Top news developments in Karnataka today
The Hindu
Key news developments from Karnataka on June 18, 2022.
Here are the key news developments in Karnataka to watch out for today:
1. Results of II Pre-University exams are set to be announced by noon today. DPUE will send the results to all the students on their registered mobile phone numbers. Results will also be available on the department’s official website https://pue.karnataka.gov.in as well as www.karresults.nic.in. Around 6.83 lakh students had registered for the II PU exams in 2022.
2. Mahakavi Kuvempu Horata Samiti, an umbrella organisation of several like-minded groups, will hold a rally at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Saturday in protest against the revision of school textbooks carried out by the Rohith Chakrathirtha committee at 11 a.m.
3. Chief Minister to inspect the spots that Prime Minister will be visiting in Bengaluru during his visit on Monday to attend a slew of events. Among other things, he is inaugurating the long-awaited suburban rail project, addressing a public rally at Kommaghatta and speaking to students at Babasaheb Ambedkar School of Economics.
4. Karnataka State Legal Services Authority and University Law College and Department of Studies in Law are jointly organizing a zonal workshop on Legal Services activities for faculty members and students of law colleges. The event will be inaugurated by Justice B. Veerappa, Judge, High Court of Karnataka, and Executive Chairman of Karnataka State Legal Services Authority.
5. The Department of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka, is organizing its monthly interaction programme titled ‘Maneyangaladalli Maathukathe’, on Saturday. This month’s chief guest is writer and journalist Dr. Babu Krishnamurthy. The event will be held at Nayana Auditorium, Kannada Bhavana, Ravindra Kalakshetra Complex, J.C. Road, from 4 p.m. onwards.
6. The three-day 28th edition of Water expo Bangalore 2022 will conclude in Bengaluru today. The exhibition will be held from 11.30 a.m. onwards at Manpho Convention Centre, Nagavara Ring Road, near Hebbal, Lumbini Garden.
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