The Mumbai Indians stormed their way to the IPL 2017 final defeating the Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in Qualifier 2 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium yesterday. After opting to bowl, the MI bowlers destroyed their opponents, bundling them out for 107, after which their batsmen chased down the runs in 14.3 overs. Karn…
Will it be Knight Riders or Mumbai Indians for the finals?
May 19, 2017A place in the IPL 2017 Final will be up for grabs when the Kolkata Knight Riders meet their nemesis Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 to be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru later today. MI finished the league season at the top of the table before they stumbled against Rising Pune Supergiant in…
Gambhir guides KKR to win against Sunrisers
May 18, 2017Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Gautam Gambhir guided his team to a win in the rain-hit tie against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, on last night. With rain playing spoilsport, KKR needed just 48 off 6 overs as the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) method came into play. Hyderabad had managed to score 128/7 in their 20…
Draw ceremony of FIBA Women’s Asia Cup Basketball held
May 18, 2017The 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…















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