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Bhats data compilation - The Chronicle of Communal incidents in the Coastal Districts of Karnataka - based on the communal incidents reported on media, observes that of the 120 incidents, 33 were moral policing by Hindu vigilante groups and 4 by Muslim vigilante groups. (Representational Image/PTI)

Rise in communal incidents in Coastal Karnataka

Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts witnessed over 120 communal incidents in 2021, the highest in the last four years

4 Jan 2022 4:24 PM IST

Alla Rama Devi (DC)

Educated destitutes including Supreme Court lawyer found abandoned on...

AP-'s only Mental Care hospital in Vizag treats them free on humanitarian grounds

29 Dec 2021 11:59 PM IST

Deccan default cover image

A decade on, tribal varsity still remains a dream

Proposal for setting up a tribal university in the erstwhile Adilabad district was made by the Central government some...

26 Dec 2021 2:08 AM IST

Culinary politics and battles over what one can eat, what one cant and where are likely to continue in the coming months as Assembly elections in various states draw closer. Representational Image. (DC File Image)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Veg or non-veg? In India's food wars, free...

The town planning committee of the AMC has just decided to make the city's public spaces free of street carts selling...

18 Nov 2021 2:10 AM IST

Once calls are made to the Chief Ministers helpline, they are to be forwarded to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for investigation depending on the details available.

We called 59 helplines in Telangana. Only 17 responded

People attempting to reach out to govt agencies in TS for info on Covid-19 or assistance in similar situations are...

4 Jun 2021 12:38 AM IST

The shared statistics, which seem to determine who can travel from where to where, give a new meaning or urgency to the concept of globalisation. AP Photo

Farrukh Dhondy | Boris Johnson-'s obesity challenge and...

The British government will ban, for certain hours in the week, mind you, advertising which sells junk food

1 Aug 2020 4:59 PM IST

File photo of UK chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak (right) speaking to employees during a visit to a factory in Worcester, central England earlier this month. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Rishi and Priti bring us Bringapore

We-'re beginning to see the shape of the post-COVID UK: Freeports all around but a wall in the channel

18 July 2020 12:39 AM IST

The countrys transportation system has been idle for over three weeks now. (DC Photo: Prit

Aakar Patel: India could not build medical capacity while on lockdown

This points to a lack of planning, strategy and execution. This is bad governance by definition.

15 April 2020 2:21 AM IST

In this March 2, 2020 photo, a worker wearing a mask works at a factory producing bicycle wheel rims in Hangzhou in eastern Chinas Zhejiang province. (AP)

Can globalisation survive the corona shock?

The coronavirus could not have struck at a more ominous moment for globalisation

12 March 2020 2:57 PM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: File)

British PM to get married, in office

Meanwhile, this will be the first wedding in over 200 years of a sitting Prime Minister. Bring out the buntings!

2 March 2020 2:30 AM IST

Ram Nath Kovind

Dilli Ka Babu: Privileged connections

But Diwakar Nath Misra is no run-of-the-mill joint secretary.

1 March 2020 1:07 AM IST

It affirmed the Baa2 foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings for India.

A bad time for India, but with bad leadership

Outside of the formal sector, data has been difficult to collect credibly in India.

1 March 2020 1:02 AM IST