1. Voting for the presidential election has begun. Minister for Water Resources Govind M Karjol was the first person to cast his vote. in the morning in Karnataka. The ruling BJP conducting a mock drill for its 121 MLAs on how to exercise their franchise, in support of NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu at a private hotel in Bengaluru on Sunday. The Janata Dal-Secular has extended support to Ms. Murmu, while the Congress has backed opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. Polling will take place between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. today. The ballot boxes, along with a senior officer in charge of polls, will be ferried to Parliament in New Delhi later in the evening in an aircraft.
2. Rains continue to lash many parts of Karnataka, as monsoon progresses.
3. Legislators and ministers from coastal and Malnad region to hold discussions on Centre’s recent draft notification on the extent of eco-sensitive zone in Western Ghats. Centre has notified 46,832 sq. km spread across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu; of this, 20,668 sq. km is in Karnataka.
