Responding to the victory of Congress-JDS coalition candidates in the by-election, former chief minister Siddaramaiah ridiculed that the defeating spree of BJP started from today.

 “It is said Ballari is BJP’s strong fort. What happened now” former prime minister HD Deve Gowda asked BJP.

K.R Puram police under WhiteField Division busted a racket of bike lifters and arrested six persons and recovered 15 bikes.

Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said that if the BJP people do not want Tippu Jayanti, it was better to stay at home.

The BJP Tuesday accused the Congress and the JD(S) of using money and muscle power to win the bypolls in Karnataka, but said it would introspect the outcome and strengthen the party before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

BY Raghavendra of BJP won the Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat in the by-election, the results of which is announced today.

Clapping and chanting 'Ayyappa saranam', about 200 frenzied devotees surrounded a woman pilgrim on Tuesday to prevent her from entering the Sabarimala shrine, suspecting her to be of menstrual age.

Reacting to the defeat in five constituencies in the by-elections, BJP leader Suresh Kumar said that it was time for introspection about the defeat.