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- Swamis opposing minority tag are selfish and hurting devotees: Shivamurthy Murugarajendra, Lingayat priestMurugarajendra said he is confident that people will understand the implications of the move and that pontiffs opposing the move were selfi...
- 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...
- On two-day visit to Karnataka, Amit Shah to reach out to top Lingayat muttsShah’s visit to central Karnataka is on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a rally in Davanagere on February 28.
- 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...
- 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...
- Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka govt gives separate religion status to Lingayat communityWith this decision, the Congress has avoided a split within the cabinet as its Veerashaiva ministers have also been accommodated. It has al...
- 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...
- Lingayats as minorities: Karnataka may ask centre to take callLingayats are followers of saint philosopher Basaveshwara who don’t worship idols or follow rituals, while Veerashaivas worship Lord Shiva ...
- Kerala's Namboothiri Brahmins demands minority statusUnion HRD Minister Smriti Irani will inaugurate the three-day state conference of Yogakshema Sabha on September 19.
- Law against conversion will go against Constitution: NCMThe NCM did not name any person or organisation. Most controversial statements have come from bodies affiliated to Sangh Parivar.
- Government considering proposal to accord minority status to JainsThe government is considering a proposal to accord minority status to Jains, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
- Ranganath recommends 15% quota for ‘Dalit minorities’THE Ranganath Commission has recommended Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Hindu converts to Christianity and Islam. It has also suggested a ...
- BJP to oppose Minority BillThe BJP says it will oppose in Parliament the controversial amendment bill to redefine the minority status in states.
- Minority status issue to haunt JamiaAfter Aligarh Muslim University, it’s now the turn of Delhi’s Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI)to be embroiled in the debate on the ‘minority statu...
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