After the hijab controversy, the textbook revisions row has hit the state`s education sector hard. Experts are fearing that the events have dented the image of the state as an educational hub.
The controversies surrounding textbook revisions followed by political slugfest between BJP, Congress and JD(S), agitation by litterateurs, protests registered by religious seers over the differential treatment to great personalities has again put the state in to the spotlight at the national level.
Amid the controversy over revision of textbooks in Karnataka, the ruling BJP has ordered to drop a poem by a famous Dalit writer which says that the sun and moon are not gods.
Even as the ruling BJP announced that the Textbook Revision Committee under the Chairmanship of Rohith Chakrathirtha was discharged, Opposition leader Siddaramaiah on Friday launched a scathing attacks on the ruling BJP, demanding the arrest of ...
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai has ruled out forming a new panel and defended the inclusion of a chapter on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) founder KB Hedgewar.
The Karnataka government, earlier this month, announced the dissolution of the state textbook review committee. The move came amid controversy over textbook revisions.
Congress leader Siddaramiah on Thursday said that the party will take their protest to the streets if the Karnataka government does not roll back revised school textbooks, which he said has hurt the sentiments of Kannadigas.
The Karnataka Congress on Thursday staged a protest near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the Vidhana Soudha premises condemning the revision of syllabus in the state by the BJP government.Congress leaders under the leadership of state unit ...
The "Chaddi Campaign" in Karnataka has reached a new twist after the ruling BJP on Tuesday launched a new campaign to collect 'chaddis' and send these it to the residence of Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah.The row started with ...