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Religion row: Decision on expert panel deferred

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October 5, 2017

Bengaluru, Oct 5: A meeting between Veerashaiva and Lingayat leaders held on Wednesday on the formation of a committee to determine a common ground, remained inconclusive as both the camps failed to iron out differences.

The Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva Mahasabha wants Veerashaiva-Lingayat to become a religion, whereas the Lingayat camp argues that Lingayat is a religion in itself with Veerashaiva being a sub-sect.

Leaders from both the camps met at the residence of Mahasabha president and senior Cobgress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa, where both stuck to their stands. Also, no concrete decision was taken on the formation of an expert committee that will determine a common ground on which the demand for a separate religion will be made.

The leaders decided to meet again on October 10 as Lingayat leaders wanted retired IAS officer S M Jaamdar, who has been hospitalised, to join the talks.

Earlier in the day, the Lingayat camp trained its guns on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP’s ideological parent, accusing its leaders of trying to sabotage the movement for a separate religion tag for the Lingayat faith.

Water Resources Minister M B Patil, Mines and Geology Minister Vinay Kulkarni and JD(S) leader Basavaraj Horatti in unison called for a boycott of the RSS. “We appeal to Lingayat youths that if they have any self-respect, they must quit the RSS,” Patil told reporters.

“The RSS has no business poking its nose in the Lingayat religion movement. Su Ramanna has insulted the entire Lingayat community, including holy seers. If Ramanna and the RSS leadership do not tender an apology, there will be widespread protests in front of all RSS offices across the state,” Patil warned.

The call for Lingayat swayamsevaks to quit the RSS could deal a blow to the BJP, which depends heavily on its Lingayat vote base. Patil, however, denied any political move behind targetting the RSS.

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zamil
 - 
Thursday, 5 Oct 2017

its time we salafis also request

Prabhakar
 - 
Thursday, 5 Oct 2017

This is a very disgraceful trick by Cunning-ress to break Veerashaiva - Lingayaths

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February 19,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 19: The Plenary Assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) of the Latin Church elected Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha, Bishop of Mangalore, Karnataka, as the new Chairman of the CCBI Commission for Liturgy.

The Conference also elected 26 Bishops of the CCBI to participate in the three-week Golden Jubilee Conference of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) to be held in November 2020 at Bangkok in Thailand. The one day meeting of the CCBI discussed various matters affecting the Latin Catholic Church in India, which consists of 132 dioceses and 190 Bishops.

The CCBI animates the Church in India through its 16 Commissions and 4 Departments. Its main Secretariat is in Bangalore with extensions in Goa, Delhi and Pachmarhi (MP).

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) which is the Canonical National Episcopal Conference is the largest in Asia and the fourth largest in the world.

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January 22,2020

Mysuru, Jan 22: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah here on Wednesday urged the state government to initiate an unbiased investigation into the Mangaluru airport bomb case.

Addressing media persons here, he said, “The incident has created panic among the public and such incidents are being repeated due to the failure of intelligence agencies of the state”.

On accused Aditya Rao, the suspect in the case, who surrendered before Bengaluru police on Wednesday morning, the senior Congress leader said, “I have not yet gathered complete information about the accused in the case, therefore I would not like to comment about him.”

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July 12,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 12: The Expert Committee set up by the District authorities to inquire into death due to Covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada district declared that the death was due to patients late reporting to the hospitals and severe co-morbidities.

''Many were scared to visit the hospitals for treatment. Any patient suffering from fever, cold should stop self-medication and seek the advice of doctors. From what we have observed, the mortality was among patients who reported late to hospitals. Many had ignored symptoms assuming it to be a common cold,'' Expert Committee members Dr Hansraj Alva and Dr Muralidhar Yadiyal told mediapersons on Saturday night.

Wenlock Hospital Superintendent Dr Sadashiv said of the 38 deaths reported in the District, the expert committee had analysed 35 deaths. 9 persons who died are below 50 years old, 10 are in the age group of 50 to 60 years, 11 in the age group of 60 to 70 and five in the age group of above 70 years.

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