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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
- 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
- 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
- All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha pushes for Veerashaiva--Lingayat leader for CM's postMahasabha President, veteran Congress leader and MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa has written a letter to Kharge in this regard.16 May, 2023, 08.31 PM IST
- Seers, even Congress leaders, warn BJP of backlash if CM Yediyurappa is replacedSeveral seers and leaders of the dominant community, which is estimated to form about 16 per cent of the states population, have cautioned ...20 Jul, 2021, 03.20 PM IST
- Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa puts decision to include Veerashaiva-Lingayats in OBC list on holdThe issue was said to be on the agenda for Friday's cabinet meeting. However, minutes before attending the cabinet, Yediyurappa clarified t...27 Nov, 2020, 12.06 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
- BJP plays caste card, woos LingayatsIn a last-ditch effort to win the bypolls in Karnataka, BJP is playing the cast card. Asking voters from the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community...04 Dec, 2019, 11.44 AM IST
- Lingayat row to linger long after Karnataka electionsBasavanna’s religion was founded in present-day Basavakalyana in Bidar district. Given his revolutionary teachings, he was persecuted by th...10 May, 2018, 10.53 AM IST
- Karnataka Election: Lingayat tag not a poll issue in TumakuruWhile most Lingayats and Veerashaiva-Lingayats in Tumakuru remain tight-lipped about the minority status, they admitted that the issue had ...25 Apr, 2018, 12.14 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
- Old conflict, new hope: Lingayat as a religion? A quick primerVeerashaiva-Lingayats believe Yeddyurappa will give them justice, while the Siddaramaiah government is accused of conspiring to split the c...24 Mar, 2018, 11.15 PM IST
- Lingayat move may not play out as planned by CongressThe move has found opposition among the Veerashaivas, also called 'Lingayat', who feel they have been left out and thus, warn the Siddarama...23 Mar, 2018, 10.33 AM IST
- UPA had denied separate religion tag to Lingayat in 2013The Union home ministry had said if Veershaiva-Lingayats are treated as a separate religion from Hindus, all SCs of the sect would lose the...21 Mar, 2018, 11.26 AM IST
- Who are the Lingayats and why they want a minority statusThe Congress move aims to divide the votes BJP would rely on to win. Many, however, think the community might still vote for the BJP despit...19 Mar, 2018, 07.58 PM 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
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