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Protests by members of Panchamasali intensify in Belagavi

The Panchamasali reservation committee members and other community organisations on Thursday held several rallies in Belagavi district against Tuesday’s police lathi charge on demonstrators. Issuing a warning, he said, “If I give the call, 25 to 50 lakh Panchamasali Lingayats are ready to lay siege to the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi.” On Wednesday, the Hirebagewadi police registered a suo …

Community Mla Siddaramaiah Belagavi Seer Panchamasali

1 week, 5 days ago

Members of Panchamasali community protest in parts of Belagavi, block national highway for half an hour

The Hindu

Panchamasali reservation committee and other community organisations held protest rallies in some places in Belagavi district condemning the police lathi charge against the committee members in Belagavi on Tuesday. Sri Basava Jaya Mrutyunjay Swami, head of the Panchamasali peetha and honourary president of the committee, alleged that the CM had ordered the lathi charge only to insult the community and …

Charge Protest Siddaramaiah Belagavi Lathi Our Demands Panchamasali Community

4 weeks ago

Karnataka seer proposes law to limit Muslim voting power during Waqf protest

Hindustan Times

Urging everyone to unite to protect farmers and their land, Vishwa Vokkaliga Mahasamastana Math seer Kumara Chandrashekaranatha Swamiji in the wake of Waqf properties row, on Tuesday said a law should be brought in where Muslims community don't have the voting power. Stating that it should be ensured there is no Waqf board, he said someone taking away someone else's …

Karnataka Farmers Land Muslims Muslim Waqf Waqf Properties

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Karnataka seer calls for revoking Muslim voting rights, abolition of Waqf Board

India Today

The seer of Vishwa Vokkaliga Mahasamstana Math in Karnataka sparked controversy with his call to strip the Muslim community of voting rights. Kumara Chandrashekaranatha Swamiji’s remarks were made during a protest organised by the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh in Karnataka, where he also urged the abolition of the Waqf Board, which has been at the center of an ongoing dispute over …

Karnataka Voting Land Voting Rights Muslims Waqf Board Waqf

1 month, 1 week ago

3 cases against Ravi, Bommai, Simha, seer over provocative speeches

Hindustan Times

Three separate cases were filed on Monday against former chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, BJP leaders CT Ravi and Pratap Simha, and a prominent pontiff, following allegations of provocative speeches that incited religious tension. As such, two separate cases have been filed, and investigations are underway.” The accused have been booked under Section 196/1A of the BNS, that pertains to promoting …

Bjp Fir Ravi Waqf Bns Bommai Simha

4 months, 1 week ago

Fourth FIR filed against seer, security cover upped

Hindustan Times

The Kondhwa police station on Saturday filed an FIR against Hindu seer Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj, the fourth against the leader, on a complaint filed by Azad Samaj Party legal cell chief for Maharashtra advocate Tausif Shaikh. Shaikh, 32, of NIBM Road, Kondhwa in his complaint to the police stated that the content of Maharaj’s speech was objectionable, defamatory and made …

Maharaj Shaikh Communal Tension Kondhwa Communal Riots Nashik District

6 months ago

Three arrested for beating Malur Mutt seer to death over disputes

New Indian Express

KOLAR: Chinmayananda Swamiji, 70, of Ananda Marga Mutt at Mylanda Halli near Malur in Kolar district was allegedly beaten to death by three people, including two seers of the mutt, on Saturday morning. Kolar SP M Narayana, who visited the mutt, told TNSE that preliminary investigations revealed that some civil and administrative disputes in the mutt led to the seer’s …

Seer Malur Mutt

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Four held for blackmailing Aadheenam mutt seer, search on for BJP leader in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express

The group allegedly continued their blackmailing under the instigation of BJP district president K Agoram and a private school correspondent, N Kudiyarasu of Sembanarkoil. With the mutt seer, 27th Gurumaha Sannithanam Srilasri Masilamani Desiga Gnana Sambanda Paramachariya Swamigal, also “becoming depressed” over the alleged harassment, Viruthagiri gathered courage and lodged a complaint with the Mayiladuthurai police on February 25. Following …

10 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Eminent Jain Seer Passes Away Through Sallekhana

Deccan Chronicle

Bhopal: Famous Jain seer Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj on Sunday passed away at Chandragiri teerth in Dongargarh in Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh after undertaking the religious practice of ‘sallekhana’ involving voluntary fasting unto death for spiritual purification. Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj attained ‘Samadhi’ through sallekhana at Chandragiri teerth at 2.35 am, a statement issued by the teerth said. My meeting with him …

Chhattisgarh Seer Eminent Jain Dongargarh Chandragiri Teerth

1 year ago

A Row Over Installation Of Statue In Mysuru City

Deccan Chronicle

Bengaluru: A row has erupted over installation of a statue of late seer of Suttur Mutt Shivarathri Rajendra Swami at Gun House Circle in Mysuru City on Friday night by seer followers and of all of a sudden, installation of a life size statue of late seer has drawn flak from a member of erstwhile Mysore royal family Pramoda Devi …

Gun House Mysore Statue Installation Mutt Rajendra

1 year ago

Karnataka CID files charge sheet over Jain monk’s murder

Hindustan Times

The Karnataka Crime Investigation Department has submitted a charge sheet exceeding 500 pages in connection with the murder of a Jain monk in Belagavi district of Karnataka, officials familiar with the matter said on Friday. Karnataka CID submits charge sheet of over 500 pages in connection with the murder of a Jain monk in Belagavi district of Karnataka. Jain seer …

Karnataka Charge Accused Jain Sheet Cid Mali

1 year, 1 month ago

HC grants conditional bail to Muruga mutt’s chief pontiff in Pocso case

Hindustan Times

The Karnataka high court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to the former chief pontiff of Chitradurga Muruga Mutt, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of a minor girl. Muruga mutt’s chief pontiff Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru gets conditional bail in Pocso case. As per the order, the chief pontiff cannot be released from jail, though he was …

Bail Sexual Sharan Conditional Bail

1 year, 3 months ago

Karnataka: Panchamsalis relaunch 2A quota stir in Belagavi

Hindustan Times

Panchamsalis, an influential sect in the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community launched its second-phase of state-wide agitation for 2A reservation and for inclusion in the OBC category in Belagavi district on Sunday. Addressing the gathering, the seer said the community was disappointed with the last Bharatiya Janata Party government for giving reservation to the community in the 2D category instead of 2A category …

Community Reservation State Bjp Nda Obc Belagavi

1 year, 4 months ago

Rajasthan: Body of seer found with limbs tied in Kuchaman

India TV News

The body of a 72-year-old seer with hands, legs and mouth tied was found in Rajasthan's Kuchaman district on Monday, police said. He was found dead by villagers in the morning following which they informed the police, they said. The body with hands, legs and mouth tied was found, raising suspicion of murder. We have registered a case of murder …

Rajasthan Kuchaman

1 year, 5 months ago

BJP protest rocks Karnataka Assembly as state denies CBI probe in seer murder case

India Today

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Tuesday witnessed protests from the Opposition BJP as the Karnataka government ruled out the CBI probe into the murder of a Jain monk in Belagavi district. Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai alleged conspiracy in the Jain seer’s murder. No such incidents should happen.” Jain monk Kamkumar Nandi Maharaj from Nand Parvat …

India Karnataka Murder Bjp Fir Jain Probe

1 year, 5 months ago

Jain seer to forgive those who killed monk in Karnataka

The Hindu

Jain Sri Gunadhar Nandi maharaj, who had expressed dismay over State Government’s response to the murder of Jain monk Sri Kamakumar Nandi maharaj in Belagavi district and threatened to launch a fast unto death seeking justice, on Monday said that, being follower of non-violence, he would pardon those who killed the monk. Speaking to mediapersons after meeting Home Minister G. …

Minister Jain Sri Gunadhar

1 year, 11 months ago

Sri Siddheshwar seer critical

The Hindu

The health condition of Sri Siddheshwar Swami, seer of the Sri Jnyayogashrama of Vijayapura is critical. A monk who has served for over 65 years in the ashram, Sri Siddheshwar Swami is revered for his command over Indian philosophy. His lectures of the ideology preached by Sri Basaveshwara and other Sharanas, the three Acharyas of Indian philosophy, Buddhism, Jainism and …

Karnataka Sri Ashram Sri Siddheshwar Sri Siddheshwar Swami

2 years ago

Mother of 2 girls raped by K’taka seer rejects govt job offer

Hindustan Times

The mother of two minor girls who have accused Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru of sexually assaulting them has rejected a government job offer in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district, people familiar with the development said. However, officials came forward to help me only after I wrote to the President of India.” She added: “As Odanadi had already taken responsibility of my …

Job Welfare Child Accused Woman Complaint Mysuru

2 years, 1 month ago

Pontiff among three held for abetting suicide of seer in Karnataka

Hindustan Times

Three people were arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of Basavalingeshwara Swami — the head pontiff of the Kanchugal Bandemutt in Ramanagara district of Karnataka — a senior police officer said on Sunday, adding that they were blackmailing him. Basavalingeshwara Swami, the head pontiff of the Kanchugal Bandemutt in Ramanagara district of Karnataka, was found dead in a room in …

Karnataka Suicide Ramanagara Kannur Mutt Ramanagara District Swami

2 years, 2 months ago

Seer, 45, found hanging inside mutt in Karnataka's Ramnagara; cops probing blackmail angle

India Today

The dead body of the seer of a mutt in Karnataka’s Ramnagar district was found in a room inside the premises on Monday. A two-page note was also found along with the body, said the police, who added that he took his own life since he was allegedly blackmailed. A two-page death note was also recovered from the room of …

Seer Hanging Inside

2 years, 3 months ago

Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati passes away at 99; PM Modi, Yogi grieve

Hindustan Times

Dwarka Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati passed away on Sunday at Narsinghpur in Madhya Pradesh. The top religious leader breathed his last at the Shridham Jhoteshwar Ashram in Narsinghpur around 3:30pm, said Swami Sadanand Maharaj, second-in-command of the Dwarka Peeth. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said the seer's passing away is an irreparable loss to the community of religious …

Madhya Pradesh Swaroopanand Saraswati Swaroopanand

2 years, 3 months ago

Murugha Sharanaru back in judicial custody

The Hindu

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, prime accused in the alleged sexual harassment case, whose police custody ended on Monday, has been remanded in judicial custody till September 14. The seer who was in police custody was produced before the Second Additional District and Sessions Court on Monday and subsequently judge B.K. Shifted In a related development, all the inmates of the girls …

Judicial Custody Seer

2 years, 3 months ago

Court says keep seer in custody, not in hospital

Hindustan Times

An influential Karnataka seer, who is accused of raping two minor girls, will have to stay in jail and can only be shifted to the hospital if his health worsens, a local court said on Friday, pulling up the police for shifting the head of the monastery out of prison for medical reasons within hours of his arrest. Judge Komala …

Health Bengaluru Karnataka Court Girls Custody Hospital

2 years, 3 months ago

Watch | Rape-accused Karnataka seer takes to wheelchair on way to cop’s office

Hindustan Times

Sri Murugha Mutt's Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, a top religious leader of Karnataka's influential Lingayat community and now an accused in a child sexual abuse case, was on Friday taken to the deputy superintendent of police office in Challakere in a wheelchair after his medical examination was conducted at a district hospital in the southern state. In a video shared by …

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Protests by members of Panchamasali intensify in Belagavi

Members of Panchamasali community protest in parts of Belagavi, block national highway for half an hour

Karnataka seer proposes law to limit Muslim voting power during Waqf protest

Karnataka seer calls for revoking Muslim voting rights, abolition of Waqf Board

3 cases against Ravi, Bommai, Simha, seer over provocative speeches

Fourth FIR filed against seer, security cover upped

Three arrested for beating Malur Mutt seer to death over disputes

Four held for blackmailing Aadheenam mutt seer, search on for BJP leader in Tamil Nadu

Chhattisgarh: Eminent Jain Seer Passes Away Through Sallekhana

A Row Over Installation Of Statue In Mysuru City

Karnataka CID files charge sheet over Jain monk’s murder

HC grants conditional bail to Muruga mutt’s chief pontiff in Pocso case

Karnataka: Panchamsalis relaunch 2A quota stir in Belagavi

Rajasthan: Body of seer found with limbs tied in Kuchaman

BJP protest rocks Karnataka Assembly as state denies CBI probe in seer murder case

Jain seer to forgive those who killed monk in Karnataka

Sri Siddheshwar seer critical

Mother of 2 girls raped by K’taka seer rejects govt job offer

Pontiff among three held for abetting suicide of seer in Karnataka

Seer, 45, found hanging inside mutt in Karnataka's Ramnagara; cops probing blackmail angle

Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati passes away at 99; PM Modi, Yogi grieve

Murugha Sharanaru back in judicial custody

Court says keep seer in custody, not in hospital

Watch | Rape-accused Karnataka seer takes to wheelchair on way to cop’s office