Rajyotsava to be celebrated as ‘Kannada Janotsava’; 69 people to get award
The HinduThe State government has decided to hold many celebrations on the occasion of ‘Karnataka Sambhrama-50’, to mark the golden jubilee of the renaming of Mysore State as Karnataka on November 1, 1973. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday chaired a meeting and announced that the celebrations would be conducted as ‘Kannada Janotsava’ by presenting the Rajyotsava Award to 69 people on November 1, Rajyotsava day. Speaking to reporters after a preliminary meeting, the Chief Minister said applications for the award would be received online till September 30. At the meeting, Kannada Development Authority chairman Purushottama Bilimale urged the Chief Minister to constitute an expert committee for the development of small languages such as the one spoken by the Koraga community.