1. Incessant rains in and around Bengaluru have wreaked havoc in Bengaluru Urban and Ramanagaram districts, while Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway has turned into a traffic nightmare. Average annual rainfall in Bengaluru likely to be breached today. Intermittent rains continued in parts of Mysuru region through out the night.
2. Supreme Court to hear today the Karnataka Waqf Board petition challenging the Karnataka High Court’s order permitting celebrations in Idgah Maidan in Chamarajpet from August 31 (Ganesh Chaturthi day) for a limited period.
3. The chief pontiff of Murugha mutt, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, has submitted an application for anticipatory bail before the Second Additional District and Sessions Judge. Police are investigating a case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act registered against the seer.
