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'Siddaramaiah is anti-Lingayat': Seer slams CM amid 2A reservation issue

Karnataka Chief minister Siddaramaiah.

Published 598 days ago

Hope for Congress in Latur as Deshmukhs launch Matang-Muslim-Lingayat ploy

Hope for Congress as Deshmukh family leads battle for Latur with Matang-Muslim-Lingayat formula, with the added element of Marathas. HT Photo

Updated 818 days ago

Lingayat seers oppose Joshi’s LS candidacy, say final decision soon

Lingayat seers continue to oppose BJP leader Pralhad Joshi’s candidacy from the Dharwad constituenc (HT)

Updated 851 days ago

Pralhad Joshi will not be replaced, says Yediyurappa

Former Karnataka chief minister and senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa addresses a press conference on the Lingayat Seer Dingaleshwar Swamy's statement, in Hubballi on Thursday. Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi and others are present. (ANI)

Updated 856 days ago

Lingayat seer demands changing Pralhad Joshi as Dharwad's BJP candidate

Pralhad Joshi has been representing Dharwad constituency in the Lok Sabha since 2009.

Updated 857 days ago

Lok Sabha election a tightrope walk for BJP’s new Karnataka president

Karnataka BJP chief BY Vijayendra (PTI)

Updated 878 days ago

Karnataka caste survey report puts CM Siddaramaiah in a fix. Here's why

Karnataka State Permanent Backward Classes Commission chairman K Jayaprakash Hegde submitted a voluminous report on the caste survey to CM Siddaramaiah on Thursday. (ANI)

Updated 883 days ago

Karnataka: Identify as Lingayat, not as Hindu, Veerashaiva Mahasabha asks members

Former chief minister Jagdish Shettar during the 24th annual convention of the Veerashaiva Mahasabha rally in Davangere on Sunday. (X)

Updated 951 days ago

Former CM BS Yediyurappa claims Karnataka govt is ‘bankrupt’, ‘as good as dead’

BS Yediyurappa (ANI)

Published 999 days ago

Karnataka BJP infighting escalates after poll defeat

Infighting in the state BJP escalates with senior leaders expressing dissent within the party. (ANI)

Updated 1131 days ago

Claimants for CM, DyCM grow across communities

Amid the race for CM post, communities demand posts for leaders of their choice (PTI)

Updated 1173 days ago

Who will be Karnataka CM? Amid Shivakumar-Siddaramaiah face-off new names emerge

Ex-Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar during celebrations after the party's win in the 2023 Karnataka Assembly election, in Bengaluru on Saturday, May 13, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)

Updated 1173 days ago

Congress outperforms BJP among Lingayat candidates

Congress candidates from Lingayat, Vokkaliga outperformed BJP (PTI)

Updated 1174 days ago

Karnataka: 4-cornered power play at CLP meet as Lingayat, SC MLAs seek CM post

Senior Congress leaders Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar and others during the CLP meeting in Bengaluru on Sunday. (PTI)

Updated 1175 days ago

For Karnataka loss, BJP pins blame on anti-incumbency, local factors

BJP supporters during a roadshow of BJP president JP Nadda ahead of Karnataka assembly elections in Bengaluru, (PTI File Photo)

Updated 1177 days ago

Karnataka Polls: A tale of three parties

Karnataka is set for a big fight between the BJP, Congress and the JD(S) parties.

Published 1180 days ago

It’s Savadi vs Kumathalli again in K'taka's Athani, but with parties flipped

While Kumathalli is counting on the large Lingayat vote bank, Savadi says he is fighting for self-respect

Updated 1187 days ago

Siddaramaiah speaking against Lingayats as he has sensed defeat: BSY

Former chief minister and Lingayat strongman BS Yediyurappa on Monday lashed out at Opposition leader Siddaramaiah and cautioned him not to speak lightly against the community. (ANI)

Updated 1195 days ago

Karnataka polls 2023: A Brahmin factor at play

In the past week, some commentators in Kannada newspapers also wrote that the BJP may install a Brahmin chief minister if the party wins a majority or comes close to forming a government in the May 10 elections.

Updated 1196 days ago

Shah slams Cong on 4% quota, says exits will not hurt

Union home minister Amit Shah with Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai in Bengaluru. (ANI)

Updated 1197 days ago

Karnataka elections: Congress builds strategy on corruption in BJP govt, sops

Congress supporters walk past giant cut-outs of senior party leaders in Karnataka’s Kolar. (PTI)

Updated 1200 days ago

SC to hear pleas on scrapping of Muslim quota on April 25

Senior counsel Kapil Sibal, appearing for the petitioners, did not object to the adjournment but said the state should share the counter affidavit with them over the weekend so that they come prepared to argue on April 25. (HT)

Updated 1201 days ago

Shettar’s move may hit BJP’s Lingayat votes, cadre morale: Experts

Former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar speaks during a press conference as he joins the Congress in presence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge, in Bengaluru on Monday. (ANI)

Updated 1202 days ago

Who is Jagadish Shettar and why did he quit Karnataka BJP?

Jagadish Shettar

Updated 1203 days ago

'99% ex-CM Jagadish Shettar will be given election ticket': Yediyurappa assures

Senior BJP leader Yeddiyurappa also indicated that the party's second list of candidates will be released by tonight.

Published 1208 days ago

'Never expected…': K'taka Cong leader complains after daughter quits, joins BJP

Dr Rajanandini joined BJP in the presence of former Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday.

Updated 1208 days ago

Karnataka assembly elections: BJP's first list has 8 women, 52 new faces

BJP leaders Dharmendra Pradhan and Mansukh Mandaviya release the party's first list of 189 candidates for the Karnataka assembly polls on Tuesday. (PTI)

Published 1208 days ago

Missing veterans in BJP list sparks row in Karnataka

Former chief minister Jagdish Shettar reacted sharply to being told that he will not be picked for the upcoming polls. (PTI)

Updated 1208 days ago

Missing veterans in BJP list sparks row

Former Karnataka chief minister Jagdish Shettaron Tuesday indicated that he would contest , raising the prospect of a revolt. (PTI)

Updated 1208 days ago

Dalit priest attacked by upper caste members in Tumakuru, say police

Members of an upper caste community allegedly assaulted a Dalit priest at the Bidirambika and Chikamma Devi temple in Tumakuru (Agencies/Representative use)

Updated 1209 days ago

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