BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in powerThe Billavas have been steadfast supporters of the BJP’s Hindutva project. But a younger generation is growing disenchanted with the party.

Why Congress isn’t celebrating the Karnataka result despite improving its tallyThe BJP’s performance could strengthen BS Yediyurappa’s grip over the state unit.

In North Karnataka, drought tops poll agenda – not allegations against Prajwal RevannaThe BJP’s Hindutva push is unlikely to have much impact amid a severe water shortage.

How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshootThe HD Deve Gowda-led JD(S) faces an existential crisis. A poor performance could see it lose sway over the state’s significant Vokkaliga community to the BJP.

In Karnataka, Deve Gowda's supporters feel his party should join hands with BJP to defeat CongressThe Vokkaliga community feels that Janata Dal (S) should ally with the BJP to shunt the Siddaramaiah-led Congress out of power.

Karnataka farmers hope Supreme Court order on Cauvery water will make farm distress a campaign issueThough political parties have started talking about water scarcity, the resultant agrarian crisis has not featured prominently in their campaigns so far.

Among Karnataka’s Muslims, the Siddaramaiah factor could trump anti-incumbency against Congress MLAsMuslims form 13% of the state’s population but account for just 5% of Assembly seats.

In Karnataka, a candidate of Yogendra Yadav’s party is contesting elections – with Congress helpBut Darshan Puttannaiah of the Swaraj Abhiyan says he is under no obligation to support the Congress in the event of a hung Assembly.

In coastal Karnataka, families of murdered Muslim restaurateur and Hindu salesman seek answersAbdul Basheer and Deepak Rao, attacked within hours of each other last week, led quiet lives. Neither was an active political worker.

BJP continues to fan communal tensions in coastal Karnataka over a young man’s mysterious deathWith an eye on the state assembly elections, the BJP is raising communal temperatures, triggering fear among Muslims.

‘Attack on Hindus’: Facing Lingayat challenge, the VHP sharpens attack on Congress in KarnatakaThe ruling party has supported the Lingayat demand for separate religious status from Hinduism with the aim of cutting into BJP vote bank.

In coastal Karnataka, arrest of journalist for 'false report' leads to claims of police vendettaA Kannada newspaper had reported that the family of a murder accused alleged that the police was disrespectful to the Quran during a raid at their home.

Bible Yakshagana was a hit in Karnataka in the 1970s – now, it’s considered ‘Christian propaganda’The show narrates the story of Jesus through a theatre form that usually draws from the Hindu epics.

No clear explanation: Why Facebook blocked a Kannada newspaper twice in the last 30 daysThe social media firm called it a technical error, but Vartha Bharati’s editor-in-chief says it was nothing short of censorship.

Why the family of a murdered RSS worker thanked a devout Muslim in KarnatakaAbdul Rahouf, who runs a fruit shop near the BC Road, rushed Sharath Madivala to the hospital in his autorickshaw.

In Coastal Karnataka, as assembly polls approach, a spate of political killings deepens tensionsAn RSS worker was killed last week, allegedly in retaliation to the murder of a Social Democratic Party of India activist last month.

Blame game rages over the forest fire that ravaged Bandipur Tiger ReserveEarlier blamed for having caused the fire that destroyed more than 2,000 hectares, Jenu Kuruba community in turn puts the onus for it on the forest department.

Forest fire that ravaged Bandipur Tiger Reserve was sparked by humans, says top officialMore than 1,000 hectares of jungle have been destroyed in the blaze.

Meet the Kerala journalist leading a global campaign to put jackfruit on our dinner tablesShree Padre, editor of the Kannada farm magazine, ‘Adike Patrike’, has published 28 cover stories on his favourite fruit.

Why Bengaluru produces India’s best swimmers: great coaches and even greater weatherSajan Prakash and Shivani Kataria are the latest to join the long list of Olympian swimmers from the Karnataka capital.

Meet S Pradeep Kumar, the Dronacharya award winner behind India’s best swimmersThe Bengaluru-based swimming coach has trained over 8,000 swimmers in his almost three-decade long career.

The backstory: A lesson from reporting in riot-hit Uttara Kannada – conceal my Muslim nameThe mob started questioning me. I remained quiet. I knew their intention was to ascertain my religious identity.