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'Need for relook at K'taka caste survey'

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

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April 22, 2025

Former CM says the report, if accepted in the current form, will lead to polarisation & create tension in society

As the Karnataka government is in a dock over the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey Report, which is based on 2015 data, former senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister M Veerappa Moily tells Preetha Nair that the government should take a relook at the data and consult all political parties to reach a consensus. Excerpts:

The special Karnataka Cabinet meeting on caste census was deferred without any resolution. What is the reason?

The government has not taken a decision because there were different points of views on the report. Some of the ministers openly said that the populations of large caste groups, such as Lingayat and Vokkaliga, were found to be lesser than what had been previously extrapolated. When I released the report of the Chinnappa Reddy Commission when I was the Chief Minister in 1992, the population of Lingayats was much higher than the current report. How can the numbers go down after so many years? It can only increase. It is not correct to say that the numbers of the community have decreased. That requires reassessment.

Many including Congress leaders and the Opposition say that the report is "unscientific". Do you support the argument?

MEER VERHALEN VAN The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

Modi, Shah to attend 3-day DGP conference in C’garh

PM Narendra Modi & Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the All India Conference of Director Generals and Inspector Generals of Police on Nov 29-30 at Indian Institute of Management, Nava Raipur.

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1 mins

November 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

IMA building auctioned at ₹28.15 crore to Meghalaya govt

IMA Jewels, the head office of I Monetary Advisory (IMA), which ran a multi-crore ponzi scheme and allegedly cheated thousands of investors in the name of 'halal' investment, is now the property of the Meghalaya government.

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1 min

November 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

Police raid madrassas, masjids amid concerns over unlawful activities

AFTER an interstate ‘white-collar’ terror module linked to the November 10 Delhi blast was busted, police on Thursday conducted inspection of madrassas and masjids across Srinagar as part of a wider effort to curb unlawful and radical activities in places of worship.

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1 min

November 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

ICC warns members of 30% reduction in revenue next cycle

MEDIA RIGHTS IN FOCUS

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1 mins

November 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

WHEN A CLEAN-UP BECOMES A MESS

A year ago, the idea of a massive nationwide exercise to visit every single household to verify, add, or delete voters was not on anyone’s radar. After all, the Narendra Modi government did not even conduct the mandatory dec-adal census. Chief Election Commi sioner Gyanesh Kumar took charge in February 2025 and, for three months, did not utter the term ‘special intensive revision’ (SIR). Suddenly, one day in June, the CEC announced a nationwide SIR beginning with Bihar. Why so suddenly and so hastily?

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3 mins

November 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

Tribal youth make it big, conquer peak in Himachal Pir Panjal range

A group of tribal youths hailing from Jashpur—most of whom had never seen snow or experienced high-altitude terrain—returned with a historic achievement that filled all of Chhattisgarh with pride.

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1 min

November 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

India's wait to be a $5-tn economy could get longer

IMF says it could take at least one more year than earlier projected to reach the milestone

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1 mins

November 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

2-child norm, no-tax dues must for contesting civic body polls

AS Jharkhand gears up for Municipal polls next year, the State Election Commission has issued guidelines for the same, stating that candidates with more than two children will be barred from contesting elections, if the last child was born after February 9, 2013.

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1 min

November 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

Aadhaar for age check to watch online content

THE Supreme Court on Thursday indicated the need for an autonomous regulatory body to oversee what can be allowed as online content, while suggesting that Aadhaar could be used to verify viewers’ ages for programs considered “obscene”.

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1 min

November 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

Civil servants vital for Viksit Bharat, must operate across sectors: Mishra

CIVIL services stand at the heart of India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat and officers must think across domains, operate across sectors, and anchor their work in humility, integrity, and purpose, P K Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, said on Thursday.

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1 min

November 28, 2025

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