Karnataka Election 2024 LIVE: An estimated 9.45 percent turnout was reported during the first two hours since voting began for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka in 14 constituencies.
In Uttara Kannada, a woman threw her mute son into a crocodile-infested water body at Dandeli Taluk after a fight with her husband. The child's body has been recovered with several injuries. The body has been sent for post-mortem., India News - Times Now
The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) has issued a red alert for five districts Bagalkot, Belagavi, Dharwad, Haveri and Koppal till May 9.
The Congress has set up an SIT to look into the obscene video case, but political experts say that the controversy may not have a political impact. Had the controversy blown up the way it has now, just before the Lok Sabha polls, then it would have had a different impact in Southern Karnataka, commented an expert
IT industry tycoon N R Narayana Murthy, alongside his wife and Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty, as well as cricket icon Rahul Dravid were among the initial voters on Friday (Apr 26) in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections.
Murthy and his wife encouraged citizens, particularly the younger generation, to actively participate in the ongoing voting process.
"We get this right to vote once every five years. We have to exercise this right responsibly with a lot of thinking. No one should let go of this opportunity," Narayana Murthy told reporters.