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Amit Shah's arrives in Bengaluru amid buzz over leadership change and cabinet rejig
• 3 years agoAmit Shah during this trip is likely to meet senior party leaders including Bommai and BS Yediyurappa, and assess the BJP's preparations for the elections
Lingayat mutt in Karnataka's Gadag district appoints married Muslim man as pontiff; to take charge on 26 Feb
• 5 years agoA Lingayat seminary in Gadag district of northern Karnataka is all set to get a Muslim man as its pontiff.
BJP MLAs from Lingayat community discuss representation in Karnataka govt amid rumours of discord within party over cabinet expansion
• 5 years agoAmid speculations of factionalism in ruling BJP after recent meeting of senior MLAs 'upset' over not being inducted into the BS Yediyurappa ministry, more such activities surfaced with another group discussing cabinet representation
BJP, JD(S) slam Siddaramaiah for saying that Lingayat, Vokkaligas communities are ‘distancing’ themselves from parties
• 5 years agoFormer Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday found himself in the midst of a row over his purported remarks about two dominant communities in the state in a video that has since gone viral.
Understanding BS Yediyurappa's Karnataka cabinet: Lingayats get lion's share of ministerial berths; 3 seats apiece for Vokkaligas, Dalits
Ananyas • 6 years agoEight Lingayat leaders were sworn in as ministers today (including Yediyurappa himself), out of the total 18, ensuring the community holds almost 44 percent share in the Yediyurappa cabinet.
Lok Sabha Election 2019, Karnataka profile: Congress-JDS, BJP set for epic clash; Belgaum, Bangalore North, Shimoga key seats
Fp Research • 6 years agoWith 28 seats, Karnataka has the second highest number of Lok Sabha seats in the south after Tamil Nadu.
Shivakumara Swami's last rites performed with full state honours, thousands gather to pay tribute to Lingayat seer
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAmong prominent people who paid their last respects to Shivakumara Swamiji were former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who attended the ceremony on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Shivakumara Swami's funeral today: As devotees throng Lingayat seer's Siddaganga mutt, traffic in Tumakuru diverted
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe 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 mutt on Tuesday, in view of which the district authorities have made elaborate security arrangements.
Bharat Ratna demand for Shivakumara Swami: Chorus grows as Kumaraswamy, Yeddyurappa urge Centre to honour Lingayat seer
Fp Staff • 6 years agoInitially, 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 Kharge, too, made the same demand.
Nirmala Sitharaman, DV Sadananda Gowda to attend Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swami's funeral
• 6 years agoThe 111-year old head of the Siddaganga mutt in Karnataka, known as 'Walking God' among his countless followers, died on Monday after prolonged illness.