Top news developments in Karnataka on April 30, 2024
The Hindu
Top news developments in Karnataka on April 30, 2024
1. Janata Dal (Secular) core committee meeting in Hubballi today, which is likely to take a decision on expelling its Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna whose alleged sex scandal has put the party on the back foot. Pen drives containing his alleged sexual misconduct with several women is out in the open, and the State Government has set up a SIT to investigate the issue.
2. Congress Mahila Morcha to organise rally against Prajwal Revanna in Hubballi. Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao will participate. Congress has been demanding answers from both JD(S) and BJP on how Prajwal Revanna was given a ticket as NDA candidate since knowledge about his alleged misconduct was known.
3. Last rites of BJP MP V. Srinivas Prasad to be held with State honours in Mysuru. The Dalit leader, who represented Chamarajanagar constituency, passed away yesterday.
4. Campaigning continues in north Karnataka districts where elections are scheduled on May 7. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar are campaigning in Gokak in Belagavi.
5. Leader of Opposition R. Ashok to visit Neha Hiremath’s family today. Neha Hiremath was killed on her college campus earlier this month in broad daylight. The BJP has cited the incident to argue that law and order is compromised in the State, and it is an attempted case of ‘love jihad’.
6. Karnataka State Police held a farewell parade in honour of C.H. Pratap Reddy, Director General of Police, Internal Security division, Bengaluru, at 3rd Battalion KSRP, Parade Ground, Koramangala, at 8 a.m.
7. Bureau of Indian Standards, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India, is organising Manak Manthan, a discussion on Draft Indian Standard for the sixth revision of IS 4246 — domestic gas stoves for use with liquefied petroleum gases — specifications today. The programme will be held at the Conference Room, Bureau of Indian Standards, Bengaluru branch office, Vivekananda Nagar, opposite Jalahalli metro station, Peenya, Tumakuru Road, 10 a.m. onwards.
Anitha Krishnan, a resident of Northwood Villas, one of the upscale gated communities in Yelahanka, woke up in the wee hours of Sunday to see the water level in her posh villa rise as it was raining heavily outside. Residents of 22 villas in this community were unable to move out for more than 12 hours, the time the civic body took to drain out the flooded water from this community.
As many as 275 students of Vikram Simhapuri University will receive their degrees from Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer during the 8th and 9th convocation of the university on its Kakutur campus on May 22 (Wednesday). Twenty students will be given away gold medals. Nineteen students will be awarded PhD degrees while 236 will get their post-graduation certificates.