1. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar will be holding a review meeting in the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) today. He is expected to seek details about Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout, the work on which is moving at a snail’s pace.
2. A day after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “sleeping” on the issues concerning the state and alleged that the Centre has neglected the aspirations of Kannadigas, the BJP reacts sharply and says it is far from the truth. On social media platform X, Mr. Siddaramaiah had said, “A stark reality in Karnataka, where central funds are reduced or denied, aspirations of Kannadigas neglected, relief funds from Union govt yet to reach the farmers.” Karnataka has been raising the issue of not receiving any drought relief from Centre.
3. A delegation led by Industries Minister M.B. Patil continues talks with various investors at Davos. Today the delegation met representatives of Hitachi.