The draw ceremony for the FIBA Asia Women’s Cup Basketball Tourney was held at the home-office of Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddharamaiah on yesterday. India has been placed in Group-A of Division-B along with neighbour Sri Lanka; Uzbekistan and American Samoa (ASA). The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has allotted two FIBA Asia Championships to the…
CM launches Kaushalya Karnataka Mission
May 15, 2017Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is seen launching the Web Portal of Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC) at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru this morning as KSDC Chairman Muralidhar Halappa, actor-brand ambassador for Kaushalya Karnataka Mission Puneeth Rajkumar and Assembly Speaker K.B. Koliwad look on.
Karnataka State Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament: Three players share lead
May 13, 2017Three players, D. Yashas (Shivamogga), M.G. Gahan (Mangaluru) and N. Sanjay (Bengaluru) shared the lead with 5.5 points from six rounds in the Karnataka State Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament being played at Bengaluru from May 10-14. Mysuru lad Chaitanya Ganesh secured 4 points from six rounds and is placed 38th while A. Ananya has…
Woes of a bus commuter from Mysuru to Electronics City
May 7, 2017Sir, Apropos the letters in SOM dated May 3, 2017 and April 18, 2017 regarding introduction of direct buses, I have been ‘fleeing’ to and from Electronics City, Bengaluru to Jayanagar, Mysuru since July 2016 on Fridays. The route bus number 378 starts completely jam-packed from Electronics City flyover and reaches Kengeri. The passengers boarding…
SC/ST employees to take out rally in Bengaluru on May 8
May 6, 2017Mysuru: Urging the State Government to file a review petition before the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court against the Apex Court’s Feb. 9 ruling striking down ‘consequential seniority’ in the promotion of SC/ST employees awarded by the State Government in 1978, the Karnataka State Government SC/ST Employees Co-ordination Committee will take out a rally…
Will KSRTC ply direct buses from Mysuru to Whitefield
May 3, 2017Sir, This refers to Dr. Shyamprasad’s letter in SOM dated April 18 on the above subject. His suggestion will definitely help a good number of passengers. Nowadays KSRTC buses are dropping passengers at Satellite bus station at Byatarayanapura, Bengaluru. As a result, passengers travelling towards Whitefield, HSR Layout and other parts have to spend a…
An appeal to SWR
May 2, 2017Sir, On 17th April, I travelled from Bengaluru to Mysuru by Super Fast Tipu Express which is scheduled for a single stop at Mandya. But on the said day for reasons unknown, it had two unscheduled stoppages, of almost 5 minutes near Maddur and 10 minutes at Pandavapura Station, causing delayed arrival at Mysuru by…
Bribery: Tahsildar sentenced to seven years imprisonment
April 25, 2017Mysuru: The Lokayukta Special Court has sentenced a Tahsildar, who was trapped while receiving bribe for issuing ‘Podi Katha’ to a person, to seven years imprisonment besides imposing a penalty of Rs. 50,000 on him. Raghumurthy, who is currently serving as Tahsildar in Bengaluru, is the one who has been sentenced. Raghumurthy, who was serving…
Naga drops a new bomb: Says Ministers, officials involved in Black and White money conversion racket
April 23, 2017Bengaluru: Former Corporator and rowdy-sheeter Nagaraj alias ‘Bomb’ Naga has released a video alleging that a few Ministers including IPS officers, were involved in the conversion of demonetised currencies into new ones in the city. He also alleged that he was very much present in his stronghold Srirampura and accused the cops of plotting to…
State U-13 Sub-Junior Basketball: Pro-Tec Challengers score over Devanga SC
April 23, 2017Pro-Tec Challengers, Mysuru, taking part in the U-13 State-level Sub-Junior Basketball Championships for the S.B. Narayan Memorial Trophy at Dharwad scored their second successive win in the Tournament by registering a 23-21 win over Devanga SC, Bengaluru, on Friday. Scores: Pro-Tec Challengers: 23 (Dhanush 8, Prateek 4) bt Devanga SC: (Roshan 9) (ht-9-13).
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