Twelve persons were killed and more than 50 feared trapped as an under construction flyover collapsed on Tuesday in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official said.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s chief ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa said on Tuesday evening that he had urged Governor Vajubhai R. Vala to allow him to prove majority support in the Karnataka Assembly.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah who contested from two assembly constituencies despite criticisms, tasted a humiliating defeat in Chamundeshwari constituency against GT Deve Gowda of JDS, but seen a strenuous victory against B Sriramulu of BJP in Badami constituency.

Siddaramaiah said that the Congress has already informed Deve Gowda about supporting the JDS. Even they have met Kumaraswamy and handed over a letter on extending their support to JDS, the leaders of which have also accepted, he added.

As part of a political strategy to form the next government in the state following hung verdict, it is said that JDS state president HD Kumaraswamy has written a letter to the Governor on forming JDS-Congress coalition government in the state.

As the Congress has failed to get majority in the Assembly election to form the government, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah tendered his resignation on Tuesday.

What it can be called as the mirror effect of 2013 poll results in coastal Karnataka, BJP bagged seven seats out of eight restricting congress to just one seat. While in 2013 congress had emerged victorious in seven assembly seats BJP was limited to just one.

 Internationally acclaimed artist Jivya Soma Mashe -- who catapulted Warli tribal art form to the global stage -- passed away here after a prolonged illness, an official said on Tuesday.