Bengaluru: Former External Affairs Minister and ex-Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna is in the intensive care unit and is being treated by a critical care team, a private hospital said on Saturday.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a 'master of lies' and alleged he did not fulfill any of the promises he made.

In an unfortunate incident reported from Moornadu town of the taluk, Arif, a 34-year-old sport enthusiast was electrocuted on Friday night as he accidentally came in contact with live electric wire while putting up a banner of a cricket match.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, both appeared together on the same stage in Mysuru in a tribute program honouring the late V. Srinivas Prasad, former minister, at the Ambedkar Educational Cultural Trust on Manandavadi Road.

Former Chief Minister of Karnataka and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Party member BS Yediyurappa told reporters here that the party's alliance with JD(S) would continue in Karnataka post-Lok Sabha election, adding that the parties would fight the elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council together.

Several groups concerned with democratic rights undertook a joint campaign to hold the ECI accountable for its inaction against violations of the MCC and laws during the Lok Sabha elections.

Suvarna News which was under scrutiny on social media for using Pakistani flag to represent India's Muslim population during a recent discussion program has issued an apology regarding the matter. The channel acknowledged the error, attributing it to an oversight adding it was without any malicious intent.

The 32-year-old man accused of murdering his underage fiancée in Mutlu village of Somwarpet taluk before escaping from the place with her severed head was arrested in the nearby forest by the Kodagu Police late Thursday night.