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Dharmasthala case: No excavation until forensic test reports of soil and bones, says Karnataka Home Minister

Karnataka Home Minister Parameshwara on Monday informed the Assembly that one skeleton and a few human bones have been recovered so far during the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) excavation work in the Dharmasthala case. “The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report has not yet been received. Until the report comes, further…

Newslaundry · Aug 19, 2025

The swagger’s gone: What the last two decades taught me about India’s fading growth dream

Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?– Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, 1965. I was offered my first job in Mumbai on a very rainy day in September 2005, a few weeks after we had celebrated the…

Newslaundry · Aug 14, 2025

South Central 39: How Prajwal Revanna was convicted, National Award row

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, and Leena Reghunath first discuss the conviction of former Janata Dal (Secular) leader Prajwal Revanna in the first of four cases of rape against him. The panel, joined by TNM Karnataka bureau chief Anisha Sheth, weighs in on why…

Newslaundry · Aug 10, 2025

How an Indian temple town is at the centre of hundreds of alleged murders

An ex-worker at Karnataka’s Dharmasthala temple says he was forced to bury hundreds of bodies, including children.

Al Jazeera · Jul 22, 2025

Weeks after mass burial claims, gag order for over 8,000 Dharmasthala links

Harshendra Kumar D  – brother of Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Veerendra Heggade – has secured an ex parte injunction to take down 8,842 online links on explosive allegations made by a former sanitation worker at the Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala temple in Karnataka’s Dakshin Kannada. 

Newslaundry · Jul 21, 2025

Indian state blames RCB cricket team for deadly IPL stampede

Karnataka state authorities singled out RCB, its partners and the state cricket for their mismanagement of stampede.

Al Jazeera · Jul 18, 2025

‘I did not bring my daughters to die’: Russian mother defends decision to live in cave in India

Indian police were making routine patrols in Ramteertha Hills in Karnataka when a blonde child was spotted running out of a cave. Shweta Sharma reports

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

Indian police find Russian woman and her 2 daughters living in an isolated forest cave

Police in India’s southern Karnataka state say they have found a Russian woman and her two young daughters living in isolation in a remote forest cave

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

Powertrip: Karnataka’s ‘misinformation’ bill was plagiarised

Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna. What happens when a Congress-led government lifts language from a BJP MP’s bill to fight fake news? Karnataka just gave us the answer. 

Newslaundry · Jul 8, 2025

South Central 34: Karnataka’s DKS-Siddaramaiah tussle and RSS hypocrisy on Preamble

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, and Leena Reghunath first discuss the tussle between DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah over the state’s Chief Minister-ship. 

Newslaundry · Jul 6, 2025