The State-level Yoga Contest, organised by Yoga Dasara Sub-Committee as part of Dasara celebrations, at P. Kalinga Rao Auditorium in Dasara Exhibition Grounds here yesterday, saw specially-abled children and persons exhibiting their skills. The performance by children from Ramakrishnagar’s Neerekshe Special School and Jnanasindhu Residential School for Visually Challenged at Hole Alur in Gadag drew…
Hundreds take part in Dasara Marathon
October 14, 2018Over a thousand enthusiastic runners took part in the Dasara Marathon-2018 conducted by the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES) jointly with the Karnataka Olympic Association (KOA) and District Administration at the University Oval Grounds here this morning. Delayed inauguration Though the event was scheduled to begin at 6 am, it started only after…
GTD’s Marathon Moment
October 14, 2018Mysuru District Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD), who enthusiastically participated in the Dasara Marathon this morning, had a bad fall. Fortunately, he was not injured. Participating in the Marathon inauguration, the Minister, wearing a white shirt and a dhoti, displayed sportive spirit by running. And even fellow participants and some media persons egged on the Minister…
Hunsur farmers impress at Raitha Dasara
October 14, 2018As part of ‘Raitha Dasara,’ a sports competition was held for farmers under men’s and women’s categories yesterday at J.K. Grounds here. The events for men featured running with a backpack of 50kg fertilizer, three-legged race (two men with a leg of each strapped together), gunny sack race and slow cycling. For women, the events…
‘Dasara Yogothsava’ at Mysore Palace
October 14, 2018Hundreds of yoga enthusiasts dotted the sprawling Mysore Palace premises as they took part in the Dasara Yogothsava organised by Yoga Dasara Sub-Committee as part of Dasara festivities early this morning. District Minister G.T. Devegowda and Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh too joined hundreds of yoga enthusiasts from all ages and all walks of life in…
Mysuru women spikers clinch Dasara title
October 14, 2018Inspiring play by Sureka and Lakshmi enabled Mysuru district to register a facile 25-16, 25-23, 28-30, 25-22 win over Dakshina Kannada and clinch the women’s volleyball title while helped by inspiring play by their attackers Ashwal Rai and Srivatsa Prabhu, Dakshina Kannada registered a well earned 25-20, 25-17, 25-16 win over Bengaluru City to clinch…
Dasara Wrestling event lacks transparency, says former Wrestler
October 13, 2018Alleging that the Dasara Wrestling contest is getting less transparent with each passing year, former international wrestler from Belagavi, Pailwan Ratan Mathapathi has said that this has resulted in participation coming down. Taking exception to the referees decision to grant 4 points instead of two points in the 63kg Greeco-Roman style wrestling event at D….
Madhusudan of Davanagere wins Greco-Roman Wrestling event
October 13, 2018Wrestler Madhusudan of Davanagere emerged as the winner in the Men’s 130 kg Greco-Roman wrestling event, which Rajendra of Bagalkot came second and Akshay Kumar of Mysuru third. Other winners 55kg category — 1st place: Kumar M. Nagar of Bagalkot, 2nd: B.S. Prateek of Davanagere and 3rd: Rupesh R. Kugaji of Belagavi and G. Sanjay…
Dasara Open Men’s Chess Tournament: Nine players share lead
October 13, 2018Nine players — L. Vivekananda, V.P.S. Darshan, Sharan R. Setty, S.N. Jatin, C. Pavan, Srinivasa, Chaitanya Ganesh, N. Venkatesh Babu and M. Shivanth — shared the lead with three points from three rounds in the Dasara Open Chess Tournament in the men’s section yesterday. The tourney is conducted by MDCA under the aegis of UKCA,…
Six-day Dasara Hockey Tourney begins in city
October 13, 2018The six-day Dasara Hockey Tournament, organised by Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES) and Dasara Executive Committee, began at Chamundi Vihar Stadium here yesterday. The Tournament will be held till Oct.16. As many as 42 teams from across Karnataka are participating in the tournament being conducted separately for men and women. In the men’s…
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