1. With Cauvery Water Regulation Committee directing Karnataka to continue releasing 5,000 cusecs of water every day, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has called an emergency meeting today to take stock of the situation. Karnataka has said that this direction is hard to meet with the prevailing drought conditions and plummeting water levels in reservoirs.
2. With Nipah scare in neighbouring Kerala, there is heightened vigil in border districts in Karnataka. District Health Officer of Dakshina Kannada will today announce precautionary measures being taken on this side of the border.
3. A three-day Anant Nag film festival, seminar and felicitation programme organized by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Suchitra Film Society will commence today. Inauguration was at 10.30 a.m.
