Mysuru: Maintaining that there is no difference between Pakistan Founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s followers and former IAS officer S.M. Jamdar, who is spearheading the agitation seeking separate Lingayat religion tag, writer and Maharani Cluster University Special Officer Prof. Ravindra Reshme has said that Jinnah partitioned the nation only for the sake of power. He was…
Bengaluru: The State Government yesterday issued a notification on granting religious minority status to “Lingayats and Veerashaiva-Lingayats who believe in Basavanna’s ideology” while the Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva Mahasabha demanded a change in the nomenclature. In a nine-point resolution passed by the Executive Committee of the Mahasabha headed by senior Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa, it was…
By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief A house divided cannot stand,’ is an old maxim that emphasises the need for unity among law-makers and the people for better governance and a peaceful society. Sadly, our Chief Minister Siddharamaiah does not care to appreciate this time-tested maxim. When one is a mere politician, not a Statesman, the hunger…
Damage done may lead to division of Karnataka like Andhra Pradesh. We are warned ! On Saturday, 3rd March 2018 a friend telephoned me seeking appointment to bring his friend who wanted advice from me to sell a 60’x40’ site he owned in K.C. Nagar. As Mysureans know that sites and buildings in K.C. Nagar,…
Bengaluru: The debate on a separate religion tag for Lingayats/Veerashaivas seems to be getting shriller. Over 30 Seers of Lingayat Mutts met here on Thursday and passed a 5-point resolution to press for minority religion status for the community on the lines of Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. After a 5-hour marathon meeting, a delegation comprising…
Bengaluru: With just nine months remaining for Karnataka to go to polls, the BJP and the Congress will be heading for a show of strength on August 12. While AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will attend a public rally in Raichur, BJP National President Amit Shah will be coming to Bengaluru on a three-day tour and…
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