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Topic: Lingayat

Amit Shah says Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah is an anti-Hindu leader

BJP chief slams Karnataka CM over minority religion tag for Lingayats; asks why Siddaramaiah didn’t do this earlier in his term.

Last Laughs: Anna Hazare’s app, Modi Mann reading ki baat app, and data leaks

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Siddaramaiah’s decision on Lingayats is just ‘scorched earth’ politics

There are many schools of tantra that also reject the textual authority of the Vedas and yet proudly identify themselves as Hindus.

Last Laughs: Siddaramaiah’s sixer, Kejriwal’s new apology & the Cambridge Analytica effect

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

To understand the debate on Lingayats, one must know how they’re different from Hindus

In half a dozen public rallies seen in north Karnataka last year, a few lakh people convened to express support for delinking Lingayat dharma from Hinduism.

Siddaramaiah’s Lingayat gamble: Can minority status swing BJP’s votebank?

Minority status has been a long-standing demand of the community, which constitutes 17 per cent of the state’s population.

TalkPoint: Will making Lingayat a separate religion benefit Congress or create a communal divide?

Experts weigh in on Siddaramaiah's decision to grant the Lingayat community separate religion status. The recommendation will now move to the centre for approval.

In Karnataka, Rahul Gandhi quotes Basavanna. But is Congress sincere about Lingayat issue?

Now that the committee on the Lingayat row has submitted its report recommending ‘religious minority’ status, state govt must urgently present a roadmap.

On Camera

Dismantling Iran proxies is a legacy issue for Netanyahu. And Iraq is his last battleground

For India, the strategic ripples are significant. The immediate concern is Pakistan’s diplomatic gain as it embeds itself deeper into the defence framework of the Middle East.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.