Cracks within Congress, BJP Lingayat leadersAs Karnataka prepares for a caste survey, a divide has emerged within the Lingayat community regarding their religious identity. While the ...
15 Sep, 2025, 02.48 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
Karnataka okays new caste survey amid internal, external political heatKarnataka government orders a new caste survey within 90 days. This decision follows disputes over the 2015 survey report. Lingayat and Vok...
15 Jun, 2025, 12.35 AM IST
Karnataka: AICC asks CM to take up fresh caste survey, complete in set timelineThe AICC leadership has directed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to conduct a new caste enumeration. This will follow the Telangana model. The ...
10 Jun, 2025, 06.47 PM IST
Karnataka groups brace for showdown over caste censusKarnataka's Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities are preparing for a showdown with the Congress government over the controversial caste censu...
15 Apr, 2025, 11.22 PM IST
Lingayats, Vokkaligas plan major showdown over caste censusKarnataka's Congress government faces a major challenge as dominant Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities strongly oppose the controversial ca...
15 Apr, 2025, 07.53 PM IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah tables caste census report in Cabinet, decision on April 17The Karnataka cabinet has taken the controversial socio-economic survey, also known as the caste census report, on record and scheduled a m...
11 Apr, 2025, 11.40 PM IST
Siddaramaiah bites bullet, places caste report in Cabinet, decision on April 17Karnataka's Cabinet has taken up the controversial socio-economic survey, also known as the caste census report, for review. Chief Minister...
11 Apr, 2025, 06.54 PM IST
160 Lingayat mutt heads fete Siddaramaiah as Congress seeks to keep Karnataka’s largest community warm160 Veerashaiva-Lingayat mutt heads honor CM Siddaramaiah for declaring Basavanna as cultural ambassador, boosting Congress ahead of Lok Sa...
07 Mar, 2024, 08.53 PM IST
Siddaramaiah accepts caste survey report ignoring protests from dominant communitiesCM Siddaramaiah accepted the caste census report, ignoring protests from Veerashaiva-Lingayats and Vokkaligas. The report was submitted by ...
29 Feb, 2024, 07.20 PM IST
Karnataka: Lingayats seek inclusion in central OBC quota, ask CM Siddaramaiah to junk caste census reportThe State Permanent Backward Classes Commission has prepared the caste census or socio-economic survey report and is waiting for a signal f...
24 Dec, 2023, 06.18 PM IST
Caste Census: Lingayats, OBCs plan separate rallies to send message to Congress as it stands dividedThe Veerashaiva Mahasabha, led by veteran Congress lawmaker Shamnur Shivashankarappa, has resisted the caste census report, and is planning...
19 Dec, 2023, 10.58 AM IST
After Vokkaligas, now Lingayats to sign petition to CM to upend plans to place report in public domainThe development comes within a week of the Vokkaligara Sangha, the umbrella body of Vokkaligas, giving a petition to the CM, urging him not...
26 Nov, 2023, 05.48 PM IST
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah hints at accepting "caste census" report amid deep divisions in ruling Congress"I fully agree with our proud leader Rahul Gandhi's stand. I feel that the country's independence will be meaningful only when the caste ce...
21 Nov, 2023, 10.55 PM IST
Congress caste pitch plays out differently in Karnataka, BiharThe Congress government in Karnataka is delaying the release of a caste survey report, sparking internal differences and concerns over poli...
04 Oct, 2023, 07.17 AM IST
Development our only agenda: PM Modi to Karnataka BJP workersThe Prime Minister also spoke against Siddaramaiah's Lingayat move saying it showed how the Congress party indulged in caste politics
26 Apr, 2018, 06.11 PM IST