Top news developments in Karnataka on May 31, 2023
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Top news developments in Karnataka on May 31, 2023
1. Sleuths of National Investigation Agency raided at 16 places allegedly belonging to activists of PFI, a banned outfit, in Dakshina Kannada district early today. The raids are said to be part of a probe into the plot of the banned organisation to attack PM Narendra Modi on July 12, 2022 at a rally in Bihar.
2. Ahead of the crucial meeting of the State Cabinet on Thursday June 1 to decide on the method of implementation of poll guarantee schemes, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has convened a meeting of Ministers today. The Chief minister, who held a meeting of Principal Secretaries of the departments concerned earlier, had asked them to prepare a report on the implementation of the ‘guarantees’.
3. B. Dayanand took charge as the new police commissioner of Bengaluru today, from C.H. Pratap Reddy.
4. World No Tobacco Day programme is being observed in many places. The event at Freedom Park will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Legislative Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader is a special guest. Keynote address is by Dr. Vishal Rao, Surgical Oncologist and Member, High Power Committee for Tobacco Control, from 11 a.m.
5. University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Directorate of Extension and Consortium for Tobacco Free Karnataka, are jointly observing a World No Tobacco Day on the theme ‘We Need Food, Not Tobacco’. The programme will be inaugurated by Dr. S.V. Suresha, Vice Chancellor, UAS-B. Dr. Pratima Murthy, Director, NIMHANS, is the chief guest. Suresh Heblikar, filmmaker, director and founder chairman, Eco-watch will deliver the keynote address. The event will be held in the North Block auditorium, UAS-B, GKVK campus, from 10 a.m.
6. A book titled ‘Namiko No Unmei - Namiko’s Fate’, by Maya Kalyanpur and published by Notion Press.com, will be released today at Lahe Lahe Santhe, #2906, HAL II Stage, 80 Feet Road, Indiranagar, from 5.30 p.m.
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