Bhosikar claimed the Lingayats accounted for around 1 crore of Maharashtra's population with significant presence in 11 Lok Sabha constituencies DNA - Published
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the first edition of Mann ki Baat of this year, on Sunday paid tribute to late Shivakumar Swami, the pontiff of Sree Siddaganga Matha who recently passed.. Firstpost - Published
Lingayat Biggest Spiritual Guru and Sidhaganga Mutt Chief Shivakumaraswamy's demise left everyone in shock. At the Age of 111 Years, Shivakumaraswamy passed away due to breathing issues. He was shifted..
On January 21, at Tumakuru, BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa publicly stated that he and his party will recommend the name of Shivakumar Swamiji for the nation’s highest civilian award, party.. IndiaTimes - Published
Initially, it was Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy who urged the Centre to confer the prestigious award on the seer. After the Siddaganga Mutt seer's demise on Monday, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun.. Firstpost - Published
Today's top stories: Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Varanasi; Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swami's last rites will be performed with full state honours in Tumakuru; and.. Firstpost - Published
The 111-year old head of the Siddaganga mutt in Karnataka, known as 'Walking God' among his countless followers, died on Monday after prolonged illness. Firstpost - Published Also reported by •DNA
The state government declared a three-day state mourning from Monday. All schools, colleges and government offices will remain closed owing to Shivakumara's demise. The seer will be laid to rest at the.. Firstpost - Published
For close to a decade, 55-year-old Siddalinga Mahaswami has been the “de-facto” head of the richest mutts in Karnataka. Following the demise of the 111-year-old Shivakumar Swamiji, Siddalinga.. IndiaTimes - Published
Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swamiji of the Siddaganga mutt passed away at the age of 111 years on Monday. The cremation will be held on Tuesday at 4.30 pm in Tumakuru. Firstpost - Published
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condoled the demise of a prominent Lingayat seer, saying he lived for the people, especially the poor. The seer of Tumakuru-based Siddaganga Math, 111-year-old.. Firstpost - Published
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condoled the demise of a prominent Lingayat seer, saying he lived for the people, especially the poor. The seer of Tumakuru-based Siddaganga Math, 111-year-old.. IndiaTimes - Published
A recipient of Padma Bhushan and Karnataka Ratna awards, the seer was in a serious condition for the past two months and had undergone a surgery at a private hospital in Chennai about two months ago.. Rediff.com - Published
As the Congress deals with issues concerning its alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular) in Karnataka, the infighting in the grand old party came to the fore on Sunday after veteran leader Shamanur.. Firstpost - Published
Speculation is already doing the rounds that Yeddyurappa will be sent to margadarshak mandal — the BJP’s panel for senior leaders — soon after 2019 general election. Although a Brahmin, Kumar was.. IndiaTimes - Published
A staunch RSS idealogue and long-time BJP member, Union minister Ananth Kumar was the quintessential organisation man who kept Karnataka and the party as the twin focuses of his career.
The.. DNA - Published
A staunch RSS ideologue, a hard boiled organisation man, Bengaluru's "most loved" MP and the first person to speak in Kannada in the United Nations are some of the connotations *associated with Union.. DNA - Published
Majority are baffled over the timing of his statement, as it came just over a week ahead of the crucial bypolls in the state. Why did Shivakumar raise the Lingayat issue that was long forgotten? TOI.. IndiaTimes - Published
Shivakumar said the then Congress government should not have buckled under pressure to the Lingayat lobby, when a petition was given. All the Lingayat ministers who had rallied for seeking a separate.. IndiaTimes - Published
In an embarrassment for the Congress, senior leader and Karnataka water resource minister D K Shivakumar has conceded that his party committed a "major blunder" by recommending religious minority.. DNA - Published
Karnataka water resources minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday admitted that the Congress had made a mistake by getting involved in the Lingayat issue that had cropped up a few months before the state's.. Firstpost - Published
What does the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur, a scholarly treatise in praise of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Saraswati have in common? They come together in a concert in Mumbai on Sunday in the form of rare.. DNA - Published
MB Patil, the tallest Lingayat leader within the Congress party now, is miffed that he is not part of the political leadership in HD Kumaraswamy's dispensation. Firstpost - Published
The Congress had managed to wrest a few seats from BJP, but lost many in North Karnataka, an electorally significant region dominated by Lingayat community. Firstpost - Published
After all the hullabaloo over who will be the next chief minister of Karnataka, the stage is all set for swearing-in of H D Kumaraswamy as Karnataka chief minister today. Top leaders from the Congress.. DNA - Published
JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi here on Monday, while the two parties worked on an initial power sharing-arrangement in Karnataka... DNA - Published
Shivakumar too is an influential Vokkaliga leader in the state, a fact that could go against him, given that Lingayats are the second largest bloc of MLAs among 78 victorious Congress candidates. Firstpost - Published
As the saying goes BJP won the battle but lost the war. Party had won 104 seats, defeating the ruling Congress in a bitterly-contested assembly polls, but failed to mobilise adequate support to cross.. DNA - Published
From arch rival to coalition partners, the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) face multiple challenges once they form a coalition government in Karnataka. The foes-turned-friends will have to keep.. DNA - Published
After exhausting all options to shore up the numbers to achieve the magic figure of 111, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, in a dramatic move, resigned before a Supreme Court-ordered trust.. DNA - Published
Congress lost the battle and won the war. That is in nutshell the synopsis of nataka in Karnataka where Congress denied BJP in their tracks to form government in alliance with JD(S).
Congress did.. DNA - Published
Many BJP leaders think Lingayat MLAs from the two opposition camps might cross-vote in favour of the trust vote, keeping in mind their own political future and to avoid incurring the community’s.. IndiaTimes - Published
BJP under Yeddyurappa's leadership has succeeded to get substantial backing of the community despite former CM Siddaramaiah's move for a separate religious status to it. DNA - Published
BJP not only won lingayat, upper caste and other OBC votes, but also SC/ST ones. Which suggests that the saffron party is changing its character. IndiaTimes - Published
Despite Yeddyurappa’s swearing-in, the Karnataka drama looks unending. The latest breaking news from Karnataka states that Congress and JD(S) MLAs are going to be taken by buses to Kerala.
A.. DNA - Published
A hardboiled RSS man, 75-year-old BS Yeddyurappa, joined the Hindu right-wing organisation when he was barely 15, and cut his political teeth in the Jana Sangh, the BJP's forerunner, in his hometown.. Firstpost - Published
If Yeddyurappa doesn't manage to retain power beyond the window offered, it could be the second time that the Lingayat strongman is forced to step down after an all-too-brief stint as chief minister. Firstpost - Published
As BJP emerged as the single largest party in the 2018 Karnataka Assembly election, one thing became clear - Congress' Lingayat move had failed to clinch votes for the grand old party contributing to.. Firstpost - Published
While the broad mandate shows anti-incumbency against the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka, there are various contours of the verdict. Here are a few major talking points Firstpost - Published
The community supported BJP, largely rejecting Congress’s move to offer religious minority status to Lingayats, choosing instead to back their leader for the CM post. Lingayats remember.. IndiaTimes - Published
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