Shivamogga (Karnataka): Former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and rebel BJP leader K S Eshwarappa on Thursday said he would file his nomination for Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat tomorrow.

Bengaluru: BJP MLA Arabail Shivaram Hebbar's son Vivek Hebbar on Thursday joined the Congress party along with his supporters at Banavasi in Uttara Kannada district.

Veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Thursday said votes cast for Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will be a vote for anarchy, economic bankruptcy, corruption, instability and it will push the country's internal security into jeopardy.

A BJP worker sustained head injuries after he was attacked allegedly by two men with a wooden stick in Kempashettidoddi village here, police said on Thursday. Naveen CS (34), a farmer, was attacked on April 9, they said.

Ningabasappa, a staunch RSS worker from Menasagi village in Rona taluk, has surprised many by joining the Congress party in disguise. After being associated with the RSS for 30 years, he chose to switch sides and joined the Congress during a workers' convention in Naragunda, Bagalkote Lok Sabha constituency.

With six children of Karnataka Ministers in the Lok Sabha poll arena, the campaign scene is getting spiced up in the high-stakes elections for the ruling Congress in the state. Prabha Mallikarjun, wife of Minister S S Mallikarjun, is also in the poll fray.

Speaking at a press conference at a private hotel in Hemmadi near Kundapur, KS Eshwarappa has declared that B. Y. Raghavendra's defeat in Shivamogga is certain.

Senior writer Kotiganahalli Ramaiah and his son were seriously assaulted by a gang near the Muneshwar temple of Paparajanahalli on the Antargange hills of Kolar taluk. The incident occurred early in the morning over a trivial matter.