This is the current situation of SBI Colony and Roopanagar Road in city. Residents say that despite lodging several complaints, no action has been taken in this regard. A lot of people have fallen injuring themselves while avoiding the potholes. Authorities concerned are urged to initiate action soon.
Mithali Raj becomes leading ODI run-scorer
July 13, 2017Indian Women’s Cricket Team captain Mithali Raj entered the record books becoming the leading run-scorer in women’s ODI cricket. She achieved this while playing against Australia, yesterday. Mithali needed just 33 runs to break the record set by England’s Charlotte Edward (5992 runs in 191 matches). She not only went past the record but also…
ABVP stages protest Seeks free bus pass for poor students
July 13, 2017Mysuru: Demanding extension of bus pass facility to poor students from all sections of the society, the activists of Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) staged a demonstration in front of the Taluk Office here yesterday. Claiming that education has become a costly affair these days, the protestors maintained that talented poor students were being deprived…
Mass marriage on Aug. 10
July 13, 2017Mysuru: Kranthikari Veerashaiva Balaga and Guru Namana Samithi will conduct mass marriage programme for 110 couples on the occasion of Siddaganga Mutt Seer Sri Shivakumara Swamiji’s 110th birthday celebrations on Aug. 10 at Nanjangud said City Municipal Council former President Mahadevaswamy. He said that the bride and bridegroom will be given saree, mangalasutra, toe rings…
Plea to get the drain covered at Udayagiri
July 13, 2017A portion of the drain covering has collapsed on the 4th Cross at Udayagiri and is left like that since then. The stone slabs and mud which has fallen inside the drain is not removed resulting in sewage water getting stagnant in it emanating foul smell. Authorities concerned are urged to take action at the…
Man sentenced to life for killing wife
July 13, 2017Mysuru: A City Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment besides imposing a penalty of Rs. 5,000, for killing his wife. Vishwamurthy, 42, of Hirikati village in Gundlupet taluk is the one who has been sentenced. Vishwamurthy, who had married one Saraswathi of Nanjangud about 12 years ago, stayed at his wife’s house after…
Commonwealth Chess Championship: Mandya’s Shefali wins gold
July 13, 2017Mandya’s chess prodigy A.N. Shefali, a fourth standard student of Santhome Public School, representing India in the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017 won the gold in the U-8 Girls category on the concluding day of the championship in Delhi, yesterday. Shefali, who won her second successive gold in the Commonwealth Chess Championships, is also the reigning…
Youth consumes poison, dies
July 13, 2017Relatives allege delay in ambulance’s arrival resulted in death Mysuru: The relatives of Shivarudrappa (26), who died this morning after consuming poison yesterday at Shagya village in Kollegal taluk, alleged that the delay in arrival of ambulance resulted in death. Speaking to Star of Mysore, N. Pradeep Kumar, Shivarudrappa’s relative, alleged that Shivarudrappa was shifted in…
Two-wheeler lifter arrested
July 13, 2017Three bikes worth about Rs. 65,000 recovered Mysuru: Metagalli Police, on July 12, found a person standing in a suspicious manner along with a Bajaj CT 100 bike without registration number plate near Sri Mahadeshwara Temple in Kumbarakoppal and took him into custody. When the Cops questioned him, they came to know that he had…
Querrey sends Murray packing; Djokovic retires with elbow injury
July 13, 2017Sam Querrey sent defending champion Andy Murray crashing out of Wimbledon yesterday, reaching his first Grand Slam semi-final in the 42nd attempt. One year after knocking out 2015 champion Novak Djokovic in the third round, 29-year-old Querrey, the world number 28, won 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-1, 6-1. World number one Murray’s challenge petered out…
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