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Cauvery: A basin on the burn

At slightly under 800 kilometres, the Cauvery is the smallest of India’s major rivers. But it is the subject of the oldest and the most bitter water dispute in the country.

Newslaundry · Feb 8, 2020

Cauvery Chronicles II: Ponni’s Perish

This story was first published on February 23, 2019. It has been republished today.

Newslaundry · Feb 8, 2020

Daily Dose Ep 263: Maharashtra phone tapping, Bhima Koregaon case, and more

In this episode of Daily Dose, Snigdha Sharma brings you the latest updates from New Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, China, and Myanmar.

Newslaundry · Jan 24, 2020

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Daily Dose Ep 250: Mumbai gangster’s arrest, Iran, and more

In this episode of Daily Dose, Anusuya Som brings you the latest news from Maharashtra, West Bengal, New Delhi, Karnataka, and Iran.

Newslaundry · Jan 9, 2020

Daily Dose Ep 166: Kashmir, India-Pakistan, Trump’s impeachment proceedings and more

In this episode of Daily Dose, Snigdha Sharma brings you stories from Kashmir, Karnataka, the US and more.

Newslaundry · Sep 28, 2019

Daily Dose Ep 147: #UAPABill, #ShehlaRashid, #MauriceLeCoq and more

In this episode of Daily Dose, Snigdha Sharma brings you the latest updates from New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, France and the UK.

Newslaundry · Sep 6, 2019

Daily Dose Ep 125: The Supreme Court and petitions against #Article370, 4 flood-hit states & more

Today’s episode is hosted by Cherry Agarwal who brings you stories from the four flood-hit states, namely Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, as well as Kashmir and Delhi.

Newslaundry · Aug 10, 2019

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Daily Dose Ep 116: Letter to the Chief Justice, #RIPSiddhartha and more

This episode is hosted by Cherry Agarwal who brings you stories from Karnataka, New Delhi, Rajasthan and more.Produced by Parikshit Sanyal and edited by Umrav Singh.You can also listen to all our podcasts on the Newslaundry App and get updates about all our podcasts via Twitter and Facebook.Newslaundry is a reader-supported, ad-free, independent news…

Newslaundry · Jul 31, 2019

Daily Dose Ep 114: #Unnao victim’s accident, Modi vs Wild, Fortnite epic win & more

This episode is hosted by Meghnad S who brings you stories from Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, US of A and more.Produced by Parikshit Sanyal and edited by Umrav Singh.You can also listen to all our podcasts on the Newslaundry App and get updates about all our podcasts via Twitter and Facebook.Newslaundry is a reader-supported, ad-free,…

Newslaundry · Jul 29, 2019

The bustard loves the bomb

Ever since my grandfather told me about the majestic Tilor or Tuktar, the generic vernacular names for the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) found in the desert areas of south-eastern Punjab, it was my earnest desire to see the great bird. By the time I grew up, the GIB, to my…

Newslaundry · May 21, 2018

Lesson from #KarnatakaVerdict: Congress should shake hands with BSP

Exactly 15 years ago, in the summer of 2003, LK Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee tried to persuade Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to join a national pre-poll alliance with the BJP in return for support to her in a hung UP Assembly.

Newslaundry · May 21, 2018

#KarnatakaFloorTest: What led to Yeddyurappa’s knockout

Two hours before the floor test was to happen, the narrative on TV stations started changing. That was the first indication that the BJP had thrown in the towel. Anchors started pushing the line that the BJP high command was not too pleased with BS Yeddyurappa’s efforts to get a…

Newslaundry · May 19, 2018

This is Bhatkal, where commerce & religion play chicken

Out here, it is illegal for anyone on a bike to wear a helmet. That doesn’t seem right and it isn’t. “Not illegal, but can you see even one person wearing a helmet?”

Newslaundry · May 19, 2018

#KarnatakaCMRace: The season of ‘destination politics’ begins

The destination is now clear. Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) Members of Legislative Assembly will be stationed in Hyderabad to protect themselves from the onslaught of Operation Lotus 2.0.

Newslaundry · May 18, 2018

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Newslaundry · May 17, 2018

Everything there’s to know about the nataka in Karnataka

It was a bitterly fought election. A campaign full of rhetoric from all sides, a random pre-poll move to divide the Lingayat vote bank which seems to have failed miserably, a carpet-bombing advertisement spree, a premature celebration which has now turned into a dank meme, a dark horse regional party doing much better than predicted and then, finally, a…

Newslaundry · May 17, 2018

How the wickets in the Congress-JDS camp are falling

It is an Animal Farm of a different kind in Karnataka now. The BJP is out fishing, spreading its net far and wide, looking for anyone who could be lured to opt out of the Congress-JDS combine. With not everyone willing, it is also degenerating into a cat-and-mouse game.

Newslaundry · May 16, 2018

#KarnatakaVerdict: Money Power Is The Real Winner

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Newslaundry · May 16, 2018

Revealed: How the Congress-JDS deal was cracked

It was sometime late on Sunday that contact was first established between New Delhi and Malleswaram. This neighbourhood in the north-western part of Bengaluru is where the Janata Dal (Secular) patriarch, HD Deve Gowda, lives. The Congress had reached out to him because by then, a day after voting on…

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Newslaundry · May 15, 2018

#KarnatakaVerdict: Kingmaker is set to be king

It’s verdict day for Karnataka. If you don’t know that then you’re obviously living under a rock. For those of us who do live above it and on Twitter and TV and digital news updates, the day has been, umm, a little like this.

Newslaundry · May 14, 2018

Six ways Rahul Gandhi can get Congress ready for 2019

In an electric 24 hours, the newly-minted Congress President Rahul Gandhi can go from being a Pappu to Sheru, or plunge the depths again, depending on the results of the Assembly election in Karnataka—an electoral battle that has significant ramifications in the run-up to the general election in 2019.

Newslaundry · May 11, 2018

Finding Basava: The poet? Philosopher? Saint? Social reformer?

He’s the man on the street. Literally. The street is a highway, NH50, formerly NH13, four lanes of traffic, four lanes moving fast between Bijapur and Chitradurga, a fifth for a median that dissolves at intersections, or “crosses”, like the Kudala Sangama Cross we’re at.

Newslaundry · May 11, 2018

#KarnatakaElections: Politics of privilege driving Lingayat movement?

In Karnataka, the Lingayats are fighting a battle to get the status of a separate religious community. They claim that the religion of the followers of 12th century philosopher Basavanna should be recognised as Lingayatism.

Newslaundry · May 10, 2018

‘I am an Indian, a Kannadiga and a Lingayat,’ says Kalburgi’s son

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah have been alleging that those behind the Lingayat movement in Karnataka are trying to create a divide in the Hindu community.

Newslaundry · May 9, 2018

#KarnatakaElections: How will the state’s mutts influence voters?

It is not news when Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah visits a temple or seeks benediction from the head of a mutt. But when Congress leaders do so, it raises eyebrows. According to a Congress leader, party president Rahul Gandhi and chief minister…

Newslaundry · May 7, 2018

#KarnatakaElections: Where some sons have risen, some set and others got eclipsed

Darshan Puttannaiah would have been sitting on the other side of the globe in Denver, US. Instead, he is traversing the length and breadth of Melkote constituency in Mandya district, contesting this Karnataka election as the candidate of Swaraj India.

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