Novak Djokovic claimed a record seventh Australian Open crown on Sunday as he demolished Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in his most dominant Grand Slam win in his long rivalry with the Spaniard. The peerless Serb broke Nadal five times at a stunned Rod Laver Arena while conceding only a single break point to clinch…
Golf: Winners of Air Force Cup
January 28, 2019Mysuru: Following are the prize winners of Air Force Cup – 2019 (Golf) held at No.2 Air Force Selection Board, Mysuru, recently: Strokeplay Gross: Dhruv Bopanna (73 Gross) – Winner; Hussein Vagh (75 Gross) – Runner. Strokeplay Net ( H/C 0 to 12): Ramesh Kumar Jain (66 Net) – Winner; M.R. Surya Kumar (68 Net)…
Farmers stage demonstration
January 28, 2019Mysuru: Nearly 50 farmers under the banner of Akhila Karnataka Sugarcane Growers Association staged a demonstration in front of Deputy Commissioner’s Office here this morning seeking fulfilment of their long-pending demands and redressal of agrarian issues. Accusing the State Government of indulging in petty politics and turning a blind eye to farmer issues, the protestors…
Santhanam Memorial Senior Nationals: Mysuru’s Nagaraj wins double crown
January 28, 2019Mysuru’s well-known tennis player R. Nagaraj of the Income-Tax Department, representing Karnataka in the Santhanam Memorial Senior National Tennis Championship 2019, won 55+ Men’s Singles as well as Doubles titles respectively in the Tournament held at Chennai from Jan.21 to 25. In the Men’s 55+ Singles final, R. Nagaraj beat fifth seeded Chellaiah (TN) 6-2,…
MDFA ‘C’ Division League to begin from Feb.1
January 28, 2019The Mysore District Football Association (MDFA) will be conducting the MDFA ‘C’ Division Football League, at the University Grounds from Feb.1. The matches will be played on a league-cum-knock-out basis. A total of 18 teams divided into four groups will be taking part in the Tournament for the ‘Chirag Trophy’ — Group A: Challenge Union…
Leena Gomez
January 28, 2019Leena Gomez (82), a resident of Vijayanagar, passed away this morning in city. She leaves behind her husband, children, grandchildren, great grand children and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral Service will be held today at 3 pm at Holy Cross Church in Belavadi here.
C.S. Bhagavan
January 28, 2019C.S. Bhagavan (83), Proprietor of Raman Studio and partner of Raman Colour Lab on Old Bank Road, Mysuru, passed away this morning at his residence in Chamarajapuram. He leaves behind his wife Virija, son Balaji, daughter Anu and a host of relatives. Last rites will be performed at the foot of Chamundi Hill on Jan.30…
Trial blasts at KRS Dam: Farmers to launch ‘Go Back’ campaign tomorrow
January 27, 2019Mandya: The trial blast scheduled to be conducted tomorrow (Jan.28) by a team of scientists from Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, to study the impact of stone quarrying in the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam area has met with stiff opposition by farmers and members of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), who…
Tea seller’s daughter marches at Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, makes Mysuru proud
January 27, 2019Mysuru: If thirty-year-old Major Khushboo Kanwar, daughter of a bus conductor from Jaipur in Rajasthan created history by commanding the all-woman contingent of the Assam Rifles in the 70th Republic Day Parade at Rajpath in New Delhi yesterday, M.R. Chandana, the daughter of a tea vendor in Mysuru, made the city proud as she marched…
Mysuru to have air connectivity to five cities under UDAN
January 27, 2019Mysuru: The Union Government has approved to provide air connectivity to five prominent cities from Mandakalli Airport, under its Ude Desh ka Aam Nagarik (UDAN)-3. As per the initiative, six aircrafts will fly between Mysuru and five other cities — Hyderabad, Belagavi, Panaji, Kochi and Bengaluru, while two aircrafts will fly to Hyderabad, there…
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