Bagalkot  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Congress is trying to install a "helpless" prime minister as Kumaraswamy had earlier mentioned that he was helpless in the coalition government

Fans know no limit to their admiration for their heroes. An admirer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken up “deerghadanda namaskara” or prostration for a distance of eight kiometres praying for the second term of Modi

BJP leader PC Gaddigoudar and Congress's Veena Kashappanavar of Bagalkote were seen offering prayers at the same time in Uttara Kannada's Mahalingeshwara temple in Mahalingpur subdivision, Karnataka. Both of them are contesting the Lok Sabha election.

Supporter Yishtalinga heartily invited Prime Minister Modi to contest from Bagalkot, whereas Congress, in what can be described as a sarcastic expression, invited the Prime Minister to contest from Karnataka
 

Five couples entered wedlock on Wednesday and used the occasion to educate guests on the usage of EVMs in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections

The child was born on February 11 and couple decided that this was the best time for the ceremony and named their daughter Abhinandana as a tribute to Abhinandan Varthaman

Lingayat leader Mate Mahadevi said that tonsuring heads of the 8000 students of the Mutt is a superstition and the belief of Vaidiks and not Lingayats. Siddaganga Mutt is a Lingayat Mutt and professes principles of social reformer Basavanna.

Shops were seen open and buses were moving as usual in Bagalkot district in Karnataka. However, schools and colleges remained closed today.

Farmer Yamanappa had taken a loan of Rs 5 lakh from Jamakhandi Urban Bank in 2012 by pledging the house and land. He died of cancer and now the bank is sending repeated notices to auction the house and their farmland.
 

Yamanappa , who took a loan of Rs 5 lakh from a private bank in Karnataka, died of cancer, despite spending Rs 4 lakh on his treatment. Currently, the bank has sent a notice to the family to pay Rs 8,60,000 including interest.

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has clarified that there are only two MLAs from Bagalkot - Anand Nyamagouda and himself, and the former will not be inducted into the HD Kumaraswamy Cabinet

Farmers are expressing doubts if Kumaraswamy-led Karnataka government has yielded to pressure from sugar mill owners. 

Sugarcane growers intensified their protests against shifting their meeting to Bengaluru and to gain the Karnataka government's attention. They also set their tractors on fire.

The BJP workers complained to the Election Commission against Karnataka minister Zameer Ahmed Khan as he was found offering a bundle of Rs 500 notes to a woman.