Another Summer Of Discontent

Another Summer Of Discontent Karnataka is facing its fourth drought in a row. With the government clueless, farmers are preparing for the worst.                                                                       Parched In June, Karnataka received the lowest rainfall...

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Justice Eludes The Wrongly Accused

Remains of the day 16 persons were injured in the 2013 Malleswaram blast.Photo: Bangalore News Photo Last November, in what was perhaps its first such intervention in a terror case, the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) directed the state government to pay compensation to three men wrongly arrested for involvement in a bomb blast outside the BJP office in Malleswaram, Bengaluru. But Peer Mohideen, Saddam Hussain and Tenkashi...

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Money Can’t Buy Loyalty: Opposition to the government’s decision to payimams has come from a surprise quarter: Muslims themselves.

The Congress government in Karnataka has touched a raw nerve by deciding to give honorariums to pesh-imams (chief imams) and muezzins (who call people for the congregational prayer). While the government claims that it is following a Supreme Court directive, the move has raised concern and confusion in the community. Some Muslim scholars and activists have decried the move as “internal meddling” and “against the principles of Islam”. Interestingly,...

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