Sir, As a further step to Swachhatha Abhiyaan, the Railways should take steps to say ‘NO’ to plastics in the trains. The vendors selling eatables like idli and dosa wrap them with thin plastic papers while the vendors selling groundnuts too pack them in plastic covers. I have in my journey, advised them several times…
M.P. Prabhakaran on KBG
April 23, 2018Sir, This has reference to M.P. Prabhakaran’s Book Talk titled “Star of Mysore: Story of a unique evening english newspaper — Trials and Tribulations of a Newspaper Editor” (SOM dated Apr.21). It made good reading. I was wondering if KBG had left India, he too would have been like his friend Prabhakaran, in a different…
K.R. BJP candidate S.A. Ramdas seeks Pejawar Seer’s blessings
April 23, 2018Krishnaraja (K.R.) BJP candidate and former Minister S.A. Ramdas called on Pejawar Seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji at Sri Krishna Dhama in city yesterday and sought his blessings.
Pooja Gandhi re-joins JD(S)
April 23, 2018Ahead of Karnataka Assembly polls, sandalwood actress Pooja Gandhi re-joined the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) at the party’s office in Bengaluru yesterday in the presence of Party National Working President P.G.R. Sindhia. The actress had quit the party in 2012 to join Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP). She later quit KJP too, to join Badavara Shramikara Raitara…
Secures Natl. Means Cum Merit Scholarship
April 23, 2018Sadvidya High School gets 21 Ranks in the National Means Cum Merit Scholarship (NMMS) Examination conducted by DSERT, Bengaluru. N.S. Parinitha of 8th std. secured 1st Rank in the Exam.
Training in Japanese Language
April 23, 2018FKCCI launched a training programme in Japanese Language at Bengaluru recently. Takayuki Kitagawa, Consul General of Japan, Bengaluru, is seen addressing as D. Sureshkumar, Chairman, International Trade Committee, Yukifumi Umehara, Secretary General, JCCI, Bengaluru, Srividhya, Sakuraa Nihongo Resource Centre, C. R. Janardhana, Vice President, FKCCI; K. Ravi, President, FKCCI; Naveen Soni, Vice-President, External Affairs &…
Gowtham, Jofra Archer star as Rajasthan beat Mumbai
April 23, 2018Jaipur: In a game of see-sawing fortunes, Rajasthan Royals (RR) pipped Mumbai Indians (MI) by three wickets at home to pick their third win of the season. Jofra Archer (3 for 22), Sanju Samson (52) and Ben Stokes (40) laid the platform but when Mumbai clawed their way back into the game through late strikes,…
Karnataka State FIDE Rated U-15 Open and Girls Chess: Jagadish, Swara Lakshmi triumph
April 23, 2018Jagadish (7.5 points) and Swara Lakshmi S. Nair (7.5 points), both from Bengaluru, emerged champions in the Karnataka State U-15 FIDE Rated Open and U-15 Girls section respectively, on the concluding day of the three-day Championship conducted by Mysore Chess Centre at the Paradise Hotel Hall here yesterday. In the Open section, four players, P….
Selected to represent USA in Pan-American Badminton Championships
April 23, 2018Fifteen-year-old Roshni Venkat has been selected to represent USA in Pan-American Junior Badminton Championships scheduled on July 22 in Brazil. Roshni will be playing in the Under-17 Singles category. She is the daughter of Raghu Venkateshwaran, an alumnus of NIE Mysuru and Lakshmi Venkateshwaran, who are currently residing in Bengaluru. The young shuttler started playing…
Football: Facile win for Durgamba FC
April 23, 2018Durgamba FC, helped by inspiring goals from Darshan, Patrick and Salman, scored a 3-1 win over South Western Railway (South) FC in the MDFA ‘A’ Division Football League 2017-18, for the Achutha Rao Memorial Trophy played at the University Grounds here yesterday. Result: Durgamba FC: 3 (Darshan 17, Patrick 25, Salman 66) bt South Western…















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