Top news developments in Karnataka on May 17, 2022
The Hindu
Here are the key news developments to watch out for from Karnataka today
1. Bengaluru’s new Police Commissioner C.H. Pratap Reddy, takes over today. He was earlier serving as Additional Director-General of Police (Law and Order), and replaces Kamal Pant as the city police chief. Mr. Pant has been posted as Director-General of Police, (Recruitment ).
2. Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma is on a visit to Bengaluru. He is set to meet his Karnataka counterpart Basavaraj Bommai this evening.
3. ASHA workers to hold State-level protest demanding resolution of their issues at Freedom Park at 11 a.m.
4. Environment Support Group and Karnataka State Legal Services Authority are holding a seminar on decentralised, socially inclusive and ecologically wise protection and rehabilitation of lakes, kaluves (drains) and water commons of Karnataka. Keynote address is by Justice B. Veerappa, Judge, High Court of Karnataka, and Executive Chairman, Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA). The event is at Mahadev Desai Auditorium, Gandhi Bhavan, Kumarakrupa Road, 9.30 a.m. onwards.
5. Dr. S R Chandrashekar Institute of Speech and Hearing will hold Founder’s Day celebrations and Dr SRC Memorial award ceremony today. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot will be the chief guest at India Campus Crusade for Christ, Hennur Main Road, St. Thomas Town, 10.30 a.m.
CFTRI Director to brief media on TechBharat-2022 which begins in Mysuru from May 19. Over 700 delegates from food processing industries are expected to participate.
1. Childline 1098 to conduct child rights awareness programme.
No room for complacency till counting is completed, Chandrababu Naidu tells TDP-BJP-JSP contestants. The TDP-BJP-JSP alliance will register a comfortable victory in the general elections over the YSRCP, he says. Alleging that the YSRCP has conspired to create disturbances on the counting day, the TDP national president advises the chief counting agents and their teams to see to it that the officials adhere to norms related to counting.