Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address three public meetings and hold a road show in Karnataka on Saturday as he embarks on a two-day visit to the poll-bound state.

New Delhi: The Congress urged the Election Commission (EC) on Friday to ban Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from campaigning for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly polls for their alleged derogatory statements against the minority community that create an atmosphere of communal disharmony.

Tumakuru: Former Deputy Chief Minister and Koratagere Congress candidate Dr G Parameshwara sustained head injuries when a stone was pelted at him during a road show in a village in Tumakuru district on Friday.

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has recommended that three more Special Courts for National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases be established in three revenue divisions of Karnataka, within the next six months.

Jevargi/Ballari: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday promised allocation of Rs one crore for each village panchayat, and Rs 5,000 crore for the Kalyana Karnataka region if his party is voted to power in the May 10 State Assembly polls.

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday hit out at the BJP over its leader Basangouda Patil Yatnal calling Sonia Gandhi a "vishkanya", demanded his expulsion from the party and asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved of such name-calling.

New Delhi: The BJP on Friday urged the Election Commission to file a criminal case against Mallikarjun Kharge and bar him from campaigning in the Karnataka assembly polls, stepping up its attack on the Congress president for his "poisonous snake" barb at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A recent campaign visit by BJP leaders to Bavala in Majali, Karwar taluk, turned sour when villagers asked why their local MLA, Roopali Naik, was absent from the event. Pramod Madhwaraj, former MLA from Udupi, and MLC Ganapathi Ulvekar led the campaign, accompanied by local BJP leaders, but Naik was not part of the team.