The controversy began when a video showing a confrontation between a bank manager and a customer over language went viral.

Pai clarified that fluency in Kannada wasn’t the demand, but rather a basic ability to communicate out of respect for the ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah condemned an SBI branch manager in Chandapura for refusing to speak Kannada with a ...

Literature enthusiasts across India woke up on Wednesday morning to the sweet news of Karnataka’s own Banu Mushtaq and Deepa ...

A strong reaction has also come in from former Infosys director TV Mohandas Pai, who slammed the SBI manager for refusing to ...

In the video, the manager is heard saying, “I will not speak in Kannada for sure… but Hindi,” sparking backlash from Kannada ...

Kannada writer, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi on Wednesday scripted history by winning the ...

Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection Heart Lamp became the first Kannada title to be honoured at the prestigious event.

HASSAN: Words failed on this occasion. When Banu—author, activist, lawyer, journalist, poet, wife, mother and ...

Mangaluru/Udupi Mangaluru/Udupi, May 22: With a red alert was issued across Dakshina Kannada (DK) and Udupi districts on ...

CM Siddaramaiah called the manager’s refusal to speak in Kannada and English “strongly condemnable” and welcomed the bank’s ...

The Bengaluru man refrained from naming the bank or branch, stressing that this was not a bank-specific issue but a larger ...