Tension continued to grip Bellary as anti-police agitators indulged in violence for the third day and set on fire three banks and a few government offices. Curfew was re-imposed.
Leader of opposition in Karnataka, R Ashok, has been taken into preventive custody after he staged a protest against the arrest of Kar Sevak Shrikant Poojari in Hubballi.
Minister Dr M C Sudhakar’s assurance of Rs 5,000 hike in salary, post-retirement monetary benefits and health insurance has not found favour with the guest lecturers undertaking a foot march
As per the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Act, the upper half portion of boards should be in Kannada and the lower half can be in any other language.