Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday announced that the Mumbai-Karnataka region will be renamed as 'Kittur Karnataka' in the coming days. Bommai's announcement came after hoisting the national and Kannada flag at Kanteerava stadium in Bengaluru.

He said that the Hyderabad-Karnataka region has been already renamed as 'Kalyana Karnataka'. "I have already announced that in the upcoming cabinet, we have decided to rename Mumbai Karnataka, will discuss it in coming cabinet meeting and rename it in coming days," he said.