Top news developments in Karnataka today
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Today is the middle day of the three-day Deepavali festivities in Karnataka. It is Lakshmi pooja, a special day, especially for the trading community. Doctors have advised caution while bursting crackers, especially in the context of over 20 people being injured while bursting crackers yesterday in Bengaluru. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has appealed to people of the State to use only green crackers to avoid fire accidents, and check pollution.
The newly-elected BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra continues courtesy meetings with leaders. Today he is set to meet veteran leader S.M. Krishna, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and JDS supremo and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda. He visited Siddaganga mutt yesterday.
Combing operations continue, to nab the elusive tiger which killed a farmer last week in Bandipur.
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The All-India level NEET examination was started a few years ago to counter complaints of corruption during the joint entrance examinations held at the State level. AIDSO had warned the authorities that the solution to the menace of corruption was not changing the examination system, but to investigate the corruption and punish the guilty.