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Topic: Lingayat

Despite Lingayat issue, it is ‘advantage BJP’ in the biggest political slugfest of 2018

There are several good reasons why the BJP is upbeat in spite of expectations the Lingayat issue might go against the party.

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.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Nvidia worth $5 trillion: What does it mean for the market?

The chipmaker at the heart of the AI revolution may be the most influential stock in Wall Street history. Nvidia has been the primary driver of the market’s gains since the start of 2023.

Launch of India’s heaviest comms satellite is a level up for its soaring military ambitions. Here’s how

ISRO’s LMV3 rocket set off the CMS-03 satellite from Sriharikota Sunday. It weighs 4,410 kg, will primarily serve Indian Navy and has a life of at least 15 years.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.