The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition questioning the State government s order prescribing that the State Anthem Jayabharatha Jananiya Thanujathe be sung for two and half minutes,.
Minister for Kannada and culture Shivaraj Tangadagi admitted that the words 'private schools' had been inadvertently left out from a government notification, while opposition BJP vehemently opposed this as 'another insult to Rashtrakavi Kuvempu' and raised the matter in the assembly
The year’s programmes have been designed to evoke the spirit of events held 50 years ago, when Karnataka was named. After the renaming, CM Urs organised programmes in Hampi on November 2 and Gadag on November 3. This year’s commemorative programmes will replicate the nostalgia with events on the same dates and at the same venues.