In view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha election, AICC president Rahul Gandhi will visit the state on August 13 and launch his election campaign for Lok Sabha elections from  Karnataka, said KPCC working president Eshwara B Khandre.

A two-wheeler rider died on the spot when his motorbike hit a roadside tree near NSL Factory at Koppa in Maddur taluk on Saturday late night.

Senior leader H Vishwanath was appointed as the party new state president here on Sunday.

BJP state President and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa said that some vested interests have conspired to float fight for separate Lingayat religion tag just to avoid chief minister post to him.

Politics is never stagnant water. At any time, the Congress-JDS alliance government can fall. Yeddyurappa may become Chief Minister again, said Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda.

Depressed over dowry harassment, a woman with her two-year-old son committed suicide by setting herself and her son on fire at Mahadevapura in Mysuru.

In a quid-pro-quo, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday agreed to transfer 210 acres of defence land in Bengaluru to the city's civic body for 10 infrastructure projects, stuck due to space constraints, an official said.

A fire mishap took place at a paint factory located on the outskirts of the city in Jigani Industrial area.

The fire broke out at the Colour Tech Products Pvt Ltd factory located at the industrial area in Jigani, due to which goods worth several lakhs of rupees were gutted. Fortunately no casualty took place. It has been suspected that a short circuit might have led to the incident.