Top news developments in Karnataka on October 2, 2023
The Hindu
Here are the key news stories to watch out for from Karnataka on October 2, 2023
1. A slew of programmes are being held in Bengaluru and elsewhere in Karnataka to mark Gandhi Jayanti today.
a) Mahatma Gandhi Seva Award Karnataka, 2023, is being presented to The Garag Kshetriya Seva Sangha of Dharwad district, a national flag making unit. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will present the award at 4.30 p.m. at Vartha Bhavan in Bengaluru. Gandhi Grama Puraskar and Swacha Sarveskhan awards are also being presented today at Vidhana Soudha.
b) Karnataka Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi will celebrate Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate and will also launch the Mahatma Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi website. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, and ministers Krishna Byregowda and H.K. Patil will participate. The programme will be held in Mahadeva Desai Auditorium, 2nd Floor, Gandhi Bhavan, Kumarakrupa Road, 11.30 a.m.
c) Sarvodaya International Trust — Karnataka Chapter in association with Dwarakanath Reddy Institutes for Knowledge and St. Joseph’s University is celebrating Gandhi Jayanthi. Inaugural address is by Chief guest, Dr. D. Jeevan Kumar, Managing Trustee, Sarvodaya International Trust, followed by a cultural programme at the St. Joseph’s University Auditorium, 35/17, Langford Road, Bheemanna Garden, Shanti Nagar, at 4.30 p.m.
d) Bannerghatta Biological Park hosted a free nature walk for local biodiversity documentation and photography between 6.30 a.m. and 9 a.m.
e) Horatada Hakkigaagi Janandolana will stage a protest demanding the withdrawal of an order restricting protests to Freedom Park in Bengaluru. The protest march will commence from Gandhi statue on Maurya Circle to Ambedkar Statue in Vidhana Soudha, at 11 a.m.
f) Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa will inaugurate new classrooms built with the help of donations including CSR funds under “my school, my contribution” scheme in Devanahalli today.
Demanding State and Union governments to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and to open Mettur dam on June 12, members of Tamizhaga Cauvery Vivasayigal Sangam, headed by its general secretary P.R. Pandian, started a two day protest march to Mettur dam from Poompuhar, one of the prominent tail end part of the Cauvery, on Monday
The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru on Monday hosted a three-day National Conference on Classical Languages of India, with the objective of encouraging the development of language, linguistics, and literature by researching, and promoting the rich heritage of classical languages in view of NEP-2020.
Actor and Hindupur MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna relaunched the Anna Canteen and NTR Arogya Ratham here on Monday amidst much fanfare. The twin occasions marked Mr. Balakrishna’s 64th birthday celebrations. Speaking to the media, Mr. Balakrishna said that the people of Andhra Pradesh had given a historic verdict to the NDA, and “I shall tirelessly work to fulfil all the promises made to them.”
A delegation of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) led by its Polit Bureau member Varla Ramaiah has lodged a complaint with Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Superintendent of Police (SP) U. Ravi Prakash, alleging that former Minister Botcha Satyanarayana, his personal assistant and some officers had taken bribes from teachers for transferring them to the places of their choice.