The organisations working for the betterment of the Lingayat community- the prominent caste group in Karnataka- has sought a separate religious status to their caste, triggering a new controversy in the state in which the caste related issue often reflects in the political arena. The Vishwa Continue Reading
B S Yeddyurappa, the former Chief Minister of Karnataka and BJP’s strongman, had been acquitted of all charges in the bribery case by a special CBI court on last day. The strongman of the ‘Lingayat’ community was accused of accepting bribe from the mining companies. It is said that the Karnataka BJP chief allegedly accepted nearly […]Continue Reading