Bengaluru: Karnataka will host the second Khelo India University Games (KIUG) later this year, State’s Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Sunday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Games to be held in the city-based Jain University and other venues, Rijiju told a press conference here.

”We have decided that the second edition of Khelo IndiaUniversity Games will be given to Karnataka and the university is Jain University,” he said, in the presence of Yediyurappa and State Youth Empowerment and Sports Minister KC Narayana Gowda.