Bengaluru: The BJP's Karnataka unit Thursday requested the Election Commission to appoint central observers in Mandya, Hassan and Tumkur Lok Sabha seats, as it suspects that Chief Minister H DKumaraswamy would misuse the state machinery to suit the electoral needs of his son, nephew and father.

Bengaluru: In the wake of Statewide I-T raids on JDS partymen, former Prime Minister and JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda Thursday alleged that the BJP had tried to persuade his son H D Kumaraswamy to form a government in Karnataka with their help before the assembly elections.

Bengaluru: BJP Bengaluru South Constituency Candidate Tejasvi Surya on Thursday added that Dr. Som Datta, who labeled allegations against him was his friend and that she herself took down the tweets she had posted earlier. “She said she don’t want to make a issue out of it and I will respect her sentiments and won’t take it forward” he said.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Thursday led a protest by the Congress-JDS ruling alliance in front of the Income Tax department here in a furious response to a statewide pre-dawn IT crackdown on his partymen and others.

Anekal: In a horrific incident a minor girl was raped throughout the night in a locked room in Attibele police station limits of Anekal Taluk here.

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Thursday that the income tax raid on JD(S) leaders overseeing the electioneering of his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy in Mandya and nephew Prajwal Revanna in Hassan was "politically motivated" and he would stage a demonstration against it in Bengaluru along with Congress leaders.

Anekal: In a tragic road accident four persons died while four others have sustained severe injuries. The incident took place Tirumanganahalli in Anekal Taluka of Bengaluru City District.

Bengaluru: Raising fears about possible income tax raids on Congress-JD(S) functionaries, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Wednesday claimed CRPF personnel have been brought from various parts of the country to carry out I-T raids in Karnataka.