Nrithya Vidya Peeta, Mysuru, celebrated its 9th Annual Day at Jaganmohan Palace in city recently. The programme was inaugurated in the presence of M.S. Sumana, Senior Advocate, Shankar Devanuru, Chief Engineer, KPTCL, Dr. Jamuna Rani, Dancer and Astrologist, Kumudini Achchi, Professor in JSS College, Mysuru. The celebrations featured dance programme accompanied by Guru C.N. Anitha…
Association Cup Basketball: SWR Mysuru women win title
November 25, 2018The women’s basketball team of South Western Railways (SWR), Mysuru, helped by an inspired play by Anusha (16), won their final semi-final league tie against Mounts Club 72-38 and clinched the women’s title by finishing on top of the league table in the Association Cup Basketball Tournament-2018 which concluded at Sree Kanteerava Stadium yesterday. In…
Mary Kom lifts record 6th gold at Boxing Worlds
November 25, 2018Mary Kom scripted history at the K.D. Jadhav Indoor Stadium in New Delhi yesterday by clinching a record sixth World Championship Gold Medal in the light flyweight 48kg category after outclassing Ukraine’s Hanna Okhota by an unanimous 5:0 verdict. The 35-year-old Kom, a mother of three and a pre-tournament favourite for the gold, rewrote the…
MLA inaugurates State-level Athletics Meet for PU students
November 25, 2018MLA S.A. Ramdas, Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath, University of Mysore Department of Physical Education Director (in-Charge) Dr. P. Krishnaiah, DDPU Dr. Dayananda, Vijaya Vittala Educational Institutions Chairman R. Guru, Secretary R. Vasudev Bhat are seen receiving the Sports Torch from the participating athletes during the inauguration of the four-day State-level Athletic Meet at Chamundi Vihar Stadium…
Mysuru boy wins bronze in National Cycling Championship
November 25, 2018Mysuru lad K.V. Vyshak won bronze in the 40km Team Time Trial event representing Karnataka in the 23rd Road National Cycling Championship held at Kurukshetra, Haryana, recently. He also took part in the 120km Men Junior Road Race. Vyshak is being coached by Ekalavya awardee Lokesh Narasimhachar.
All-India U-15 FIDE Open Rating Chess Tourney: Pranav emerges sole leader
November 25, 2018Top-seed V. Pranav (7.5 points) of Tamil Nadu, making a strong bid to clinch the title, playing on the top board with white pieces, registered a well-earned win over overnight joint leader and ninth seed AIM Kaushik G. Iyer (7 points) in 50 moves and emerged as the sole leader after eight rounds, at the…
Kannada Superstar M.H. Ambareesh passes away at 66
November 25, 2018Bengaluru: Film star-turned-politician M H Ambareesh passed away at a private hospital here on Saturday, according to official sources and Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce. He was 66. Ambareesh was rushed to a private hospital after he complained of breathing-related issue, sources said. The former Union minister has acted in over 200 films and served…
Understanding Street Vendors An ethnographic approach
November 24, 2018By Prof. P.K. Misra Street vendors in a growing modern Indian city is an interesting and challenging phenomenon as it throws up many significant questions for which we do not have informed explanations. There is hardly any systematic and reliable data on them. For the people whom they serve they are customary strangers. For urban…
Not 1, not 2, not 3… but 4 Disneylands in Mysuru Region !
November 24, 2018Mandya: The State Government seems to be obsessed about Disneyland and even the Chief Minister seems to have been bitten by Disneyland bug. Even as the government’s plan to upgrade Brindavan Gardens at the picturesque Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya has stirred a Hornet’s Nest with farmers led by their leader G. Madegowda…
20 feared dead as bus plunges into VC Canal
November 24, 2018Pandavapura: At least 20 passengers were feared dead when the private bus they were travelling plunged into VC Canal near Kanaganamaradi in Pandavapura taluk this noon. The private bus was on its way to Mandya from Pandavapura via Kanaganamaradi when the ghastly incident took place. There were more than 30 passengers in the bus, including…
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