Officials on election duty on Wednesday allegedly stopped the 'Hosa Todaku' programme at the farmhouse of JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy at Bidadi in Ramanagara district, citing violation of model code of conduct in force for the Lok Sabha polls.

Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar on Wednesday did not rule out the possibility of the party backing a prominent seer who announced that he would take on Union Minister Pralhad Joshi from Dharwad in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday criticised JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy for taking along BJP leaders, who had allegedly brought down the previous Congress-JD(S) coalition government, to meet a pontiff of an influential math of the community.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said he has lodged a police complaint over a fake news story and accused "the miscreants supported by the unholy alliance of BJP and JD(S) of fabricating a piece of disinformation mimicking a report from the Kannada newspaper."

Three youths on a bike were killed when they crashed against a mini transport vehicle at Rajagopalanagar in the city, police said on Wednesday.

Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Veerappa Moily has announced his retirement from active politics. However, he assured to work for Chikkaballapura Lok Sabha candidate Raksha Ramaiah.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Congress state president DK Shivakumar has appealed to the Election Commission to direct the Union government to release Rs 4,663 crore from National Disaster Response Fund and additional support fund of Rs 18,171 crore to the state to meet the severe drought situation.

 The Karnataka Moon Sighting Committee on Tuesday announced that Eid ul Fitr will be celebrated on Thursday April 11, in Bengaluru.