Lingayat religion: Community leaders urge seers to get united

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July 29, 2017

Hubballi, Jul 29: Leaders of Lingayat community in different districts in North Karnataka region, who met here on Saturday under the banner of Lingayat Swatantra Dharma Horata Vedike, resolved to submit a memorandum to the chief minister, seeking the recommendation to the Union Government for getting the constitutional status of an independent religion for Lingayatism. seer

The meeting chaired by MLC Basavaraj Horatti also decided to organise a massive convention of Lingayat community in coming days in Hubballi, to highlight the demand and to create awareness among the community members. It also asked all seers of the community to come together to discuss the issue and come to a conclusion regarding the differences and confusions related to the issue, instead of giving different statements.

After the meeting, Mr Horatti told media persons that the forum would decide its next course of action after considering the decisions of a meeting to be held at Kudalasangam on August 22, and the meeting of Akhila Bharat Veerashaiva Mahasabha. The decision to be taken by the State-level committee in this regard would also be supported, he said.

Lingayatism has been a separate religion, and only the constitutional validity is being demanded now. It is not just about getting facilities of a minority community, he noted.

Basava scholar Ramjan Darga stated that Lingayatism is a separate non-Vedic religion like Jainism and Buddhism.

In the meeting, Mr Ramjan Darga stated that Basavanna was not a social reformer, but the founder of a new society. Lingayatism is totally an independent religion, as it shed the principles of Vedic religion. Even Guru Nanak was impressed by Vachanas, and therefore, he visited Bidar, Mr Darga noted.

As the efforts to get separate religion tag for ‘Veerashaivism’ were not fruitful, the legal status of independent religion should be now sought for ‘Lingayatism’, he added.

N G Mahadevappa stated that Lingayats do not practise Vedic rituals, but Veerashaivas do.
Former MLA M S Akki, Shankaranna Munavalli, Gururaj Hunasimarad, and others were present.

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Karnataka's COVID-19 tally crosses 18,000-mark with 1,502 new cases

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July 2,2020

Bengaluru, Ju 2 As many as 19 deaths and 1,502 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Karnataka till 5 pm on Thursday, as per information provided by the State Health Department.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the state now stands at 18,016, including 9,406 active cases.

While 8,334 patients have been discharged after treatment, 272 people have succumbed to the virus.

India's COVID-19 tally breached the 6 lakh cases mark with 19,148 new coronavirus cases being reported in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

The total cases now stand at 6,04,641 of which there are 2,26,947 active cases while 3,59,860 patients have been cured/discharged/migrated. 434 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours taking the number of COVID-19 deaths in the country to 17,834.

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6,000 chickens buried alive in Belagavi as prices drop

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March 10,2020

Belagavi, Mar 10: Around 6,000 chickens were buried alive by some poultry farm owners here as the rate of flesh in the market dropped even below the cost price due to Coronavirus scare.

The poultry farm who buried the chickens on Monday evening belonged to Lolasuru village in Gokak Taluk of the district.

One of the owners, Nazir Makandar, said that there was no demand for chicken because of threat of Coronavirus.

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we are ready to destroy food but wont allow poor to eat it

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Fever clinics to be established in district, taluk-level hospitals across Karnataka

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June 24,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 24: The Karnataka government on Tuesday announced that fever clinics would be established at all district-level and taluk-level hospitals, wherein fever cases would be screened in a separate area.

"Fever clinics to be established at all district hospitals/district-level hospitals and taluk-level hospitals, wherein all fever cases should be screened 24x7 in a separate area and for Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) cases to be subjected for swab testing," read a circular from the Department of Health and Family Welfare dated June 22.

The circular said that private institutions in the corporation areas should also be designated as fever clinics.

"100 per cent of Community Health Centres (CHC), 50 per cent of Primary Health Centres and Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHC) to be converted as exclusive fever clinics to screen ILI/SARI during working hours. The remaining PHC/UPHC to cater to non-COVID-19 cases. All health institutions need to have a separate entry for COVID and non-COVID services," the circular further said.

Karnataka on Tuesday reported 322 fresh COVID-19 positive cases and eight deaths.
According to the state health department, the total number of positive cases has mounted to 9,721 and 150 deaths. So far, 6,004 people have been discharged.

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