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After High Court, Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal proceedings disrupted with objectionable photos

Earlier on December 5, the High Court of Karnataka suspended video conferencing at all its benches after unknown persons uploaded objectionable content during VC proceedings. Investigation traced an unauthorized access from Bangladesh.

The Hindu · Dec 11, 2023

Karnataka High Court to restart proceedings through videoconference with new safeguards from December 11

Karnataka HC to restart videoconference proceedings from Dec 11 with new guidelines to prevent unauthorised access. All participants must register in ODCD portal & use same email ID for Zoom sign-up. Those outside India must seek permission from Registrar (Judicial) in advance.

The Hindu · Dec 9, 2023

Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Karnataka Today newsletter: Hundreds pay homage as beloved tusker Arjuna laid to rest, and more

The Hindu · Dec 5, 2023

Hapur incident: Judicial committee set up to address grievances of lawyers to meet on Sept 16

The judicial committee constituted by the Allahabad High Court to investigate the clash that broke out between the advocates and police in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur district on August 29, will meet on September 16 an official statement. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Sep 14, 2023

Ashoka University row: As campus reopens, faculty tight-lipped, and a student body ‘in wait’

“It looks like everyone has forgotten professor Sabyasachi Das,” commented a fourth-year student from the economics department on festivities marking a new session at the Ashoka University in Sonipat, close on the heels of a controversy. 

Newslaundry · Sep 4, 2023

Jadavpur University students stage protest against new V-C

JU students protest against VC, demand all-stakeholder meeting to stop ragging. VC tried to reason with students, but they insisted on written assurance. Pro-VC held talks to end impasse.

The Hindu · Aug 29, 2023

Kuvempu varsity graft allegations: Inquiry panel yet to make a start

The committee headed by a retired district judge, appointed by the State government in May this year to probe allegations of corruption against Kuvempu University Vice-Chancellor B.P. Veerabhadrappa and others in the university, has not yet begun its work, though it is to submit a report within 20 days.

The Hindu · Jul 22, 2023

Databricks says it’s buying MosaicML in a bid to ‘democratize A.I.’

MosaicML’s venture investors aren’t cashing out with the sale, but early backers are on track to make “significant double-digit cash-on-cash returns” when Databricks does exit.

Fortune · Jun 27, 2023

Baby Ninth Amendments Part I: Infinite Rights, Finite Ink

There are an infinite number of ways we can exercise our liberty but we can't list them all in a constitution. The solution? An "etcetera clause."

Reason · May 15, 2023

Tagore’s birth anniversary celebration overshadowed by protests at Santiniketan

In the Rabindranath Tagore-founded Visva-Bharati, protests overshadowed celebrations on the poet’s birth anniversary as a large group of people continued their sit-in against the university’s move to take away a piece of land from the Santiniketan house of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.

The Hindu · May 9, 2023