Top news developments in Karnataka on June 30, 2023
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Top news developments in Karnataka on June 30, 2023
1. With the budget session of the Karnataka Assembly set to start on July 3, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is busy with preparatory meetings. Financial management will be particularly crucial in this budget, with the government having to fund for its five ‘guarantees’.
2. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is meeting a delegation from Peenya Industrial Area in Bengaluru this evening. Industrialists have been demanding cut in power tariff.
3. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar is in Delhi to discuss both Congress strategy for elections in Telangana later this year, and also Karnataka’s irrigation related issues with the Union Ministers concerned.
4. Chanakya University, School of Public and Legal Studies, is organising a distinguished lecture on ‘Key transitions in Indian Economy’ by Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chairperson, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, and Chairperson, Fellowship Advisory Council, Chanakya Fellowship in Social Sciences. The event will be held on the university premises, Viveka Sabangan, Yuva Patha, 31st Cross, 11th Main Road, 4th T Block, Jayanagar from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
5. Badaya Sahitya Sanghatane, Bengaluru district unit, is organising a programme on ‘Women and Dalit: Equality Challenges’. Dr. Somya Koduru, writer and lecturer, and V. Nagaraj, scholar, will participate. The programme will be held at the B.M. Sri Foundation auditorium, N.R. Colony, at 5 p.m.
6. Sree Ramaseva Mandali Trust will be holding the dedication ceremony of Sri S.V. Narayanaswamy Rao Memorial Hall today in the presence of Vishwaprasanna Tirtha Swamiji of Pejawar mutt. Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao, Minister for Revenue Krishna Byre Gowda, former Rajya Sabha Member K.C. Ramamurthy, and MLA S.T. Somashekar will be the chief guests in the programme that will be held in Nettigere village off Kanakapura Road, at 11.30 a.m.
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