Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed further investigation of a criminal case filed against Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje by the Election Commission Flying Squad for a controversial statement by the minister during a recent protest in the city.

Bengaluru: BJP on Friday requested the Election Commission to prohibit display of films, advertisements, and billboards of actor Shivarajkumar who it claimed is campaigning for the Congress in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls. His wife, Geetha Shivarajkumar is the Congress candidate in the Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency for the coming polls and the actor was earlier this week seen campaigning for her.

Tumakuru: The bodies of three men hailing from Belthangady were discovered inside a burnt car located on the banks of Kucchangi lake in in Tumkuru district, on Friday.

An FIR has been registered against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over an alleged hate post on social media, Election Commission officials said on Friday.

Former Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde said on Friday he was totally disappointed with Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested in connection with an excise policy linked money-laundering case.

The Karnataka High Court has overturned a single bench order that had halted the state government's plans to conduct board exams for students of classes 5, 8, 9, and 11 in schools affiliated with the State Board.

AICC President M Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law and the children of five ministers figure in the second list of 17 candidates in Karnataka announced by the Congress on Thursday for the Lok Sabha elections.