Top news developments in Karnataka from May 18, 2023
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Top news developments in Karnataka from May 18, 2023
1. Ending days of uncertainty and speculation, the Congress is all set to name Siddaramaiah as the Chief Minister of Karnataka. Karnataka Congress chief D.K. Shivakumar, who was insistent on getting the top job, will be the Deputy CM. They will take the oath of office on May 20. The announcement is expected today evening after the Congress Legislature Party meeting in Bengaluru, which follows a series of meetings in New Delhi with the party high command.
2. Former Prime Minister and JD(S) patriarch H.D. Deve Gowda is celebrating his 90th birthday on May 18. The only politician from Karnataka who has served as the Prime Minister of India, he remains active in politics and campaigned for his party in the just-concluded elections.
3. Samudaya Bengaluru will present Kannada play Tughlaq, written by Girish Karnad. Design and direction by Sam Kutti Pattankari. It will be held at Ranga Shankara, J.P. Nagar II Phase, from 7.30 p.m. onwards.
4. Community Institute of Management Studies is organizing a national-level inter-collegiate management, technology and cultural fest. Karthik Tallam, honorary consul of Cambodia, will be the chief guest. The event will be held on the institute’s premises, on Shri V. Vajramuni Road, 9th Cross, 9th Main, 2nd Block, Jayanagar, from 10 a.m. onwards.
5. KLE Law College, Bengaluru, to mark the heritage club’s first anniversary, is organizing a seminar on ‘Devadasi and Jogathi Parampare’. Film director, producer and actor T.S. Nagabharana, and theatre artist and former president of Karnataka Janapada Academy Manjamma Jogati will participate as distinguished guests. The event will be held at the KEL College premises in Rajajinagar from 1.30 p.m. onwards.
6. A solo wildlife exhibition, titled ‘Into the wild’, by Deepak Shankar at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat on Kumarakrupa Road from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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