Bengaluru: Ending days of suspense, Janata Dal (Secular) Saturday said its National President and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda will contest the Lok Sabha poll from Tumkur.

Sagar: Three persons died on the spot in a road accident that took place between two trucks in the wee hours of Saturday at Kaspadi of Sagar Taluka.

Bengaluru: JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda's grandson Prajwal Revanna, multi-lingual actor Prakash Raj and two sitting BJP MPs P C Mohan and Shobha Karandlaje were among 35 candidates who filed their nominations in Karnataka on Friday for the first phase of LokSabha polls in the state.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Friday said his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy and nephew Prajwal Revanna were not contesting the Lok Sabha polls for "fashion", but for the sake of the people.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President Dinesh Gundurao on Friday said his party wants JDS Supremo H D Deve Gowda to contest elections from Bengaluru North constituency.

Bengaluru: The BJP's Karnataka chief B S Yeddyurappa on Friday rubbished as "atrocious and malicious" the allegation that he had paid.

Huballi: Karnataka Municipal Administration Minister CS Shivalli on Friday suffered from a heart attack and was immediately rushed to a hospital in Huballi for treatment where he breathed his last on Friday afternoon.

Vijayapura: In a tragic road accident reported on Friday morning from Vijayapura district between a cruiser car canter truck, nine people died on the spot while several others sustained injuries.