Umesh Katti passes away: Katti was often in news for his statements demanding statehood for the north Karnataka region and also openly expressing his chief ministerial ambitions.
During his address to the media persons at Karnataka Bhavan in the national capital, Bommai asserted that he will get the probe into the matter of the poor quality of a road laid by BBMP right before PM Narendra Modi s visit to the state in Bengaluru and Mysore.