Bengaluru: Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar Monday accepted the resignation of rebel Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav, who is taking on party veteran Mallikarjun Kharge as the BJP candidate from Gulbarga constituency in the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Mangaluru: The Election Commission of India is coming up with new and innovative ideas to reach out to voters. This year being the election year, the commission has started a drive with hash tag #NoVoterToBeLeftBehind and has started various services for voters to ease their hassles faced during elections.

Bengaluru: BJP president BS Yeddyurappa today challenged the AICC president Rahul Gandhi to prove the allegations he leveled against the former.

Mandya: The nomination papers filed by Nikhil Kumaraswamy from JD(S) party for the Mandya constituency have been approved by the Deputy Commissioner and local Election Commissioner Manjushree. The Chief Electoral Officer Ranjith Kumar gave clean chit to Manjushree in the matter.

Los Angeles: Rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed after being shot multiple times in broad daylight outside his store here on Sunday.

Madikeri: The people died Monday in what is suspected to be an incident of electrocution. The incident was reported from Arwathoklu here in the Madikeri.

Bengaluru: Predicting defeat for BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah Monday mockingly said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the fate of 'India Shining' due to his anti- poor policies.

Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has sent a mirror to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, suggesting that he look into it to identify his "real face".