Top news developments in Karnataka on December 15, 2022
The Hindu
Here are the key news stories to watch out for from Karnataka today
1. Press Club of Bangalore is organising a Meet the Press programme with KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar in Press Club at 12 Noon.
2. A foundation in memory of renowned Kannada Sugama Sangeeta singer Shimoga Subbanna will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai today. The inaugural event will be presided over by Chandrashekhara Kambar, chairman of the Central Sahitya Akademi and Jnanapith award-winning writer. Chief guests include Revenue Minister R. Ashok, poet H.S. Venkatesh Murthy and Velu of Lahari Recording Company. Well-known singers will render his songs as tribute. The venue is Town Hall, J.C. Road, from 5 p.m. onwards.
3. Hindustan Gagan Gaurav Jyothling Foundation and World Health Heart Diabetic Cancer and AIDS Foundation are jointly organising the Shaktipeeta Samagam and Hindustan Gagan Gaurav International award presentation ceremony. The programme will be held at Gandhi Bhavan, on Kumarakrupa Road, Kumara Park East from 3.30 p.m. onwards.
1. BJP national president JP Nadda and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to address public meeting organised by the party at 12 noon at Koppal stadium after inaugurating the party district office.
2. Students of Rani Channamma University, Belagavi, are striking over lack of infrastructure facilities.
3. Press meet by AAP in Hubballi on border row in Hubballi at 12 pm.
4. Press meet by Rangayana on its activities in Dharwad at 12 pm.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.