Speaking at a function organised to present the Sarvothama Seva Awards for 2023 to 30 State government officers/employees here, the Chief Minister told employees to follow the Constitution and ...

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah’s ambitious caste survey has created ripples in the socio-political fabric of the state. The Socio-Economic and Education Survey, as the survey is known, ...

Ganiga, Sadara, Uppara, Kudu Vokkaliga, Jangama, and others, Siddaramaiah is trying to weaken the very existence of the Lingayat community.

One reason why the Veerashaiva-Lingayat population has seen a drop was many members recorded their community as Hindu-Sadar, Hindu-Ganiga and Hindu-Banajiga to save their quota under 2A category, ...

Karnataka Chief Minister D Siddaramaiah's ambitious caste survey has created ripples in the socio-political fabric of the state. The Socio-Economic and Education Survey recommended raising the OBC ...

Many members of his community, he said, had recorded their community as Hindu-Sadar, Hindu-Ganiga and Hindu-Banajiga to save their reservation benefits. Heads of different influential mutts too have ...

A leaked Karnataka caste census report suggests increasing OBC reservation to 51% and Muslim reservation to 8%, sparking controversy within the Congress government. The proposal has been ...

A leaked Karnataka caste census report has ignited controversy, revealing recommendations to increase backward caste reservations to 51%. The report, which has divided the ruling Congress ...

Members of some Lingayat community sub-castes have (in a fine slicing of sub-caste identity) declared themselves as Hindu Ganiga, Hindu Banajiga, Hindu Sadaras for the sake of (existing) 2A ...

Patil pointed out that several communities currently listed under Category 2A—such as Banajiga, Ganiga, and Kumbara—use the prefix ‘Hindu’ instead of identifying directly as Lingayats.

The Kuruhinashetty Lingayat community at 8,325 (0.01%), Ganiga Lingayats 23,483 (0.04%), Beda Jangama Lingayats 24,127 (0.04%), Lalgonda Lingayats 29,280 (0.05%) ,Reddy Lingayats 71,789 (0.12% ...