Veerashaiva Mahasabha refrains from endorsing any party in LS polls

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March 14, 2019

Bengaluru, Mar 14: The All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the representative organisation of the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community in Karnataka will not direct the community members to support any one political party in the coming general elections.

Addressing newsmen here on Thursday, former minister and senior Congress leader, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, who was re-elected as the National President of the Mahasabha, informed that "It is the policy of the Mahasabha not to show any inclination to any one political party".

“The main agenda of the Mahasabha was to empower the Community members irrespective of their political affiliations," he said.

Informing that the members of the Veerashaiva Mahasabha have their affiliations to different political parties, he however said "The Mahasabha will distance itself from any political activities".

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Mangaluru NRI returning from Saudi Arabia arrested over Instagram post

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December 15,2025

Mangaluru police have arrested a 27-year-old NRI on his return from Saudi Arabia in connection with an Instagram post allegedly containing derogatory and provocative remarks about the Hindu religion, officials said on Monday.

The accused, Abdul Khader Nehad, a resident of Ulaibettu in Mangaluru, was working in Saudi Arabia when the post was uploaded, police said.

A suo motu case was registered at the Bajpe police station on October 11 after an allegedly offensive post circulated from the Instagram account ‘team_sdpi_2025’. Police said the content was flagged for being provocative and derogatory in nature.

During the investigation, technical analysis traced the Instagram post to Nehad, who was residing abroad at the time, a senior police officer said. Based on these findings, a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued against him.

On December 14, Nehad arrived from Saudi Arabia at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, where he was taken into custody on arrival. Police said further investigation is underway.

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