Karnataka caste census report: Lingayat Mahasabha rejects findings, calls for fresh survey
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 () Karnataka's government is grappling with internal discord following the leak of a caste census report. Legislators and leaders from the Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities are strongly opposing the report. Deputy CM DK Shivakumar has scheduled a meeting with Congress MLAs from the Vokkaliga community. Forest minister Eshwar Khandre, a Lingayat, is gathering feedback from community leaders.
There was no evidence of "two-tier policing" in the police's handling of riots that erupted after last year's Southport murders, a new report by MPs has found. The report by the Home Affairs Committee, published on Monday, examined the police response to disorder that broke out following the...