Siddaramaiah

A private defamation complaint against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on his comment about a Lingayat chief minister during the recent Assembly election has been dismissed by an Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.
The Special Court exclusively to deal with criminal cases related to elected former and sitting MPs/MLAs on Tuesday dismissed the complaint filed for the alleged offences under Sections 499 (defamation) and 500 (punishment for defamation) of the Indian Penal Code.
The private complaint lodged by Shankar Shet and Mallaiah Hiremath alleged that Siddaramaiah had defamed the Lingayat community with his answer to a question by a journalist during the Assembly election. The Congress leader was asked if his party would make a Lingayat the Chief Minister if it came to power.
Siddaramaiah allegedly replied that then incumbent CM Basavaraj Bommai was a Lingayat who had indulged in corruption and spoilt the state.

D K Shivakumar with Siddaramaiah

The party has accommodated Madhu Bangarappa from Shivamogga in the view of making the roots of the party strong in the home turf of former CM BS Yediyurappa

Congress

Muslim community members staged a protest in Gangavathi of Koppal district demanding the post for Congress leader Zameer Ahmad Khan

Sutturu Mutt

It also suggests that in the state of Karnataka, an election can be won or lost with just a nod or a shake of the head from the chief of a mutt

A defamation case was lodged on Tuesday against Karnataka's Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah over his alleged statement on corruption practised by Lingayat Chief Ministers in the state.

Bommai

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai denied having made any decision by the party on the Lingayat chief minister

Karnataka CM, Basavaraj Bommai

The Congress announced its candidate against Chief Minister Bommai from Shiggaon. The party has fielded Mohammed Yousuf Savanur from the seat

Murugha math seer

The ruling BJP will not interfere in the investigation of rape case involving prominent Lingayat seer Dr Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, State Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said on Saturday

Basavaraj Bommai, Karnataka CM

Political sources say it's hard to conclude yet which constituencies Bommai is addressing: The Lingayats, the middle class, industry, or the less well-off

Basavaraj Bommai

There is a land deal controversy to settle and river water disputes to negotiate but his first challenge will be forming a council of ministers that pleases everyone.

Yediyurappa

Over 500 Veerashaiva-Lingayat
seers from different parts of Karnataka on Sunday demanded  that Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, whose exit appears  imminent, should be allowed to continue in office.

B S Yediyurappa

In Karnataka's multi-layered politics that often subsumes the BJP's Hindutva project in the quest for identities based on region and castes, any challenge becomes onerous for the chief minister.

D K Shivakumar

The Siddaramaiah government on May 23 notified minority religion status to Lingayats amid protests by some sections of the community

Karnataka Lingayat religion row: Congress' decision a blow for BJP? updates

The Union Home Ministry will examine in detail the Karnataka government's recommendation to grant religious minority tag to the Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community as and when it receives the proposal, an official said today.
The central government's reaction came a day after the Congress government in poll-bound Karnataka decided to recommend that religious minority tag be granted to the numerically strong and politically-influential Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community.
The issue of granting religious minority tag to the Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community will be examined as and when the Home Ministry receives the proposal from the Karnataka government, a senior home ministry official said here.
The Home Ministry is expected to forward the proposal to the  Registrar General & Census Commissioner for a detailed examination and suggestions, another official said.
The Karnataka government took the decision following a recommendation of an expert panel set up

Bengaluru: People belongs to Veershaiva Community protesting against the Separate Lingayat religion, which was approved by Karnataka Government in Kalburgi. Photo: PTI

Living mostly in North Karnataka, Lingayats constitute 17% of state population. Since their vote is seen as decisive in 110 of the 224 Assembly seats, Lingayats are considered politically powerful

Parliament

From Monday, 246 Indira canteens will be opened across Karnataka to serve heavily subsidised and cooked food

Those who are investing in foreign stocks, mutual funds, or cryptocurrencies abroad will have to pay more TCS if they spend beyond Rs 7 lakh  in a financial year.

mutual fund

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Vande Bharat train

Bharti Airtel on Saturday announced it has garnered over 50 million 5G customers on its network - a feat achieved within one year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus.
The Sunil Mittal-led telecom company also said Airtel 5G Plus services are available across all districts in the country.
"Airtel continues its 5G growth streak with 50 million unique customers on its network," the company said.
Making it one of the fastest rollouts in the country, Airtel 5G Plus is available across all the 28 states and 8 union territories.
Randeep Sekhon, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Bharti Airtel said the telco is thrilled at the speed of adoption of 5G by millions of customers and added "we are reaching this milestone earlier than planned".
"This marks a big expansion of Airtel's 5G coverage going from 1 million in October of 2022 to 50 million in just 12 months of the launch. The expansion continues at full speed and I am sure, we will continue to rapidly multiply as we work towards nationwide

Airtel 5G, Airtel

India must press on with its response to international questioning and criticism by Canada and allies

India Canada

The hike in prices is likely to hurt consumers as the gas distribution companies are expected to increase prices of CNG and PNG

natural gas pipeline

At the end of the mission, Breuer and Svirydzenka said in a statement that Sri Lanka has made commendable progress in implementing reforms

IMF, International Monetary Fund

The electoral college included the elected members of the state committees who underwent a similar process in their respective states

Special Olympics

However, on September 1, the ECP had announced squeezing timelines of the delimitation exercise by 14 days to complete the process on Nov 30, instead of the scheduled Dec 1, Dawn reported

Pakistan flag

On this occasion, an agreement was reached with Kayan Jet to develop skiing resort projects in the famous tourist areas of Devbhoomi, Auli, Dayara Bugyal and Munsiyari

Uttarakhand govt signs MoU worth Rs 3800 cr with industrial group Kayan Jet

Hyundai and Kia are recalling nearly 3.4 million vehicles in the U.S. and telling owners to park them outside due to the risk of engine compartment fires.
The recalls cover multiple car and SUV models from the 2010 through 2019 model years including Hyundai's Santa Fe SUV and Kia's Sorrento SUV.
Documents posted Wednesday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say the anti-lock brake control module can leak fluid and cause an electrical short, which can touch off a fire while the vehicles are parked or being driven.
The automakers are advising owners to park outdoors and away from structures until repairs are done.
Dealers will replace the anti-lock brake fuse at no cost to owners. Kia says in documents that it will send notification letters to owners starting Nov. 14. For Hyundai the date is Nov. 21.
Hyundai reported 21 fires in the affected vehicles in the U.S., and another 22 thermal incidents including smoke, burning and melting of parts, the documents say.

Hyundai, Hyundai Motor

Early last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an explosive statement accusing the Indian government of being involved in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar

The summit, also known as Parliament 20 (P20) is expected to be held between October 12 and 14 in the new Parliament building

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar

The last Krishi Kumbh was organised in 2018

Yogi Adityanath, Operation Conviction

Asian Games 2023 LIVE udpates: Indian men's team lock horns with China in the afternoon in a historic Gold medal match. India have won 10 Gold, 14 Silver and 14 Bronze with a total of 38 medals.

Asian Games 2023 live updates October 1

In a boost to the agri-tech sector, experts have recommended 24 start-ups for both technical and financial support from a dedicated fund of Rs 20 crore, an official release said on Saturday

modern tech, agriculture technology

"The bodies of two terrorists were recovered during a search of the area," the statement said

Lingayat community

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