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Karnataka: May 9 Yediyurappa event may turn out to be Vijayendra’s show of strengthUnion Home Minister Amit Shah will attend a major event in Karnataka celebrating BS Yediyurappa's 50 years in public life. The gathering ai...- Pocso case: Court acquits Lingayat mutt headA Chitradurga court acquitted Murugha Mutt head Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru and two others in a sexual assault case involving two minor gi...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Lingayat Swami takes political plunge, announces contest against Pralhad JoshiFakir Dingaleshwara Swami contests Dharwad Lok Sabha race, opposing Joshi. Congress backs Swami against BJP. Murugha Mutt distances. Joshi ...
- Karnataka: Lingayat mutt distances itself from demand for replacement of Prahlad Joshi in DharwadFakir Dingaleshwar Swami, the head of a Lingayat mutt in Shirahatti, held a meeting with a group of community seers at Murugha mutt premise...
- 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...
- Amit Shah's Suttur Mutt visit may help BJP win over LingayatsUnion Home Minister Amit Shah lauded the Suttur Mutt, a significant religious institution of Veerashaiva-Lingayats in Mysuru, for its socie...
- Karnataka: Mutt heads, community outfits lobby hard for positions in new governmentSeveral supporters of both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar have been in touch with their leaders, hoping to find a place in the new cabinet. Th...
- Karnataka mutt heads rally behind CM Yediyurappa amid guessing gameThe 78-year-old CM thanked the mutt heads, who held a meeting with him on Wednesday, for reposing faith in him, but said he would abide by ...
- 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 ...
- Lingayat consolidation for OBC tag may be a trump card for BS YediyurappaNumerous mutts of Karnataka’s dominant Lingayat-Veerashaiva community have come together to seek inclusion of 100-plus subsects in the othe...
- When khadi confronts saffron: As swamis veer towards worldly politics, Yediyurappa sends a firm messageIn fact, the CM was so annoyed at a Veerashaiva-Lingayat event in Harihar on Tuesday that he threatened to walk out when Vachanananda Swami...
- 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 ...
- Lingayat pontiffs 'support' Siddaramaiah, ask BJP to back minority religion claimThe state government had last month recommended to the Centre grant of religious minority tag for the Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat com...
- Amit Shah’s no to Lingayat minority tag, SC verdict on Dalits may influence Karnataka pollsThe development may lead to the two communities largely supporting Congress in the polls, but observers said the issues could go either way...
- Farmer suicides have increased under Congress: Amit ShahAmit Shah is on a two-day Karnataka tour in which he is expected to visists mutts associated with the Lingayat and Dalit communities.
- 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...
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