Pranav (TN), the top-seed, a 7th standard student from Velammal Vidyalaya, Chennai, with a rating of 2311, playing with white pieces scored a well-earned win over State-mate Thiyagarajan Tamilselvi (7 points), and clinched the coveted title on the concluding day with 8.5 points from nine rounds in the All-India U-15 (boys & girls) FIDE Rated…
Runners-up in VTU Throwball Tourney
November 26, 2018The Girls Throwball team of ATME College of Engineering, Mysuru, secured Runners-Up trophy in the VTU Mysuru Zone Inter-Collegiate Throwball Championship (2018-19) organised by GSSSIETW, Mysuru, recently, by defeating NIE, Mysuru. The winning team — (standing) Prapulla, Meghana Reddy, Rachana, Pallavi, Sangeetha and Varsha; (sitting) Meghana Urs, Dharani, Harshitha (Captain) and Monica — is seen…
Excels in Muay Thai
November 26, 2018Jeshwanth and P.T. Somanna, fighters of Kimura Martial Arts and Fitness Club, Mysuru, have won Silver and Bronze Medals respectively in National Muay Thai Championship-2018 held at Nanded City, Pune recently. More than 450 fighters from across India had participated in the event.
Sanjiv Sasson
November 26, 2018Sanjiv Sasson (62), owner of Tina Cafe on Gokulam Main Road in city, passed away this morning at his residence in Gokulam here. He leaves behind his wife, one son, one daughter and a host of relatives an tomorrow, according to the family sources. Family can be contacted on Mob: 94498-53668.
Sugar Town Mandya in tears… Ambarish passes away
November 25, 2018Government bows to pressure by fans, to airlift Rebel Star’s body to Mandya this evening; funeral with full State honours in Bengaluru tomorrow Mysuru/ Mandya: Even as Mandya district was yet to come to terms with last evening’s bus accident at Kanaganamaradi in Pandavapura taluk that snuffed out 30 lives, the people of the district…
Kannada film world loses its ‘Rebel Star’
November 25, 2018Mandya/ Bengaluru: Actor and politician M.H. Ambarish, who passed away in Bengaluru last night, was Kannada cinema’s most popular actor after Dr. Rajkumar and Dr. Vishnuvardhan. He was also the only one, of the three, who took a successful shot at electoral politics. Co-incidentally, Ambarish’s brother Dr. Harish passed away on the same day last year,…
Only four survivors in Pandavapura bus accident
November 25, 2018Pandavapura: There are only four survivors in yesterday’s bus tragedy at Kanaganamaradi in Pandavapura taluk. Of the survivors are 14-year-old Rohith and his co-passenger Girish, the bus driver Shivappa and conductor whose identity has not been revealed. The private bus, which was on its way from Pandavapura to Mandya, fell into the Visvesvaraya Canal at…
Mandya buses involved in accidents had poor track record
November 25, 2018Mandya: The private bus named ‘Rajkumar’ which plunged into Visvesvaraya Canal at Kanaganamaradi in Pandavapura taluk of the district, cutting short the lives of 30 passengers, was a 18-year old bus, which had outlived its road fitness. The bus, having Mangaluru registration, operated for 15 years on Mangaluru-Udupi, changing ownership 8 times in this span,…
Questions raised on how ill-fated bus was issued Fitness Certificate by RTO
November 25, 2018Mandya: Yesterday’s tragedy at Kanaganamaradi in Pandavapura taluk, has once again brought to the fore the issue of RTOs issuing Fitness Certificates to vehicles which are too old or unfit to ply on roads. With 30 people losing their lives in Saturday’s tragedy, people are blaming the RTO officials for issuing Fitness Certificate to the…
A force to reckon with in Vokkaliga heartland
November 25, 2018Mandya/Bengaluru: Ambarish won three Parliamentary elections. He was a Central Minister for a while, holding the portfolio of Information and Broadcasting for about two years. He later became Housing Minister in the Siddharamaiah Cabinet in Karnataka. When he was dropped from the Cabinet in 2016 for poor performance, a miffed Ambarish resigned. Ambarish considered himself…
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