Bengaluru: Speculations within the JD(S) that its state President H D Kumaraswamy is likely to contest from the Mandya Lok Sabha segment, has led to opposition from a section of its workers in Channapatna Assembly constituency that he currently represents. The party’s core committee leaders are likely to meet here on Tuesday to decide on the candidates for Kolar, Hassan and Mandya, the three seats from where the regional party will be contesting, as part of the seat-sharing deal with the BJP.

Shimoga: Congress candidate Geetha Shivraj Kumar has launched an energetic campaign in Shimoga despite the scorching sun, starting from Santhekadur village in Shimoga taluk where she received a warm welcome from the villagers.

Legislative Assembly Speaker UT Khader visited the homes of three individuals from Belthangady taluk who were killed in Tumkur on Monday, offering condolences to the grieving families.

A spirit tanker overturned on the road and caught fire while traveling near the Kalaburagi Bypass on the outskirts of Sindagi town and within the jurisdiction of the Sindagi Police Station on Monday. No case of fatality has been reported.

A student who was supposed to appear for the SSLC examination today committed suicide by hanging himself on Monday morning in Yadehalli village near Anandpur in the taluk.

The Congress on Monday accused the Modi government of withholding funds that should "rightfully" go to Karnataka, saying the people of the state are being made to pay the price just because they exercised their democratic right to elect a Congress government.

Bengaluru:: Former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and former Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri are among the four candidates in the BJP's second list for Karnataka on Sunday.