Top news developments in Karnataka on January 21, 2023

Here are the key news developments to watch out for from Karnataka today

1. The visit of central BJP leaders to Karnataka, especially to north Karnataka districts, continues. BJP national president J.P. Nadda will visit Vijayapura today to participate in Vijaya Sankalpa Yatre. At Hubballi, Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan to participate in the yatre. Opposition Congress is holding its minority cell conference in Yadgir in north Karnataka.

2. As part of the ongoing Republic Day flower show at Labagh in Bengaluru, ikebana, vegetable carving, deck flower arrangement, Thai art and bonsai plant exhibition is being held today. It will be inaugurated by Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, chairperson, Adamya Chetana Trust. Anupama Vedachala, bonsai expert, will be the chief guest at the Horticulture Information Centre in Lalbagh at 1 p.m.

3. State Bank of India is organizing a two-day loan mela from  today. It will be inaugurated at 10.30 a.m. at SBI auditorium, local head office campus, No. 65, St. Mark’s Road. 

4. Snehadeep Trust for the Disabled is organizing a State-level cultural programme today. K.S. Latha Kumar, Director, Department of Disabled and Senior Citizens, and Raksha Ramaiah, general secretary, Indian Youth Congress, are the chief guests. The event will be held at BWSSB Rajatha Bhavan, 8th Main Road, Malleswaram at 10.30 a.m.

5. Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs will present a talk by Kashyap N. Nayak, judge, Karnataka High Court, on life and achievements of Justice M.C. Chagla. The programme will be held on the institute’s premises on Basavanagudi Road in Narasimharaja Colony, from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.  

1. Gopalakrishna Joshi, Executive Director, Karnataka State Higher Education Council, inaugurates ‘Prajana’, a symposium for professors and lecturers on value education at Ramakrishna mutt in Mangaluru.

2. Launch of ‘My City My Budget – Mangaluru’ campaign, which will go on till January 29 to enable citizens to give suggestions on proposals to be included in the 2023-24 budget of Mangaluru City Corporation. The campaign will be launched by various voluntary organisations, non-governmental organisations in association with the corporation.