1. Amidst drinking water crisis, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will today launch Save Water Campaign and apps related to ground water and water conservation. Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar to inaugurate the campaign and launch apps.
2. A day after BJP announced its first list of 20 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, all eyes are on some leaders who missed their chance. In particular focus is on K.S. Eshwarappa who was pinning hopes on his son K.E. Kanthesh getting a ticket from Haveri. How the party will placate the leader remains to be seen. In Mysuru, Pratap Simmha has missed his chance and in his place scion of the erstwhile royal family of Mysuru Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has been given the ticket. Mr. Yaduveer and cardiologist Dr. C.N. Manjunath (fielded in Bengaluru Rural) are expected to formally join the BJP today.
3. Congress is holding a meeting in New Delhi today and tomorrow to finalise its second list of candidates. The list is expected to be announced tomorrow.
