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Yet to decide on Karnataka’s recommendation on Lingayat religion: Centre tells HC

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June 20, 2018

Bengaluru, Jun 20: The government of India has told the High Court of Karnataka that the recommendation made in March this year by the State government for granting minority religion status for Lingayat and Veerashaiva-Lingayat communities is being deliberated and no decision had been taken in this regard.

Meanwhile, in a statement submitted to the court on the demand for a separate religion status for Veerashaiva-Lingayat community, the Ministry of Minority Affairs has pointed out that demand for separate religion status for Veerashaiva-Lingayat under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992, had been made several times in the past.

However, the said requests were examined in consultation with the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) and the Ministry of Law and Justice, and it was observed by the NCM, after considering the socio-historic perspective of the said community, that Veerashaiva-Lingayat is a sect of Hindus and is not an independent religion.

“It was also observed by the national commission that if Veerashaiva-Lingayat is treated as a separate religion by providing minority status, then all Scheduled Castes professing Veerashaiva-Lingayat sect will lose their constitutional status as the Scheduled Castes can only be from Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh religions.”

The Ministry also submitted to the court a copy of the November 14, 2013 communication from the Office of the Registrar General of India stating that the demand made by the All-India Veerashaiva Mahasabha is apparently not logical and correct, while reiterating the earlier decision that Veerashaiva-Lingayat is a sect of Hindus and not an independent religion.

Noticing that the Union government has not taken any decision, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Krishna S. Dixit adjourned till August 29 the petitions seeking declaration from the court that the State government and the State Minorities Commission have no powers to examine the demand for a separate religion or minority religion.

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Farooq
 - 
Wednesday, 20 Jun 2018

Its not over or stopped for starting again

Danish
 - 
Wednesday, 20 Jun 2018

Lingayat issue started again..

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July 4,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 4: The General Secretary of the Dakshina Kannada district unit of Bharatiya Janata Party’s youth wing (Yuva Morcha) has been tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.

In a tweet, Sooraj Jain Marnad, has confirmed that he was tested positive for COVID-19.

"I have been tested COVID19 positive. With all your blessings, I’m recovering & will be under treatment for a few days," the tweet said.

The district has witnessed a huge spike in COVID-19 cases in the past few days. The total tally of the district has already crossed 1000 mark. 22 COVID-19 positive patients in the district have died so far.

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May 13,2020

Mangaluru, May 13: Dakshina Kannada today recorded its fourth death due to novel coronavirus.

The victim, identified by number P-536, is a 58-year-old woman from Boloor area of Manglauru. She was tested covid-19 positive on April 30. 

A patient with TB meningitis, the woman had been treated and discharged from Mangaluru’s First Neuro Hospital, which has emerged as covid-19 hub of coastal Karnataka.

In hospital she had reportedly come in contact with patient No 501 who worked as a sweeper in the same hospital. 

With this death, the number of active covid-19 cases reduced to 16 in Dakshina Kannada. The district has so far reported 34 covid-19 cases including four deaths. 14 have been discharged.

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May 15,2020

Kalaburagi, May 15: Former Karnataka Minister Dr Sharanprakash Patil and 22 others, including several local Congress leaders, have been booked for violating lockdown guidelines by conducting a meeting at a convention hall in Sulpeth town on May 13.

The FIR was registered on Thursday against 23 persons, including the former MLA and 21 local Congress leaders, under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Congress leader Patil and his followers had conducted a meeting at a convention hall in Sulpeth town on May 13, following which sectoral magistrate Muneer Ahmed lodged a complaint.

This comes as the country of under lockdown and the Centre and states have issued strict social distancing and other norms to be followed to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

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