Top news developments in Karnataka on April 8, 2022
The Hindu
Here are the key news developments to watch out for from Karnataka today
1. Karaga Utsava, which is part of Bengaluru’s cultural heritage, is set to begin today
2. Inauguration of Science/Engineering/Technology theme park. Guest of honour is former ISRO chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar. Venue: 1st Floor, Snow City premises, Palace Grounds, Jayamahal at 11 a.m.
3. Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Livelihood and Sanjeevini Karnataka to organise a national fair of Self Help Group Women, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai inaugurates, National College Ground, Pampa Mahakavi Road, Basavanagudi at 7 p.m.
4. Alternative Law Forum: Friday Forum, talk by Ramakka R., Programme Lead, Sahayaana, Samvada on the life experiences of Dalit women on issues, such as education, profession. Alternative Law Forum premises, Infantry Road, 6 p.m.
5. Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru: 47th convocation ceremony, Mrs. Zia J. Mody, co-founder and Managing Partner of AZB & Partners, delivers convocation address. Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIMB, will share his message. Professor Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Director, IIMB, will highlight some of the achievements and accomplishments of the institute. 5.15 p.m. onwards on April 8, visit: https://www.iimb.ac.in/convocation-2022/
6. The Institution of Engineers (India), Karnataka State Centre: Practical workshop on automation through QR codes, by Dr. Sameer Kumar, innovator and TEDx speaker, institution premises, No. 3, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Veedhi, 6.30 p.m.
1. Four members of a family were charred to death when a fire broke out in their house at Mariyammanahalli in Vijayanagara district on April 7 midnight.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.