Indian sports stars Dipa Karmakar, Sakshi Malik, Vikas Gowda and Mariyappan Thangavelu, who have made India proud, received the Padma Shri Award from President Pranab Mukherjee at a function organised at Rashtrapathi Bhavan yesterday. Karmakar, hailing from Agartala, missed the bronze medal by a whisker as American gymnast Simone Biles, won her third gold medal…
New Delhi – Mysuru-Kodagu Member of Parliament Pratap Simha has met Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayanth Sinha and has appealed to him to restart flight services from Mysore Airport. The MP told the Minister that Mysuru could be covered under the Union Government’s ambitious Ude Desh ka Aam Nagarik (UDAN) scheme. In his…
Mysuru – C.S. Krishna Setty (in pic), Administrative Officer, Rashtriya Lalithakala Academy, New Delhi , has been selected for Raja Ravi Varma Award instituted by Shri Ravi Varma Art Institute, Mysuru, for the year 2017. The award will be presented during an event to be held on Apr. 9 at the institute premises in Chamarajapuram…
New Delhi – The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed Karnataka’s plea to review the abatement of appeal against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late J. Jayalalithaa and recovery of Rs. 100 crore fine in a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case. On Mar. 21, the Karnataka Government moved the review petition in the Court. The State said the…
Kishori Amonkar (84), who represented the last of a generation of Hindustani classical vocalists in the country, passed away in sleep yesterday night at her Prabhadevi apartment in Mumbai. “She had dinner at around 9 pm and went to sleep. Ten minutes later, her hand seemed cold, which is when we called a doctor,” said…
Ace Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu beat former world number one Carolina Marin 21-19, 21-16 in straight sets to win the India Open 2017 super series event, here yesterday. It was sweet revenge for Sindhu who lost the 2016 Rio Olympics final to Marin but got the better of the top seed in front of the…
Regular flight operations will soon begin from Mysuru under the first phase of the Centre’s Affordable Regional Connectivity Scheme, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. He said that five airliners have been selected to operate 128 routes, including Mysuru under the Udan scheme in which the airfare is capped at Rs. 2,500 for a one-hour flight….
In response to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) asking the Union Home Ministry if they India could play cricket with Pakistan later in the year, the Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir has made it clear that cricket ties with the neighbouring country are not likely to resume any time…
Just after the election results of 5 States were out, the Bahujan Samajwadi Party Supremo Mayawati alleged that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) have been tampered with, otherwise this result in Uttar Pradesh elections is not at all possible. After that, the New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also expressed his doubt about EVMs and…
In yet another move to push the Aadhaar or Unique Identity card, the government has now planned to make Aadhaar mandatory for seeking a new licence or renewal of your Driving Licence in a bid to ensure that there are no multiple driving licenses under one name. Meanwhile, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked…
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