The BJP on Thursday submitted a memorandum to Governor H.R. Bhardwaj seeking his intervention in ensuring a conducive environment for holding free and fair elections. This came a day after the murder of C.N. Srinivas, party worker and husband of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike councillor Manjula Devi. Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Council D.V. Sadananda Gowda, former Deputy Chief Minister R. Ashok along with other <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/kr-puram-murder-bjp-delegation-meets-governor/article5757707.ece">BJP leaders </a>coming out the Raj Bhavan in Bangalore on Thursday. Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy
Kashipatna Gram Panchayat in Belthangady taluk is now leading Dakshina Kannada in <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/bidding-adieu-to-borewells-kashipatna-embraces-open-wells/article5752546.ece">digging </a>open wells under MGNREGA to meet the drinking water needs, discouraging people from digging borewells. Photo: Raviprasad Kamila
A vehicle, hired by the <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/you-can-register-as-a-voter-till-march-16/article5757724.ece">Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike,</a> carrying a billboard asking people to ensure that their names are on the voters' list, in Bangalore. Photo: K Gopinathan
A large number of people gathered in front of the house of C.N. Srinivas, who was <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/police-tracking-realtors-killers/article5757626.ece">murdered </a>on Wednesday, in Bangalore on Thursday. Hemanth Nimbalkar, Joint Commissioner (Crime), said they were on the right track and were tracking a gang of suspects. Photo: K. Gopinathan
31 physically challenged persons from Bangalore city got back their residential sites in Gottigere on Thursday after officials of the Bangalore Urban District Administration recovered the area after demolishing the illegal structures put up by <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/land-meant-for-physically-challenged-recovered-after-12-years/article5757749.ece">encroachers </a>.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah unveiling a plaque to mark the launch of work on the <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/work-launched-on-rail-coach-factory-in-kolar-district/article5754128.ece">rail coach factory </a>in Srinivasapur taluk of Kolar district on Wednesday. The rail coach factory will come up on 1,118 acres of land. The State government has provided 568 acres for the Rs. 1,460-crore project. Photo: Vishwa Kundapura