Top news developments in Karnataka on December 14, 2023
The Hindu
Key news stories to watch out for from Karnataka on December 14, 2023
1. Legislature session continues at Belagavi. Several bills were passed yesterday and more are expected to be passed today, including one to prevent assault on lawyers.
2. Bengaluru City Police in association with Aarohan Foundation will introduce police marshal system today. Raman Gupta, Additional Commissioner of Police, and D. Devaraja, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru East, will be participating as chief guests. The programme will be held on the CMR National Public School premises, HRBR Layout, 3rd Block, Keshava Nagar, Kacharkanahalli, from 11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
3. Annual cake show will begin soon on St. Joseph’s School grounds, opposite U.B. City. This year’s theme and other details will be revealed today.
4. ‘Kathaanantara’ written by Nataraj Huliyar and published by Samathaa Chintana and Pallava Prakashana will be released today. Noted writers Mogalli Ganesh and Du. Saraswathi will participate in the programme to be held in H.N. Multimedia Hall, National College, Basavanagudi, at 6 p.m.
1. Member of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council Sanjeev Sanyal to participate in the International conference on ‘Globalizing Indian Thought: Indian Knowledge System, Culture and Management’ starting in Mysuru on Thursday.
1. CPI(M) will protest in Kalaburagi condemning Israel’s attack on Palestine.
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Unfurling the zine handed to us at the start of the walk, we use brightly-coloured markers to draw squiggly cables across the page, starting from a sepia-toned vintage photograph of the telegraph office. Iz, who goes by the pronouns they/them, explains, “This building is still standing, though it shut down in 2013,” they say, pointing out that telegraphy, which started in Bengaluru in 1854, was an instrument of colonial power and control. “The British colonised lands via telegraph cables, something known as the All Red Line.”
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