The Probe accesses documents that indicate that over 800 hectares of forest land in Southern Ridge itself is still under encroachment even after NGT’s clear orders in January 2021; 300 hectares are embroiled in legal disputes mounted by alleged encroachers.

We have accessed exclusive documents that indicate that the Karnataka government has spent 11.18 crores for just one event of PM Modi. The excessive spending by the state government further gives credence to allegations that the state government has been squandering away public funds.

Inmates of the Bengaluru-based BCM Girls Hostel, which falls under the Karnataka Backward Classes Welfare Department (BCWD), reveal shocking details of harassment. The state government authorities administering the hostel tell us that disciplinary action has been initiated against the hostel warden, but Pavitra Utgikar of The Probe finds the contrary.

Costly upgrades of railway stations, fancy greenfield railway terminals, new Metro stations and other mega infrastructure projects are all taken up without aiding seamless multi-modal connectivity and ease of public access to these facilities, writes Rasheed Kappan.

After waiting for over a decade, the homebuyers of La Residentia are back in the court to fight for their homes.

The union government had frozen the Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) of central government employees and pensioners during Covid-19. The employees have been demanding the government to release the amount ever since. Government employees and pensioners ask why the government is dilly-dallying on this critical issue even as they are spending thousands of crores on development projects, including writing off loans of big corporate houses.

A few days ago, we reported how the Karnataka government had paid 88 lakhs to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj to argue the hijab case in the Supreme Court. In yet another case, we have learnt that the state government has paid Rs. 59.90 lakhs per day to a team of lawyers, including former Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi, for representing the government in the Belagavi case, reports G. Mahantesh.

Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj were paid hefty sums by the Karnataka government for arguing the hijab case, reveals G. Mahantesh in this exclusive report.

In February last year, Anisa Nissar became a victim of a cold-blooded acid attack in Downtown Srinagar. Following the incident, the government in Kashmir assured complete assistance to the victim in bringing the perpetrators to justice and aiding the victim in getting medical relief. A year on, the victim’s family has been moving from pillar to post for treatment, begging and pleading with the authorities for aid.

Rights activists voice their concerns and say that acts of re-emphasising stereotypes and discrimination must be called out and challenged before a court of law.