Bengaluru: The Common Entrance Test Examinations (CET), crucial for admissions to several professional courses including engineering, agricultural science, veterinary, will be held across the state on April 18 and 19. The examination is set to be held across 737 centers in the state, with Bengaluru having the highest of 167 exam centers.

Bengaluru: Former Congress MLA from Pulakeshi Nagar R Akhanda Srinivas Murthy, joined the BJP on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Karnataka on April 20 to address a public meeting in Bengaluru and Chikkaballapura, BJP election management committee state coordinator and state general secretary V Sunil Kumar said on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: Former BJP MP Karadi Sanganna on Wednesday joined the Congress.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday termed the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as a battle between two ideologies -- INDIA bloc "fighting for the Constitution" on one hand and BJP, which wants to "abolish constitution and democracy", on the other.

The dead bodies of a 40-year-old woman and her 22-year-old daughter, who were staying with their family at the Tipperudraswamy Ashram on Turuvanooru Road, were found inside the sump of the Ashram on Tuesday night.

An elderly woman passed away after casting her vote at her home in Brahmavar taluk on April 16.

BJP youth wing chief and current MP Tejasvi Surya, who is seeking re-election from the prestigious Bangalore South Lok Sabha seat, is facing a spirited challenge from Sowmya Reddy of the Congress.