Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde will campaign for the BJP for the May 10 Karnataka assembly elections.

Hubballi (K'taka): In a scathing attack on the BJP, senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said Karnataka and by extension India cannot make progress without getting rid of the ruling party's "loot, lies, ego and hatred".

New Delhi: The Election Commission has issued a notice to the Karnataka Congress over its "corruption rate card" advertisements published in newspapers targeting the BJP and sought "empirical" evidence to prove its allegations by Sunday evening.

On Saturday, an ambulance in Bengaluru was reportedly caught in traffic congestion following the road show of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The video of the ambulance facing difficulty due to the rally went viral on social media.

The propriety of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's road show in Bengaluru for BJP candidate N Chandra from Shivajinagar has come under question due to the candidate's criminal case of attempted murder. Chandra, who is facing charges of attacking Dr. UV Singh, former head of the Lokayukta investigation team and chief forest preservation officer of the Lake Development Authority during an investigation into illegal mining activities, had a case filed against him at the Amrutahalli Police Station in 2011. While his brother and uncle were arrested, Chandra was absconding and later granted bail.

Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Saturday accused the Congress of functioning on the banned Popular Front of India's (PFI) agenda, as he urged the people of Karnataka not to vote for the opposition party in Assembly polls next week.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai has said that an investigation will be held into the audio clip of Chittapur BJP candidate Manikant Rathore allegedly discussing an assassination plot against family members of All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Mallikarjuna Kharge.

The husband of a local corporator was shot dead by miscreants at Chandapura Colony in the city on Saturday morning. The deceased has been identified as Hyder Ali Nadaf, husband of the representative of Ward 19 of the Vijayapura City Corporation.