Former Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna was admitted to a private hospital on Saturday.

The hospital sources confirmed Krishna's admission, but they did not disclose what he was suffering from.

Krishna (92), also served as the External Affairs Minister during the Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance government from 2009 to 2012.

In August, he was admitted to the hospital with respiratory problems.

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New Delhi, Oct 19: The BJP on Saturday released its first list of 66 candidates for the Jharkhand assembly elections, fielding party president Babulal Marandi from Dhanwar and former chief minister Champai Soren from Saraikella.

The party named Sita Soren, the sister-in-law of JMM leader and Chief Minister Hemant Soren, as its nomine from Jamtara.

The list also has the names of Geeta Koda and former Union minister Sudarshan Bhagat.

The BJP is contesting on 68 of the 81 assembly seats in the state, leaving the rest for its allies.

The party is looking to topple the JMM-Congress alliance from power in the two-phase polls scheduled for November 13 and 20.