1. In a setback to Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, the High Court of Karnataka today refused to quash a corruption case registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly possessing ₹74.93 crore assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
2. Even though former Union Minister C.M. Ibrahim claims that the original Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) is with him and he is its State unit president, the party’s core committee and State council are likely to take action against him in the meeting today. He has been openly expressing his opposition to JDS’s tie-up with the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
3. Following the fire accident in a hotel in Koramangala, that led to one person jumping off the fourth floor and getting severely injured, Home Minister G. Parameshwara is set to visit the spot today.
