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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday released its first list of 189 candidates for the May 10 Karnataka assembly polls, fielding Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai from his traditional Shiggaon constituency.

The party fielded 52 new faces in the May 10 elections and 76 are from OBCs/SC/ST communities

With a month left for the Karnataka Assembly elections, the ruling BJP will likely announce its first list of candidates on Monday. The BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) met in New Delhi late on Sunday evening to finalise the candidates.

Several sitting MLAs have been dropped and Congress turncoats chosen in the BJP's first list of candidates for Karnataka election likely to be released tonight or tomorrow, party sources have said.

Mangaluru, May 10: A woman lost her life and five others including the Ujire Gram Panchayat chief were injured when the car in which the panchayat president's family members were travelling fell into a gorge in Charmadi ghat in Dakshina Kannada district, police sources said.

Udupi, Apr 10: An Indian expatriate worker from Udupi district lost his life days after he met with a ghastly road mishap in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

Karnataka has never had a Dalit CM. Senior Congress leaders from the community like G Parameshwara and K H Muniyappa are in the poll fray.

With the Karnataka Assembly polls drawing near, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday appointed a fifth working president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee in the form of former Lok Sabha BN Chandrappa.

Traditionally, this Vokkaliga-dominated belt used to witness a straight fight between the JDS and the Congress.

BJP has brought on the retired leader to placate Lingayats in a bid to retain power