Top news developments in Karnataka on December 4, 2022

1. Today is second and final day of the ongoing Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF), which will have

1. Today is second and final day of the ongoing Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF), which will have parallel sessions all day. Check out the sessions at Lalit Ashok here. The festival was inaugurated yesterday.

2. Bengaluru Collective is organising a public discussion on “Phony debate on Freebies - a coordinated attack on democracy and Welfare” with Dr. T.M. Thomas Isaac, former Finance Minister, Government of Kerala. The event will be held at Insurance Corporation Employees Union, Souharda, No. 1, Ist Cross, CSI Compound, Mission Road, Subbaiah Circle, from 11 a.m. onwards.

3. Combing operation continues to catch the elusive leopards on the outskirts of Bengaluru and Mysuru that have created a scare among people living in these parts by straying into human habitation.

4. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is on a tour of his home district Haveri to participate various programmes.

5. Blossom Book House and Penguin are jointly organising a programme to celebrate P. Sainath’s latest book “The Last Heroes - Foot Soldiers of Indian freedom.” The programme will be held at Blossom Book House, #2, above Matteo Coffee, Church Street, at 3 p.m.

6. The Mythic Society is organising two lectures today. First one is on ‘’Taking a close look at the Tulu-Tigalari script” by Vaishnavi Murthy, independent designer and researcher, at 11 a.m.; lecture on “Celestial interpretation of Asva Sukta in the Rigveda” by Sudarshan H.S., Research Associate, Center for Ancient History and Culture, Jain University, 12 p.m. The programme will be held at Centenary Hall, 2nd Floor, The Mythic Society premises on Nrupathunga Road.

7. Grama Bharata is organising a seminar on Shantaveri Gopala Gowda. Writer Prof. Kalegowda Nagavara will inaugurate the event that will also be attended by Banjagere Jayaprakash, at Gandhi Bhavan, Kumarakrupa Road, 10.30 a.m.