Rajya Sabha elections: Kupendra Reddy springs a surprise in Karnataka thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Curbing female infanticide: Health Dept to seek deputation of police officers to PCPNDT Task Force thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This year women made up 4.45% of the winning MLAs in Karnataka, the highest in 34 yrs; a study done on women quotas in local polls showed they were not able to sustain political careers.
BJP, JD(S) complain to Governor against misuse of IAS officers ; Speaker meets him on expulsion thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
After the States Reorganisation Act, which renamed Mysore State as Karnataka in 1973, the state has had only 72 women MLAs out of 10,080 in the last 45 years