Karnataka Plans ₹27 Crore Cloud Seeding Operation Amid 31% Rainfall Deficit: How It Works
Published: August 26, 2026 Karnataka is about to try something most residents have only heard of in passing: making it rain, artificially. With reservoirs running low and large parts of…
Datura on Online Shopping Platforms: Why Karnataka Took Action and What Consumers Need to Know
If you’ve ordered groceries or “natural” wellness products online recently, here’s something worth knowing: Karnataka’s food safety regulator has just suspended the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, and BigBasket…
Supreme Court on Property Ownership: Mutation in Revenue Records Does Not Create or Extinguish Title
If your name appears in the patta, jamabandi, khasra-khatauni, or municipal property tax records, does that make you the legal owner? The Supreme Court of India has once again answered…
Before We Tell Women to Have More Children, Someone Should Ask Them
A closer look at the Delimitation Bill, the “baby bonanza” schemes in South India, and why this debate keeps leaving the mother out of it. The Delimitation Bill Hasn’t Passed…
Where to Invest, How Much to Save: A Practical Money Guide for Middle-Class Salaried Families
Managing a household budget on a fixed salary isn’t easy — rent or EMI, school fees, groceries, and the pressure to save for the future all compete for the same…
Women’s Reservation Bill and Delimitation Bill 2026: Why They’re Linked, and What It Means for India’s States
Three years after Parliament promised that a third of India’s Lok Sabha and state assembly seats would go to women, that promise still hasn’t taken effect. The reason lies in…
PM, Home Minister Absent as Parliament Passes 12 Bills: Is This Legal, and Is It Accountable?
Parliament’s 2026 Monsoon Session ended this week having passed 12 bills in three-and-a-half weeks — but nine of those went through without a single MP other than the piloting minister…
Karnataka Voter List SIR: Why Are Names Being Deleted? How to Check Your Name and What to Do Next
This week, one topic has dominated conversation across Karnataka — the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, under which lakhs of names are vanishing from the draft voter…
Vibrant Villages Programme 2026: Full Details, Villages Covered, and What It Means for Border India
A quick primer on the Centre’s flagship scheme for India’s border villages — what it is, which states it covers, and why it just got bigger. What Is the Vibrant…
Tarun Tejpal Convicted: Full Timeline of the 2013 Case and What the Bombay High Court Ruled
The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has convicted former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal in the 2013 sexual assault case, overturning his 2021 acquittal and sentencing him to 10…