Top Karnataka news developments for today
The Hindu
Here are the key news developments in Karnataka to watch out for on February 3, 2022
1. With complaints galore about lack of decorum in the State Legislature and falling standards of debates, a two-day training is being organised from today for newly-elected members on legislature rules and transaction of business. Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J.C. Madhuswamy and Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah are to deliver lectures.
2. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who was set to leave for Delhi today, has postponed his visit to Monday February 7. With talk of a Cabinet reshuffle in the air, ministerial aspirants are expected to intensify lobbying over the next few days.
3. Karnataka Government on February 2 announced that the practice of towing wrongly parked vehicles will be suspended until a clear policy is in place, amidst complaints of rude behaviour of towing staff. How the law will be enforced till such time is something to watch for.
Demanding State and Union governments to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and to open Mettur dam on June 12, members of Tamizhaga Cauvery Vivasayigal Sangam, headed by its general secretary P.R. Pandian, started a two day protest march to Mettur dam from Poompuhar, one of the prominent tail end part of the Cauvery, on Monday
The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru on Monday hosted a three-day National Conference on Classical Languages of India, with the objective of encouraging the development of language, linguistics, and literature by researching, and promoting the rich heritage of classical languages in view of NEP-2020.