Karnataka house okays temple bill in joint sitting after council snub

A bill that sought to collect funds from temples with over Rs 10 lakh annual income, which was defeated by the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal-Secular combine in the legislative......

Tirupati laddu row: Food safety regulator notice to ghee supplier

The country's food safety regulator has issued a show cause notice to a Tamil Nadu-based firm for allegedly supplying substandard ghee to temple authority Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam even as the......

Call for ban on non-Hindu traders near K'taka temples spreads

The issue regarding denial of permission for non-Hindu traders and vendors to carry out business during annual temple fairs and religious events Karnataka has now spread to different parts of the......

Karnataka school sacks teacher for 'anti-Hindu' remarks

A private school in Mangaluru has dismissed a teacher accused of hurting religious sentiments of her students after an uproar by right wing activists and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders over......

New IITs: A long journey ahead

It is now well known that the S K Joshi Committee has selected seven colleges/universities for potential upgrading to Indian Institutes of Technology.The committee took into account parameters like......