1. The row over students entering classrooms wearing hijab continues to rock two pre-university colleges in Udupi district in coastal Karnataka. A section of girl students wearing hijab were not allowed to enter a college on February 3 even as the High Court of Karnataka admitted a plea on the matter. Further developments expected today, as the controversy refuses to die down.
2. Today marks the birth anniversary of celebrated Hindustani musician the late Bhimsen Joshi, who hails from Karnataka. Though he lived in Pune in his later years, it was north Karnataka towns that shaped his sensibility as a musician and his link with Dharwad in particular remained strong through his life.
