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Karnataka CM buzz intensifies as Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar meet Congress high command todayKarnataka's top leaders, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, are in Delhi for crucial talks with the Congr...
Karnataka: Four ministers close to CM Siddaramaiah meet over breakfast in Bengaluru as leadership change buzz growsKarnataka ministers met for breakfast fueling leadership change rumors. The gathering occurred before an event marking three years of the C...
Only Congress can make a Vokkaliga CM: Karnataka Chief Minister SiddaramaiahUnion Minister HD Kumaraswamy has challenged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to step down for a Vokkaliga leader. This exchange follows Siddara...
Only Congress can make a Vokkaliga CM, says Siddaramaiah in sharp rebuke to KumaraswamyKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has strongly criticized Janata Dal (Secular) leaders H.D. Kumaraswamy and H.D. Deve Gowda. He accused...
'Not in a hurry, party will decide', says DK Shivakumar on CM’s postKarnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said he is “not in a hurry” to become chief minister, stressing that the Congress party wil...
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...
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...
Karnataka moves Muslims from OBC to EWS quota list, hands 2% hike to Lingayats & Vokkaligas ahead of crucial assembly pollsMuslims earlier came under the 2B classification. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told the media that the Muslims would move into the EWS q...
Will look into Vokkaliga demand for quota hike, says Basavaraj BommaiReferring to demands from Vokkaliga community heads, including ministers from BJP, the CM said in Mysuru on Monday that he was yet to recei...
In poll-bound Karnataka, Vokkaliga leaders set Jan 23 deadline for Bommai govt to hike quota for communityVokkaligas are estimated to be the second largest community in the state, after Lingayats, and the leaders claim they make up about a fifth...
Karnataka budget offers sops to caste groups, promises to set up Vokkaliga development boardThe announcement came four months after the government established the Karnataka Veerashaiva Lingayat Development Corporation for the to he...
Reservation demands: Government discussing modalities regarding way forward, says CM YediyurappaThe state government is facing demands for revision of the existing quota from various communities, including the dominant Vokkaliga and Ve...
Quota balancing act for BS Yediyurappa as powerful Vokkaliga mutt joins issue“Members of some subsects of the Vokkaliga community are backward but are losing out on reservation benefits under the OBC quota,” said Swa...
BS Yediyurappa announces 'mammoth' statue of city founder Kempegowda at airport, reaches out to VokkaligasTo make Kempegowda "immortal", the government has also decided to to reconstitute the Kempegowda Development Authority, and release Rs 100 ...
Moves on Lingayats and Vokkaligas cost Siddaramaiah dearThe damage was so intense that Siddaramaiah, who confidently expected Vokkaligas to vote for him in his old constituency of Chamundeshwari,...
Karnataka’s Vokkaliga community pins high hopes on Sadananda GowdaThe spontaneous celebration was spurred by the fact that a Vokkaliga has become a prominent Union minister with the coveted railway portfol...