Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that only 10 percent of Vokkaliga community members are engaged in entrepreneurship and industries, Chamaraja MLA K. Harishgowda has called upon the rest of the community members to take up entrepreneurship. He was speaking after inaugurating Mysuru Central Circle branch of Vokkaliga Community’s First Circle Organisation at a private hotel in city here…
Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to gain hold over the dominant Vokkaliga community to which he belongs to, Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) held a meeting with several community leaders ahead of the LS polls, at a private hotel on Sayyaji Rao Road here yesterday. Addressing the meeting, Shivakumar said that the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency BJP candidate Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar said that Vokkaliga community has sworn to make Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister again. Addressing a poll campaign at Gangatkar Vokkaliga Sriramamandir Bhavan in N.R. Mohalla here yesterday, Yaduveer observed that the Vokkaliga community has stood for the cause of the country since…
Siddaramaiah made disrespectful remarks against Vokkaligas for many years: HDK Mysore/Mysuru: Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) ridiculed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his sudden display of affection towards the Vokkaliga community, despite making disrespectful remarks about them for years. Addressing the media at Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Kumaraswamy sarcastically questioned Siddaramaiah’s newfound affinity for the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Leaders of various organisations have resolved to organise a civic honour for Dr. C.N. Manjunath, who recently retired as the Director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru on Feb. 26, at Kalamandira in the city. This was decided during a meeting of various organisations of Vokkaliga community and other communities…
Bengaluru: The Vokkaliga community, a dominant community in the State, which has been demanding a hike in reservation quota for the community for some time, has set Jan. 23 as the deadline for the Government to hike the reservation from the current 4 percent to 12 percent. The community Seers, Ministers, Legislators and leaders, who…
Bengaluru: Strongly advocating the need for increase in reservation quota for Vokkaliga community, Dr. Nirmalanandanatha Swamiji of Adichunchanagiri Mutt has decided to submit a memorandum to the State Government seeking formation of Vokkaliga Development Authority and to include the community in Backward Classes list. This was decided at a meeting held under the Chairmanship of…
Seer hints at seeking a separate State Mysore/Mysuru: Days after Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa formed the Karnataka Veerashaiva Lingayat Development Corporation (KVLDC) with an initial fund of Rs. 500 crore and announced the formation of Maratha Development Corporation with a sanctioned fund of Rs. 50 crore, Vokkaligas have demanded formation of an exclusive Authority and…
Hunsur: A case has been filed against Hunsur Congress MLA H.P. Manjunath’s brother H.P. Amarnath and three others for posting derogatory content on Facebook against Vokkaliga community. The case has been filed in the Hunsur Town Police Station by K. Ganesh Gowda, son of former MLA Kariyappa Gowda and the Vice-President of Hunsur Taluk Vokkaliga…
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