The BJP on Monday released its third list of candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Elections. The BJP announced candidates on 10 constituencies.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Monday the exit of Jagadish Shettar from the BJP would have no adverse impact on the party's prospects in the forthcoming Assembly elections, and he was surprised by his decision to join the Congress.

Nikhil Kumaraswamy, the JD(S) candidate from Ramanagara constituency for the upcoming Assembly election, broke down when he found his grandfather and JD(S) Supremo HD Deve Gowda to be unwell.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday hit back at Rahul Gandhi on "40 per cent Commission sarkar" jibe at his government, saying the Congress leader is yet to respond to his "corruption chargesheet."

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the ruling BJP and RSS of attacking democracy and spreading hatred and violence in the country.

Bengaluru: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has conducted an investigation into large-scale voter data theft in Bengaluru, which was initially exposed by digital platforms The News Minute (TNM) and Pratidvani five months ago. The probe, conducted by Amlan Aditya Biswas, Regional Commissioner, Bengaluru Division, has substantiated TNM's findings, revealing that officers of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) provided illegal and undue favors to a private trust called Chilume, allowing it to collect voter data and even attempted to subvert a complaint against the trust.