Karnataka Shutdown: Pro-Kannada Groups Call For 12-Hour Shutdown, Protest Assault On Bus Conductor

Karnataka Shutdown: Pro-Kannada groups have called for a 12-hour statewide shutdown in Karnataka today to protest last month's alleged assault on a bus conductor in Belagavi for not knowing Marathi. According to officials, elaborate security arrangements have been made across the state by deploying home guards and the city armed reserve units for the shutdown from 6 am to 6 pm.