The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals converting from Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism to other religions forfeit their Scheduled Cast...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah urged BJP leader Sunil Sharma to declare Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excelle...

The Janajati Dharma-Sanskriti Suraksha Manch (Assam Pradesh), which is be a “non-political social organisation”, has decided to stage a dem...

Murugarajendra said he is confident that people will understand the implications of the move and that pontiffs opposing the move were selfi...

The state government had last month recommended to the Centre grant of religious minority tag for the Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat com...

Shah’s visit to central Karnataka is on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a rally in Davanagere on February 28.

The Union home ministry had said if Veershaiva-Lingayats are treated as a separate religion from Hindus, all SCs of the sect would lose the...

The 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...

With this decision, the Congress has avoided a split within the cabinet as its Veerashaiva ministers have also been accommodated. It has al...

The demand for a separate religion tag to Veerashaiva/ Lingayat faiths has surfaced from the numerically strong and politically-influential...

Lingayats are followers of saint philosopher Basaveshwara who don’t worship idols or follow rituals, while Veerashaivas worship Lord Shiva ...

Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani will inaugurate the three-day state conference of Yogakshema Sabha on September 19.

The NCM did not name any person or organisation. Most controversial statements have come from bodies affiliated to Sangh Parivar.

The government is considering a proposal to accord minority status to Jains, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

THE Ranganath Commission has recommended Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Hindu converts to Christianity and Islam. It has also suggested a ...

The BJP says it will oppose in Parliament the controversial amendment bill to redefine the minority status in states.

After 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...