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The Latest Breaking News from Rohith Chakrathirtha

Textbook row: Protest march in Chikkamagaluru

The participants marched from S.Koplu to Nidaghatta in Kadur taluk

The Hindu · Jul 8, 2022

Textbook row: Protest march at Shravanabelagola

Hundreds participate in march and public meting on Tuesday; CM criticised

The Hindu · Jul 5, 2022

The revision of school textbooks in Karnataka must cause alarm

It is undemocratic, unscientific, and undermines core constitutional values

The Hindu · Jul 5, 2022

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Karnataka makes 8 tweaks in revised textbooks

BENGALURU: Heeding pressure from various quarters, the Karnataka government on Monday ordered eight corrections in textbooks revised by the committee headed by Rohith Chakrathirtha but rejected the demand for their withdrawal.

The Times of India · Jun 27, 2022

‘BJP govt. is targeting me because mine is the ideology of secularism and equality’

The head of the earlier textbook revision committee says Minister should resolve the issue through discussions and with a proper methodology

The Hindu · Jun 24, 2022

Textbook row: Govt. propagating a pack of lies, says Siddaramaiah

Bengaluru

The Hindu · Jun 24, 2022

Deve Gowda, Lingayat seer write to Bommai about ‘mistakes’ in textbooks

HDD wants old book retained; seer asks for comprehensive changes

The Hindu · Jun 21, 2022

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Call for State-wide movement against textbook panel

History distorted, says Siddaramaiah

The Hindu · Jun 15, 2022

Sahitya parishat raises objections to revised textbooks

Bengaluru

The Hindu · Jun 9, 2022

Congress stages protest

Hassan

The Hindu · Jun 9, 2022

Review of II PU history textbook on hold

Lesson on Dr. Ambedkar to be re-edited to reinstate his description as ‘architect of Constitution’

The Hindu · Jun 7, 2022

Politics over the printed word

Textbook revision is the latest in the series of unfortunate political manoeuvres affecting students

The Hindu · Jun 6, 2022

Students take to streets demanding withdrawal of revised textbooks

The agitating students aired their angry by raising slogans against textbook revision committee and State govt.

The Hindu · Jun 6, 2022

Siddaramaiah writes to CM seeking action against Chakrathirtha

‘It is a mistake that the government appointed persons like him’

The Hindu · Jun 6, 2022

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The Hindu · Jun 5, 2022

Veerashaiva Mahasabha demands complete withdrawal of revised textbook

It terms the revision of school textbooks by the Rohith Chakrathirtha-headed textbook revision committee as Sangh Parivar’s attempt to distort non-Vedic schools of Indian philosophies

The Hindu · Jun 5, 2022

Members of Iruliga welfare Association complain against Rohith Chakrathirtha

Bengaluru

The Times of India · Jun 5, 2022

Most changes we made willstay, says Committee's ex-chief

BENGALURU: A day after the state government dissolved the textbook committee he headed and said it would re-examine some of the content the panel had introduced, its chairman Rohith Chakrathirtha told STOI that their work was already over and there's no feeling of being "let down". Excerpts:

The Times of India · Jun 4, 2022

Karnataka: Dissolving committee is an eyewash, restore old books, says activists & writers

BENGALURU: Activists, educationists, writers and students, who have been opposing the revised textbooks, on Saturday termed the process of dissolving the Rohith Chakrathirtha Committee an "eyewash" and stuck to to their demand of getting the old textbooks restored.

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The Hindu · Jun 4, 2022

Explained | Why are there protests over the school syllabus in Karnataka?

What are the major changes in the textbooks? What has been the response to the revisions?

The Hindu · Jun 4, 2022

Confusion galore over new version of textbooks

No clarity on whether printed books will be withdrawn and reprinted after making edits, or whether no such exercise will be carried out

The Times of India · Jun 3, 2022

Karnataka govt dissolves textbook panel; to revise chapter on social reformer Basavanna

BENGALURU: In an effort to put an end to the ongoing controversy surrounding revised school textbooks, the state on Friday decided to review and remove objectionable points about 12th century social reformer Basavanna in the revised textbooks besides dissolving the Rohith Chakrathirtha-headed textbook revision panel.

The Hindu · Jun 3, 2022

Vokkaliga leaders to hold protest in Bengaluru

Bengaluru

The Hindu · Jun 3, 2022

Govt. promises to ‘suitably alter’ content on Basaveshwara

Bengaluru

The Times of India · Jun 2, 2022

Karnataka: Feminism tweets land textbook review panel chief in fresh soup

BENGALURU : The controversy surrounding revision of state syllabus textbooks for the current academic year took a new turn with senior Kannada litterateur SL Bhyrappa stating on Thursday that “the truth, and not ideology, should be part of textbooks”.

The Hindu · Jun 1, 2022

15 NSUI members detained

Bengaluru

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