Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address a party rally on Sunday in Kolar, the same place where he made a remark on the Modi surname for which he was convicted of criminal defamation and also stripped of his Parliament membership.

Bengaluru: A day after quitting BJP on being denied the party ticket to contest May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, Mudigere MLA M P Kumaraswamy on Friday joined JD(S).

Bengaluru: Eleven people were killed in two road accidents in Karnataka on Friday. Six people, including two women and three children, were killed and two injured grievously after the car they were travelling in collided head-on with a government bus at Sampaje Gate in Kodagu district, police said.

Bengaluru: Lakshmana Savadi, former Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, has joined the Congress party after being upset over the loss of the BJP ticket from the Athani constituency. Savadi was welcomed to the Congress by the Leader of Opposition of Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramaiah, KPCC president DK Shivakumar, and state Congress in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala at the KPCC office on Queen's Road in the city.

Bengaluru: Enforcement agencies made seizures totalling nearly Rs 150 crore in poll-bound Karnataka since the model code of conduct (MCC) came into force on March 29, the Election Commission said on Friday.

JD(s) on Friday released the second list of candidates for the upcoming Karnataka elections.

BY Vijayendra son of a veteran and former Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa will contest from the Shikaripura constituency in the upcoming state assembly election.