema: Amid crisis, 90th anniversary milestone passes without fanfare

      23 Dec 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Threat to country’s federal structure dominates discourse at Kannada convention
      Karnataka

      Threat to country’s federal structure dominates discourse at Kannada convention

      22 Dec 2024 9:10 PM IST
      Amid disappearing history, Karnataka grasps with poor tourism inflow
      Karnataka

      Amid disappearing history, Karnataka grasps with poor tourism inflow

      21 Dec 2024 6:20 AM IST
      Karnataka miffed as Centre sits on Deccan Sultanate tourism initiative for 10 years
      The Federal Focus

      Karnataka miffed as Centre sits on Deccan Sultanate tourism initiative for 10 years

      16 Dec 2024 3:33 PM IST
      Nirvana-BIFFes
      Entertainment

      Bengaluru International Film Festival in limbo, crisis looms amid bureaucratic deadlock

      14 Dec 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Rajinikanth
      Films

      Rajinikanth at 74: When Thalaivar shared a hall with 40, had no clothes for dance class

      11 Dec 2024 11:01 PM IST
      Kannada Sahitya Parishat
      Karnataka

      Kannada Sahitya Parishat's meat ban at Mandya event sparks heated debate

      10 Dec 2024 8:12 AM IST
      The Kannada University located near the historical town of Hampi. Image: kannadauniversity.org
      Karnataka

      Funds crunch: Will Hampi's Kannada University collapse just like Hampi?

      8 Dec 2024 5:00 PM IST
      Why Karnataka Congress wants to rekindle Gandhian spirit, ideals in Belagavi
      Karnataka

      Why Karnataka Congress wants to rekindle Gandhian spirit, ideals in Belagavi

      8 Dec 2024 6:30 AM IST
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