1. Hyderabad-Karnataka liberation day — that marks the day the seven districts of Bidar, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Raichur, Ballari, Koppal and Vijayanagara in Karnataka, which were earlier part of the princely state of Hyderabad, were annexed by India in 1948 — is being celebrated as “Kalyana Karnataka Divasa” today. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai was the chief guest at the event at Kalaburagi which began with the statue of Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel, first Home Minister of India and a key driver of the unification process, being garlanded.
2. Anti-encroachment drive in Bengaluru has been stopped for the time being, and process of resurvey on tech parks is on in the Mahadevapura zone.
3. A Comprehensive Urban Primary Health Centre (CUPHC), which the government says is the first of its kind in India, located in Palace Guttahalli, near Malleswaram, will be dedicated by Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai. Along with services like testing, diagnosis and treatment, medicines will also be provided at CUPHC at either zero cost or an affordable price. The CUPHC has been set up by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in collaboration with Manipal Health Enterprises and with philanthropic contributions made by several citizens.
