The Lingayats were instrumental in bringing the BJP to power in 2008 and a large chunk of them continue to be BJP supporters.

Basavanna’s religion was founded in present-day Basavakalyana in Bidar district. Given his revolutionary teachings, he was persecuted by th...

While CBI is probing the Dabholkar case, the Pansare murder is being investigated by a Special Investigation Team of CID.

This was decided by the Akademi’s executive board which met on Thursday to announce annual awards for 2015 to litterateurs from across 23 I...

After a group of scientists petitioned President Pranab Mukherjee against intolerance in the country, more of their ilk have joined the pro...

Hitting out, Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said most of those who have returned awards were "rabid anti-BJP elements".

Kannada writer Prof Rahamat Tarikeri has returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the killing of scholar M M Kalburgi.

The decision by Joshi comes a day after another writer here, Ganesh Devy, returned his Sahitya Akademi Award citing a similar reason.

Delhi-based Aman Sethi said he too was returning the Sahitya Award he got in 1993, as the "spirit of inquiry is clearly under threat".

The police detained the head of rightwing group Rama Sene in connection with the murder of Kannada scholar and researcher Prof MM Kalburgi ...