When the people have been celebrating the Kannada Rajyotsava across the state, MES workers have observed black day and conducted a rally against Karnataka in Belagavi on Thursday. When they tried to assault a Kannada activist who held a Kannada flag, police caned and dispersed them.

Campaigning for the November 3 bypolls to three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Karnataka came to an end Thursday, with a BJP candidate pulling out of the contest and returning to the Congress.

Doctors at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here removed a 15-kg tumour from the uterus of a 20-year-old woman from Hapur in Uttar Pradesh.

Adding another credit to its 138 years of healthcare service Father Muller healthcare organisation, Father Mullers Salvador Monteiro Rural Health Training Center at Bajpe was inaugurated on Thursday morning. 

“Ramanagar BJP candidate L. Chandrashekar is a betrayer. He will not flourishcome in politics. He was lured to join the Congress”, said Union Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda.

Karnataka Revenue Minister R V Deshpande has courted a controversy after a video showing him throwing sports kits at sports persons at a function went viral with union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore and state BJP flaying him for his conduct.

Clashes broke out between BJP activists and police officials on Thursday over a proposed rally here which was allegedly being organised without proper permission.

Opposition parties will work together to defeat the BJP, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday in the presence of TDP leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.