Top news developments in Karnataka on September 21, 2023
The Hindu
Top news developments in Karnataka on September 21, 2023
1. Supreme Court will hear plea related to Cauvery water dispute today. Yesterday, Karnataka government filed a petition seeking a stay on the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) order to release 5,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu until September 27. Early today morning, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar, Law Minister H.K. Patil and MPs from Karnataka met Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to seek Centre’s intervention.
2. JD(S) leader and former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy is expected to be in New Delhi today to meet BJP central leadership to discuss the possible alliance between the two parties in Karnataka for 2024 Lok Sabha polls. While an alliance has been openly admitted to by both parties, seat sharing formula is yet to be worked out.
3. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) and Dementia India Alliance, in association with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, is observing World Alzheimer’s Day today. Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, Dinesh Gundu Rao will be the chief guest and will also declare dementia as a Public Health Priority. The programme will be held in Hall-B, NIMHANS Convention Centre, opposite Lakkasandra bus stop, Hosur Road, at 11 a.m.
4. After deaths of leopard cubs and as many as 15 dear at Bannerghatta Biological Park in Bengaluru, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre to visit the park to review the situation.
1. Heavy police deployment in Hubballi as the immersion procession of Ganesh idol, installed in Idgah Maidan, was set to begin in the morning.
2. Farmers’ associations to stage a protest in Belagavi today to demand immediate drought relief measures.
3. Yadgir district In-charge Minister Sharanabasappa Darshanapur will inaugurate the birth anniversary programme of Sir M. Visvesvaraya in Shahapur.
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