"lingayat-community"

The last rites of veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Shivraj Patil were performed with full state honours in Latur on Saturday. Leaders across parties attended the funeral, held as per Lingayat traditions, honouring his decades-long public service

The renewed push for recognising Veerashaiva-Lingayat as a separate religion requires consensus between Congress and BJP

The Muslim community claims to have played a key role in Congress coming to power in Karnataka.

A delegation of Lingayat community will, on Thursday, meet Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his predecessor B.S Yediyurapppa in connection with the recent suicide of seer Basavalinga Sree.