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Then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi launched 'Project Tiger on April 1, 1973, at Bandipur to protect the big cats and promote their conservation in India. Since then, the project has helped in increasing their population and strengthening ...

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From a debate in the Constituent Assembly to the latest Backward Classes Commission report, the right of non-Hindus to be classified as 'backward' has almost always been upheld.

A day after he reportedly said that the high command won't make Shivakumar Congress CM face, Siddaramaiah today came into a damage control mode and said his statement was misinterpreted

The blind belief in the ‘Chamrajnagar jinx’ began when CM Devaraj Urs visited the town in 1980. Within six months of the visit, he lost power. The fearful reputation of the district gained ground when CMs such as R Gundu Rao, Ramakrishna Hegde, SR Bommai and Veerendra Patil also lost power months after visiting the district

Protests by the Banjara community against the proposal for subcategories within the SC segment is a sign of the undoing of calculations of political parties.

The then Deve Gowda govt’s move in 1994 to allot reservation to Muslims under ‘2B’ category for being ‘socially and educationally’ backward was part of a historical process that began during the rule of Mysore princely state in 1918

There are many quotes that have been attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. In the Congress party office at 24, Akbar Road, one of them reads, “Kabhi kabhi hum apne virodhiyon ke karan aage badhte hain.” (At times, we move ahead due to our opponents). Then there is another one saying, “Pehl

Special consideration in the allocation of public resources to disadvantaged social groups has a long pedigree in Karnataka. The Miller Committee (1918) set aside substantial public resources for non-Brahmin groups, demarcated on grounds of caste, in the erstwhile Mysore state. 

It is widely believed that whoever visits Chamarajanagar will lose their position and power in Karnataka. Most of the Chief Ministers, including B.S. Yediyurappa, S.M. Krishna and others, did not dare to step into the district during their tenures.Howe