A few days back a family friend came to visit us after many years and while leaving gave me a gift, a book. To my surprise it was a book by Stephen Hawking, the physically challenged world famous Cosmologist and Physicist, who answers big questions. Brief answers to the big questions numbering 10. Though I…
Yesterday Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined BJP President Amit Shah at a press conference called by the latter. Many of us hoped the journalists would ask him questions and PM Modi would destroy those questions with élan, deploying his abundance of confidence, cache of facts and inimitable sarcasm but nothing happened ! All we got…
In the backdrop of Korea hosting a population comprising citizens identified by a most common name, it is humorously said that if you toss a stone in the streets of that country, it is most likely to land on the head of a Lee. In a similar vein, it can be said, even seriously, that…
Sir, With reference to the Weekend Star Supplement dated Apr.27 “FITNESS FOR FREE”, the efforts of the Mysuru City Corporation in introducing outdoor gym is praiseworthy. However, maintenance issues are not taken care of. It is true even with the play equipment of children play area in some of the parks. These pose great risk…
Delhi’s Rashid Khan, who largely went unnoticed on the first three days of the Rs.30 lakh TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship presented by Chandigarh Golf Club, knocked out all his closest rivals with a gallant final round of six-under-66 to register a two-shot victory at 13-under-275. Mysuru lad M.S. Yashas Chandra returned with a good…
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday released the official song for Cricket World Cup 2019 – ‘Stand By’, a collaboration between new artist LORYN and well-known British band, Rudimental. The song will be played will be played in grounds and city events across the tournament as the official song to this summer’s showpiece event,…
Sourav Ganguly and Sanjay Manjrekar are among the commentators who have been included in the lineup announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) that will be covering the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in England and Wales. Former Australian batsman Michael Clarke, who lifted the 2015 World Cup as captain, will be making his World…
Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev and Russian Sergev Bolotov went down in the semi-finals of Doubles in the $15,000 ITF Men’s Tennis Tournament at Kampala, Uganda, on Friday. In the semi-finals, India’s Anirudh Chandrashekar and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha beat Prajwal Dev and Sergev Bolotov 6-2, 6-4 and entered the final.
Farook Fathima Lubna, wife of late Syed Abdul Razak Rafeeq, Wimco Distributor, Santhepet, Mysuru, passed away in Madeena Munawwara, Saudi Arabia. She had been to perform Umrah along with her brother and three daughters. She was buried there at Jannat-ul-Baqee beside Masjid-e-Nabuvi. She leaves behind her three daughters and a host of relatives. She is…
Owing to emergency maintenance works, power supply will be disrupted tomorrow between 10 and 5 pm in the following areas: Ashoka Road, Lashkar Mohalla, Tilak Nagar, Mission Hospital, Gandhi Square, Old Bank Road, KT Street, Dodda Vokkaligara Beedi, Irwin Road, Sayyaji Rao Road, Olympia Talkies, Pulikeshi Road, Kailsapuram, Mandi Mohalla, Rajkamal Talkies, Shivarampet, KR Hospital,…
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