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Influential Lingayat seer challenges Union minister in Dharwad, Karnataka. Lingayat mutt seers demand BJP to replace him by March 31.
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published 1 week ago
Influential Lingayat seer challenges Union minister in Dharwad, Karnataka. Lingayat mutt seers demand BJP to replace him by March 31.
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published 1 week ago
Archana Patil Chakurkar joined BJP in Mumbai after women's reservation bill. Fadnavis inducted her following Basavraj Patil's exit, aiming for Lingayat votes in..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago
Laxman Savadi, a former BJP deputy chief minister, has joined Congress and is working to gain the support of the Lingayat community in north Karnataka. His..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on March 7, 2024
NCP leader says quota activists had to travel all the way to Mumbai to spur government into action, raises pending quota demands from Dhangar, Lingayat and..
Credit: Mid-Day - Published on January 29, 2024
Former Karnataka CM Jagdish Shettar rejoins BJP after leaving Congress; Lingayat leader; defeated in Hubli-Dharwad (Central) seat by Mahesh Tenginakai.
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on January 26, 2024
The state cabinet of Karnataka has declared 12th-century social reformer Basavanna as the cultural leader of the state and named Freedom Park in Shivamogga city..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on January 19, 2024
The Congress government faces a challenge from the BJP during the winter session in Belagavi due to housing minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan's alleged inflammatory..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on December 6, 2023
The appointment of BY Vijayendra as the state BJP chief in Karnataka has led to divided opinions among political analysts and party functionaries. Some believe..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on November 14, 2023
B.S. Yediyurappa's son, B.Y. Vijayendra, has been appointed as the Karnataka BJP president in an attempt to consolidate support among the Lingayat community and..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on November 10, 2023
Cracks are appearing within the Congress party in Karnataka over accepting the Kantharaj Commission's report on the socio-economic survey. Chief Minister..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on November 4, 2023
Senior MLA and president of All India Veerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, has expressed his support for a Lingayat chief minister in..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on October 1, 2023
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) have formed an alliance in Karnataka ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Despite..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on September 24, 2023
The caste census report is causing tension within the Congress party in Karnataka. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has indicated that the government will accept and..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on September 23, 2023
Cooperation Minister KN Rajanna has suggested appointing three more deputy chief ministers in Karnataka, representing the Veerashaiva-Lingayat, SC/ST, and..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on September 17, 2023
Meanwhile, prominent Lingayat pontiff Guru Siddarajayogeendra swamiji has urged the Congress government to allot cabinet post to Laxman Savadi in the coming..
Credit: Zee News - Published on May 27, 2023
The politically vital Lingayat community may be compensated with a majority of Cabinet berths going to its MLAs after not getting the Karnataka CM post.
Credit: DNA - Published on May 26, 2023
The politically vital Lingayat community may be compensated with a majority of Cabinet berths going to its MLAs after not getting the Karnataka CM post.
Credit: DNA - Published on May 26, 2023
The All India Veershaiva Mahasabha has written a letter to Congress president Kharge, highlighting the fact that 34 of the newly elected Congress MLAs are from..
Credit: DNA - Published on May 16, 2023
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on May 14, 2023
Hubbali-Central Dharwad is a strong BJP, RSS fiefdom and it is difficult to unsettle the party in this area.
Credit: Zee News - Published on May 13, 2023
Credit: newKerala.com - Published on May 9, 2023
The Congress, according to the local people, should have given the seat to a Panchamasali Lingayat and this would have given sleepless nights to Bommai.
Credit: Zee News - Published on May 8, 2023
Credit: newKerala.com - Published on May 7, 2023
Veerashaiva Lingayat forum in an open letter confirmed its support to congress from the May 10th Karnataka assembly election.
Credit: DNA - Published on May 7, 2023
Credit: newKerala.com - Published on May 6, 2023
BJP insiders said there was always an attempt within the party to extend its base across Karnataka. The decision makers have been trying to limit the dependency..
Credit: Zee News - Published on May 1, 2023
Speaking to IANS, B. Samilulla, a senior journalist and political analyst, explained that it is all about getting a 5 per cent vote swing for the Congress in..
Credit: Zee News - Published on May 1, 2023
At a time, when the BJP is in an experimentation mode in Karnataka and is facing allegations of humiliating the Lingayat leadership, Kharge is strategising to..
Credit: Zee News - Published on May 1, 2023
Congress leader MB Patil said he has neither been sidelined nor losing his importance in the party after Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi, the tall Lingayat..
Credit: Zee News - Published on April 30, 2023
The defamation suit against Siddaramaiah has been filed by activist Shankar Sait at the Magistrate court in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
Credit: Zee News - Published on April 26, 2023
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on April 25, 2023
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi demanded an apology from Siddaramaiah over his remark where he mentioned that `Lingayat CM had done corruption`.
Credit: Zee News - Published on April 25, 2023
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on April 23, 2023
BJP president JP Nadda is confident that his party will retain office in Karnataka and break the trend of no party winning two consecutive terms since 1985. In..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on April 23, 2023
"When I questioned about the Prime Minister`s relationship with Adani, they erased my speech from the Lok Sabha records, but the Lok Sabha is not the only place..
Credit: Zee News - Published on April 23, 2023
However, when he came back to the BJP`s fold, the Lingayat community again voted for the BJP and it came to power in the subsequent polls. State`s political..
Credit: Zee News - Published on April 23, 2023
Amit Shah repeated publicly in Bengaluru Saturday what he apparently told the state BJP thinktank the previous day — that some prominent Lingayat faces like..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on April 22, 2023
Jagadish Shettar, Laxman Savadi and Ayanur Manjunath and other Lingayat functionaries left and joined Congress and JD(S).
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on April 21, 2023
BJP's Lingayat candidates include chief minister Basavraj Bommai and BY Vijayendra, younger son of former CM BS Yeddyurappa, seen as the community's tallest..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on April 20, 2023
BJP MLC Ayanur Manjunath, a prominent Lingayat face, on Wednesday became the 10th legislator to quit the party, and he will contest from Shivamogga City on a..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on April 20, 2023
He noted that BJP candidate Mahesh Tenginkai, a party general secretary in the state, who is contesting against the six-time MLA is also a Lingayat like Shettar..
Credit: Zee News - Published on April 18, 2023
Nadda will also participate in an interaction programme with party workers and visit influential Moorusaavira Mutt and Siddarudha Mutt, both Lingayat mutts, on..
Credit: Zee News - Published on April 17, 2023
He installed the CM of his choice, D.V. Sadananda Gowda. Later, in July 2012, he got Sadananada Gowda removed from the office and anointed Jagadish Shettar to..
Credit: Zee News - Published on April 15, 2023
Siddaramaiah is going to face a herculean task in the constituency as Lingayats constitute the largest voters group. The Lingayat community has been waiting for..
Credit: Zee News - Published on April 15, 2023
The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed Karnataka government's decision to scrap 4 per cent Other Backward Classes (OBC) Muslim quota saying that the move is prima..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on April 13, 2023
After being denied the ticket, former chief minister Jagadish Shettar has rushed to Delhi. He hopes that the party will review its decision and field him for the..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on April 13, 2023
Citing a report which claimed that Amit Shah and JP Nadda held a closed door meeting in Delhi on Monday with state leaders keeping out Yediyurappa, the party..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on April 11, 2023
With eyes on the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023, Basavaraj Bommai-led govt has has decided to increase the existing quota for Lingayat and Vokkaliga..
Credit: Zee News - Published on March 24, 2023
Barely three days after PM Narendra Modi lauded BJP veteran and exKarnataka CM BS Yediyurappa, defence minister Rajnath Singh urged voters to fulfil the..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on March 3, 2023
Credit: newKerala.com - Published on February 17, 2023
While BJP is determined to win the forthcoming assembly polls and return to government — evident from the number of visits Prime Minister Narendra Modi has..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on February 8, 2023
Credit: newKerala.com - Published on January 21, 2023
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on January 6, 2023
"Give justice or grant us mercy killing. You are the representative of oppressed classes. You are like a mother to us and give us justice," the letter read.
Credit: Zee News - Published on December 5, 2022
These allegations emerged on Monday during the hearing by a local court which extended the seer's judicial custody by another week.
Credit: DNA - Published on November 14, 2022
A Lingayat seer from Karnataka has been accused of sexually assaulting minor girls inside his hostel, and has been arrested by the cops.
Credit: DNA - Published on November 9, 2022
A Lingayat seer in Karnataka had taken his own life due to threats of releasing his private videos after he was honey-trapped, said, cops.
Credit: DNA - Published on October 26, 2022
A fresh case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act was slapped on Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, pontiff of a Lingayat math, following a..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on October 14, 2022
The police had sought 5 days` custody of the accused seer for investigation. Ruling out all possibilities of shifting the seer to Bengaluru hospital, the court..
Credit: Zee News - Published on September 2, 2022
Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, booked under POCSO Act for alleged sexual abuse of high school girls, was arrested following interrogation yesterday.
Credit: DNA - Published on September 2, 2022
Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru of the Murugha Math was arrested after an FIR was registered against a total of five people, including the warden of..
Credit: Zee News - Published on September 2, 2022
The Karnataka police on Thursday arrested the chief pontiff of Sri Murugha Mutt, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, in a sexual abuse caseIt is alleged that two..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on September 1, 2022
Karnataka BJP MLC H Vishwanath has slammed the Basavaraj Bommai government in Karnataka over its handling of the POCSO case against the rape-accused Lingayat..
Credit: Zee News - Published on August 31, 2022
Chief pontiff of a Chitradurga-based prominent mutt is among the five people booked by the police under the 'Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO)..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on August 27, 2022
Credit: newKerala.com - Published on August 21, 2022
Elated with his appointment, the 79-year-old Karnataka Lingayat leader has vowed to bring the BJP back to power in the state and to strengthen it in the rest of..
Credit: Zee News - Published on August 17, 2022
Credit: newKerala.com - Published on August 4, 2022
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on August 3, 2022
Credit: newKerala.com - Published on August 3, 2022
Amid a tight schedule in a whirlwind 24 hour trip, the Karnataka Congress party on Wednesday used its national leadership face of Rahul Gandhi to make a serious..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on August 3, 2022
Credit: newKerala.com - Published on June 6, 2022
Credit: newKerala.com - Published on May 16, 2022
Credit: Indian Express - Published on May 11, 2022
Credit: Indian Express - Published on May 3, 2022
Credit: Indian Express - Published on April 21, 2022
A top Lingayat seer in Karnataka has made a big corruption claim, saying that monasteries have to pay 30 percent cut to get grants.
Credit: DNA - Published on April 19, 2022