BENGALURU: The cabinet on Monday decided to hold the winter session of the state legislature in
Belagavi. The schedule will be finalised at the next cabinet meeting.
Law and parliamentary affairs minister J C Madhuswamy said no session was held in Belagavi in the last two years due to floods and the pandemic. If it’s held as planned, it will be the first in the border district after the BJP came to power in 2019.
Mumbai-K’tata region to be called Kittur KarnatakaThe cabinet decided to rechristen Mumbai-Karnataka region as
Kittur Karnataka. “We didn’t want to call it Bombay-Karnataka or Mumbai-Karnataka,’’ Maduswamy said.
Kittur-Karnataka region consists of
Uttara Kannada, Belagavi, Dharwad, Vijayapura, Bagalkot, Gadag and Haveri districts. It was under Bombay presidency before Independence. The name Kittur is after a historical taluk in Belagavi that was ruled by Rani Chennamma.
Arun Singh spikes reports of sacking Bommai, KateelBJP general secretary in-charge of Karnataka Arun Singh rubbished reports about the party brass considering CM Bommai and state party chief Nalin Kumar Kateel’s removal. “Congress leaders are spreading these rumours; there is no question of change of guard,” he said.