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The District Commissioner of Bidar has ordered the lodging of a criminal case against a Lingayat pontiff in connection with alleged forging of court orders.

The mother of the two minor girls, who have come forward to lodge a complaint against the arrested rape accused seer, have told police that she helplessly watched her daughters being taken to seer's private room.

The accused seer was taken to an undisclosed location following his arrest on Thursday night which came six days after the FIR was lodged against him.

Bengaluru: The ruling BJP is in a fix over the demand of the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community seeking its inclusion in the Other Backwards Classes (OBC) list by the Centre. The community leaders have also warned that if the demand is not fulfilled, they would start agitation on a large-scale. Sources in the BJP said that it […]