Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar on Saturday said he looked forward to work under party national president Mallikarjun Kharge, if the latter becomes the Chief Minister of the state following the assembly elections.

The cash-for-contract scam-hit Karnataka Soaps and Detergent Limited (KSDL) is embroiled in yet another alleged scam of Rs 20 crore relating to procurement of substandard raw material for its products including the Mysore Sandal Soap, reveals a government document.

Bengaluru: The BJP on Saturday accused the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) of targeting actor Kichha Sudeep for his support to the ruling party in poll-bound Karnataka and cited his tribal background to hit out at its rivals.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's event, which was supposed to take place on April 10, has been postponed further and now it will be held on April 16 at Kolar, Karnataka Congress unit president D K Shivakumar said on Saturday.

Four people and scores of livestock have died in rain-related incidents in Karnataka, police said.

The Congress and BJP are ridiculing each other over internal conflicts related to ticket distribution and allocation of seats to their top leaders. 

The development  comes after BJP recently announced  Kichcha Sudeep as one of its prominent campaigners for the upcoming Assembly elections in Karnataka. 

On Friday, the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) in Bengaluru received the inauguration of a third production line by Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane.