Politics Today: India — Last 24 Hours

Karnataka's three-day special discussion opened Monday with a constitutional collision before any policy debate could begin. The official audio rendition of Vande Mataram cut off after just two stanzas — and BJP MLAs immediately filled the silence by reciting the full national song in protest, shouting slogans against the Congress-led government. CM D.K. Shivakumar had convened the sitting to debate the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats eco-sensitive zones and...