Under the existing practice, judgements are written in English and subsequently uploaded on the SC website. The point of making them available in regional languages is to enable litigants to check out the status of their cases without having to depend... read more

Reports suggest Salman Khan will play a young man in Dabangg 3, once again after a similar role in the recent hit, Bharat. read more

Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and deputy chief minister G Parameshwara released a booklet detailing the achievements of the government over the past year, a day ahead of the chief minister kicking off his village visit programmes in Yadgir district. read more

His courage in standing up to fundamentalists has led some to celebrate Karnad as an exemplary ‘activist’ and ‘public intellectual’. This, to my mind, is a mischaracterisation. We should remember him rather as a great playwright and superb actor, and... read more

The report also added that the maximum chunk of hate speech was Islamophobic (37%), followed by false news (16%) and posts targeting gender\/sexuality (13%) and caste (13%). read more

Chandrashekhara Kambara, a Jnanpith Award winning playwright and novelist, described his relationship with Karnad, who passed away after a prolonged illness at 81, as an “intellectual jousting competition”. read more

One of the recommendations of the committee is that Sanskrit will be offered at all levels of school and higher education as one of the optional languages on a par with all Schedule VIII languages [22 official languages]. read more

Kalburgi was murdered on August 30, 2015, and the investigation into the crime had stalled. However, earlier this year the SIT probing the murder of the journalist Gauri Lankesh was handed over the case considering its swift progress in the case. read more

All over the country, 2,758 students scored full marks in Sanskrit, 1,820 in English communication, and 24 in English language and literature. read more

Actor Ajith Kumar’s Tamil blockbuster Viswasam, which released earlier this year for Pongal festival, is all set to be remade in Kannada. Superstar Shivrajkumar is in talks to star in the remake. read more

Second phase of the Lok Sabha elections was held on Thursday in 95 parliamentary constituencies. read more

This week’s selection of good reads includes the journals of one of India’s finest poets and folklorists, a translation of a protest poem on Jallianwala Bagh that was banned in 1920, and a retracing of the life of Udham Singh who assassinated one of... read more

Sridevi: Queen of Hearts is a fan’s tribute to the superstar who went away too soon read more

Vijay Deverakonda’s next film Dear Comrade will release in all the four South Indian languages. the actor took to Twitter to share the news. read more

Starting from the age of 19, Kaikini has won many prizes, including the Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award in 1974 for his debut book of poems. read more