Four persons were died and seven others injured seriously when their auto in which they were going to cast their votes at Chilkuru polling station, hit by a lorry at Ramenahalli in the taluk on Saturday.
In the election held for 222 assembly constituencies in the state on Saturday, more than 70 per cent voting was registered, said State Chief Election Officer Sanjeev Kumar.
Senior most citizen of coastal region, 106 year-old Ismail Haji Kemmar exercised his vote on Saturday.
Following technical error in the EVM at polling station-2 at Gandhi Vidyalay of Lottegollahalli in Hebbala constituency, the polling was cancelled on Saturday.
The exit poll surveys conducted by various media houses and independent organizations predicted that both Congress and BJP would fight each other equally in getting the majority in the assembly elections held for 222 constituencies in the state. But the JDS would play a decisive role in the government formation.
Former Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Saturday wrote a letter to Aligarh Muslim University Students Union (AMUSU) President Mashkoor Ahmed Usmani confirming that there was breach of security during May 2 programme.
Upset over not providing basic facilities to her village, a woman tried to commit suicide at a polling station in the district on Saturday.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday advised the security forces to ensure safety and security of civilian life and property while carrying out anti-militancy operations, an official statement said.
The deceased has been identified as Umesh Kumar, a native of Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, and was found murdered in the morning at his residence in Jahangirpuri in north Delhi.
JDS state president and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy said that the Election Commission has failed to check the election-related malpractices in the Karnataka Assembly election.