Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on backfoot over Muslim anger; loyalist ousters ahead of bypoll resultsChief Minister Siddaramaiah faces internal challenges. Discontent brews within the Muslim community. Leaders close to him are being sidelin...
19 Apr, 2026, 10.35 PM IST
Congress awards Davanagere South ticket to Shamnur clan, stirs Muslim leaders’ angerThe Congress party has named Samarth Shamnur as its candidate for the Davanagere South bypoll. This decision comes after intense lobbying f...
22 Mar, 2026, 05.01 PM IST
Apex body urges Lingayats to seek separate religious identityAhead of Karnataka's socio-economic survey, the Lingayat community's apex body urges its members to identify as Veerashaiva-Lingayat, pushi...
08 Sep, 2025, 11.57 PM IST
Karnataka Caste Survey: Lingayats asked to identify themselves as separate religious group, distinct from HindusAs Karnataka prepares for a socio-economic survey, the Lingayat community's apex body urges its members to identify as Veerashaiva-Lingayat...
07 Sep, 2025, 07.53 PM IST
After Vokkaliga seer, now a Veershaiva-Lingayat pontiff seeks CM & Dy CM posts for communityFollowing a Vokkaliga seer's public request for Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to step down in favor of his deputy D K Shivakumar, a...
28 Jun, 2024, 03.51 PM IST
Why traditional BJP supporters Lingayats voted for CongressCongress won 37 seats out of 46 Lingayat candidates fielded in Karnataka, in comparison to 13 in 2018 polls. This is its second highest tal...
15 May, 2023, 01.02 PM IST
Karnataka election: BJP plans steps to counter Congress's Lingayat campaignBJP leaders discussed ways to counter Congress charges and remove doubts from the minds of voters with polls less than three weeks away.
20 Apr, 2023, 11.57 PM IST
BJP's leaders raise "Lingayat CM" pitch to counter Congress narrativeThe politically influential Lingayat community forms about 17 per cent of the State's population, mostly in northern parts of the State whi...
20 Apr, 2023, 01.37 PM IST
Lingayats hold key to electoral outcome in poll-bound KarnatakaThough Yediyurappa's new outfit KJP managed to get only six seats in that polls, it secured a vote share of about ten per cent, badly denti...
31 Mar, 2023, 12.53 PM IST
Shivakumar rejects allegations Congress is targeting Bommai as he is Lingayat"Has he (Bommai) become the Chief Minister on the basis of his Lingayat caste? He is in power as per the Constitution. We are targeting the...
26 Sep, 2022, 10.21 PM IST
Yediyurappa orders setting up of Karnataka Veerashaiva- Lingayat Development CorporationThis comes a day after a group of ministers and BJP MLAs led by Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi from the community called on Yediyurapp...
17 Nov, 2020, 03.56 PM IST
Siddaramaiah hits back at DK Shivakumar over comment on 'minority tag' to Lingayatshivakumar had remarked that the previous Congress government committed a blunder by recommending minority status for Lingayats.
20 Oct, 2018, 04.51 PM IST
How different regions of Karnataka voted in 2013, and the crucial Lingayat voteKarnataka is one of the most diverse states where seven languages are spoken: apart from Kannada, there is Telugu, Tamil, Tulu, Marathi, Ko...
23 Apr, 2018, 07.02 PM IST
Congress' Lingayat move aimed at preventing Yeddyurappa from becoming CM: Amit Shah"This Siddaramaiah government has brought this proposal, not because it has love for Lingayats, but to prevent Yeddyurappa from becoming Ch...
26 Mar, 2018, 07.19 PM IST
SCs of Veerashaiva/Lingayat sect to lose reservation if separate religion tag given: Union ministerYesterday, the Karnataka government accepted a proposal to grant a separate religion status to the Lingayat community.
20 Mar, 2018, 05.33 PM IST
Karnataka Lingayat Reservation: Will Congress reap poll harvest or end up with egg on face?The Lingayat community has distanced itself from the Congress ever since the party unceremoniously removed Veerendra Patil, a Lingayat, fro...
20 Mar, 2018, 11.22 AM IST
Karnataka cabinet to discuss on religious minority tag to LingayatsThe demand for a separate religion tag to Veerashaiva/ Lingayat faiths has surfaced from the numerically strong and politically-influential...
14 Mar, 2018, 12.06 AM IST