Top news developments in Karnataka on January 9, 2024
The Hindu
Top news developments in Karnataka on January 9, 2024
1. In one more tragic turn of events, a fan of Kannada actor Yash, 20-year-old engineering student Nikhil, died in an accident while returning home after seeing the star, near Lakshmeshwar in Gadag district. Yash was in the district to visit the families of three fans who had died of electrocution while trying to erect a banner for his birthday on Sunday night.
2. All parties have begun preparations for Lok Sabha polls. While BJP held a meeting yesterday to chalk out a 100-day road map, JD(S) too held a separate meeting. The two parties will initiate seat-sharing talks after Sankranti, which is next Monday. Meanwhile, Congress has announced ministers who will be in charge of the 28 constituencies. Congress General Secretary and State in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala is in Bengaluru. Some leaders have raised the demand for more Deputy CMs.
3. The South India Content Summit 2024, organised by Fourth Dimension Media Solutions, will be held today. The summit will be inaugurated by Hemant Nimbalkar, Commissioner of the Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Karnataka. Other guests include Madhusudan Sai and Dushyanth Sridhar from Abhinava e-Patashala, Kartik Sharma, Group CEO of Omnicom Media Group, and K. Madhavan, founding member & MD of Peps Industries Private Limited, and Gopakumar, COO of Bhima Jewels. The event will be held at the Grand Lalit Ashok on Kumarakrupa Road, from 10 a.m. onwards till evening.
4. ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, in collaboration with the Society for Promotion of Horticulture, Bengaluru, and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, will organise a three-day national conference on recent trends and future prospects of floriculture in India, from today. T. Janakiram, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh, will inaugurate the conference at ICAR-IIHR premises.
5. Bharat Electronics Fine Arts Club is organising a musical tribute to Kannada cinema actor Leelavathy, who passed away recently, by BEL Lalitakala Sangha singers. The programme will be held at Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Kalakshetra, BEL, Jalahalli, at 6 p.m.
6. Drishya Bengaluru will perform William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth night, translated to Kannada by N.S. Lakshminarayana Bhat and directed by Dakshayani Bhat A. The programme will be held at Ravindra Kalakshetra on J.C. Road, at 7 p.m.
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