Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Welcome to the Karnataka Today newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories to follow today.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar launched the Yuva Nidhi scheme, the fifth poll guarantee of the Congress for educated unemployed youth of Karnataka, in Shivamogga on January 12. Apart from their Cabinet colleagues, thousands of people and youths from Shivamogga and neighbouring districts turned up for the launch.

Veteran BJP leader and former minister K.S. Eshwarappa, who met party’s key strategist and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on January 11, is learnt to have made several suggestions to strengthen the party organisation ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, including the need to amicably resolve the issues related to senior leaders Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and V. Somanna.

The former Chief Minister and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai has strongly condemned the attack on a man and a woman in Hangal of Haveri district. Mr. Bommai, who has been elected from Shiggaon, a constituency in the neighbourhood of Hangal, sought the arrest of all the accused.

Bengaluru has secured the 125th ranking among the 446 cities which participated in the above one lakh population category in Swachh Survekshan – 2023, the annual cleanliness survey conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA).

The Karnataka State Eligibility Test (KSET), which is mandatory for the post of assistant professor, will be held on January 13. The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) has made all preparations to conduct the test.