From Our Special Correspondent
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Bengaluru, Aug 3: The State Government has conferred Minister of State rank to Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Dr Mahesh Joshi.
Dr Joshi, has in a press release, profusely thanked Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for granting the status of State Minister to Kannada Sahitya Parishat president for the first time in the history of the 107-year-old organisation.

The conferring of minister of state status to the Kannada Sahitya Parishat is an honour to all Kannadigas and the members and office-bearers, Dr Joshi said.