Top news developments in Karnataka on August 30, 2023
The Hindu
Top news developments in Karnataka on August 30, 2023
1. In compliance with the directive of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), Karnataka has begun releasing water from its reservoirs to Tamil Nadu. Outflow from Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) reservoir across river Cauvery in Mandya district has been stepped up. The outflow into the river is at the rate of 4,398 cusecs against an inflow of 2,300 cusecs as on August 30. Farmers in Mandya continue to protest against release of water, saying that their crops are wilting with no water released to them from the reservoirs.
2. Congress government in Karnataka is set to launch its fourth guarantee — Gruha Lakshmi scheme that offers a monthly aid of ₹2,000 each to an estimated 1.10 crore women heads of families — in Mysuru today. Gruha Lakshmi is one of the five guarantees announced by the Congress before the Assembly elections in May. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will launch Gruha Lakshmi. The programme will be launched at various district headquarters as well.
3. Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIA) is organizing an outreach programme on financial literacy today. Sharanabasappa Darshanapura, Minister for Small Scale Industries and Public Enterprises, and Sudatta Mandal, Deputy Managing Director, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) Mumbai, will inaugurate the event. There will be a special address by Dr. Richard Vincent D’Souza, Secretary to Government, Commerce and Industries Department (MSME and Mines), GoK, and Satyaki Rastogi, General Manager and Regional Head, SIDBI. The programme is being held in Kassia auditorium, No. 2/106, 17th Cross, Magadi Chord Road, Vijayanagar, at 10.30 a.m. onwards.
4. Inauguration of new facilities at ICAR, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, will be attended by Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India, and Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research. The programme will be held at IIHR premises, Hesaraghatta, 11 a.m.
5. Launch of book titled Realization of a yogi, by film actor Malika Arora, at Leela Palace hotel, Kodihalli, HAL Airport Road, from 6 p.m. onwards.
6. Indian Institute of Plantation Management is organizing a talk on emerging digital economy by Prof. Bharat Bhasker, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. The programme will be held at IIPM campus, at 2.30 p.m.
The dharna by the NH 169 Bhoo Maalikara Horata Samiti, an action committee of land owners whose properties are being acquired for widening National Highway 169 between Kulashekara (Mangaluru) and Sanoor (Karkala), in front of NHAI office in Mangaluru, enters ninth day on August 30. The land owners are demanding early settlement of compensation. The committee will announce its future course of action.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, rejected a plea by former special Director General of Police (DGP) Rajesh Das to restore the electricity service connection to a bungalow in Thaiyur near Kelambakkam in Chengalpattu district, and to restrain Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) officials from disturbing the power supply in future.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, permitted Anna University to deposit, in three monthly instalments, an amount of ₹73.23 lakh before the Central Government Industrial Tribunal (CGIT) as a condition to hear a statutory appeal preferred by the varsity against the Coimbatore Regional Provident Fund (RPF) Commissioner’s order to pay dues to the tune of ₹2.44 crore to contract employees.