1. A day after Kannada Rajyotsava was celebrated on November 1, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will today flag off ‘Karnataka Sambhrama - 50’ Jyothi Yathra in Hampi to mark the beginning of a year-long celebrations of 50 years of renaming the state as Karnataka. His programme includes lighting the Karnataka Jyothi lamp which had been lit by the then Chief Minister Devaraj Urs 50 years ago in Hampi to mark the renaming of the state.
2. BJP Central Parliamentary Board Member and former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and former Ministers and MLAs of the BJP will speak today on their programme to highlight the alleged failures of the Congress government in the State. They have been making allegations of corruption and slow down of developmental works, besides predicting early fall of the government.
3. The first convocation of the Maharani Cluster University will be held today. Prof. B. Balaram, scientist and former Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, will deliver the convocation address. Dr. M.C. Sudhakar, Minister for Higher Education and Pro-Chancellor of Maharani Cluster University, and Prof. L. Gomathi Devi, Vice Chancellor of Maharani Cluster University, will participate. Governor of Karnataka Thaawarchand Gehlot, who is also the Chancellor, will preside over the event that will be held in Jnanajyothi Auditorium, Bengaluru City University Campus at 11 a.m.
