Top news developments in Karnataka on October 17, 2023
The Hindu
Top news developments in Karnataka on October 17, 2023
1. A day after Janata Dal (Secular) State president C.M. Ibrahim raised a banner of revolt against the party leadership for joining hands with the BJP and announced that he would convene a core committee meeting to take a call on the future course of action, former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said that he is free to make his moves.
2. Cricket fans are queueing up to buy tickets at KSCA stadium in Bengaluru ahead of Pakistan versus Australia World Cup cricket match on October 17.
3. The 58th annual convocation of Bangalore University will be held today. Nikhil Kamat, co-Founder of Zerodha, will be the chief guest and will deliver the convocation address. H.D. Deve Gowda, former Prime Minister of India, and S. Somanath, Secretary, Department of Space, and Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), will be awarded honorary doctorates. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, who is also the Chancellor of Bangalore University, will preside over the event that will be held in Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, Central College campus.
4. The Department of Kannada and Culture is organising a programme to launch the emblem of Karnataka Sambrama-50. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will release the emblem. Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar to distribute prizes to the designers of the emblem. Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti and Legislative Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader will be present. MLA Rizwan Arshad will preside over the programme that will be held in Banquet Hall, Vidhana Soudha at 11 a.m.
5. Water, Environment, Land and Livelihoods (WELL) Labs, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), and the Bangalore Apartments’ Federation are jointly organising a multi-stakeholder conference today to cover wastewater standards, emerging markets for wastewater reuse, and planning effective wastewater management in cities. The speakers include B.P. Ravi, Principal Secretary, Forests and Ecology, Government of Karnataka, EAWAG’s De. Christian Binz and Dr. Johan Miorner. The venue is Infosys Foundation in Jayanagar at 4.30 p.m.
6. Indian Institute of Horticultural Research is hosting an International Seminar on Exotic and Underutilized Horticultural Crops: Priorities and Emerging Trends, a three-day event from today. Governor of Karnataka Thaawarchand Gehlot will inaugurate the seminar that is being held in G.S. Randhawa Auditorium, ICAR-IIHR, premises in Hesarghatta at 2 p.m.
7. Pandith Tharanath Foundation, in association with the Department of Kannada and Culture, is organizing the Pt. Rajiv Tharanath felicitation music concert. Pt. Rajiv Tharanath (sarod) and Udayaraj Karpoor (tabla) will perform in the concert that will be held in Ravindra Kalakshetra on J.C. Road, from 6 p.m.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.
The 16th edition of Bhoomi Habba was held on June 8, at the Visthar campus. The festival drew a vibrant crowd who came together to celebrate eco-consciousness through a variety of engaging activities, creative workshops, panel discussions, interactive exhibits and performances, all centered around this year’s theme: “Save Water, Save Lives.”