1. Kannada Sahitya Parishat is holding a round table conference on ‘Save Kannada schools and promote Kannada language’, under the chairmanship of noted writer S.L. Bhyrappa. Primary and Secondary Education Minister B.C. Nagesh will inaugurate the event, to be held at Kuvempu Auditorium, III Floor, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Chamarajpet, 11 a.m. 

2. Social Welfare Department is holding a programme to mark Dr. Babu Jagjeevanram’s 115th birth anniversary and also present Dr. Babu Jagjeevanram award. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Social Welfare & Backward Classes Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary and Transport & Minister for Schedule Tribes B. Sriramulu will participate in the event to be held at Vidhana Soudha

3. Former Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy to participate in a programme being organised by Hasiru Sene on problems of farmers at Kondajji Basappa auditorium in Bengaluru today

From north Karnataka

1. Food Minister Umesh Katti demands that Belagavi be divided into three districts — Belagavi, Chikkodi and Bailahongal — for administrative convenience and development.

2. Member of National Minorities Commission Dhanya Kumar is visiting Haveri today

From south Karnataka

1. Syed Ishaq, also known as the common man’s librarian, whose collection of thousands of books were destroyed in a fire last year, will receive a consignment of about 6,500 books collected in a campaign by academician Muzaffar Assadi at a function organised by Department of Studies in Political Science, University of Mysore.

2. Writers, artistes, members of various progressive organisations and people from different walks of life will gather in front of Devaraja Market to form a human chain to voice their concern against the efforts to spread communal disharmony in the society.

From coastal Karnataka

Kapil Mohan, Chief Executive Officer, Karnataka Maritime Board and Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs, inaugurates 59th National Maritime Day. Imamuddin Ahmad, Commissioner, Customs Central Excise Central Tax (GST) to participate.