Ajinkya Joshi

Fifth seed Nithin HV bagged a fine double, winning the U-15 singles and doubles titles at the ASA state sub-junior ranking badminton tournament in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Bhargav defeated Abhiman Andekuli 21-15, 21-13 while Nithin HV ousted Saneeth S Dayanand 21-19, 21-17. The duo then teamed up to enter the doubles final, where they will face Ajinkya Joshi and Saket CS.

Recently a musical programme was organised in the city in the memory of late tabla player Pt Satishchandra Choudhary.

Tejas Kallolkar faced a tough fight from Chinmaya Venkatesh before prevailing 21-16, 20-22, 23-21 to reach the semifinals of U-15 boys event in the Hollyhock sub-junior state-ranking tournament on Monday. Also advancing were Saket CS, Ajinkya Joshi and Bhargav S Gowda.

Leg-spinner Sunil Yadav (4-28) had the England Performance Programme XI (EPP XI) in a spin at Poona Club that saw Maharashtra XI score a 43-run win in a 50-over friendly.

A 12-hour classical music concert, titled Bhimpalas, will be held at Shakuntala Jagannath Shetty auditorium in Dr Kalmadi Shamarao High School in Ganeshnagar from 9.30am to 9.30pm on October 16 to commemorate Pandit Bhimsen Joshi’s centenary year.The concert will be free and open to all.

The grand inauguration took place at the Prakash Tingre Ground, Dhanori and was led by Royals’ Global Head of Academy Coaching Siddhartha Lahiri, Rajasthan Royals’ Chief Business Officer Alok Chitre, Maharashtra Cricket Association COO Ajinkya Joshi, JusCricket Academy Mentor and Owner of MPL franchise Solapur Royals Kapil Baheti, and JusCricket Academy Director and former Royals’ player Parag More.

Top seed Ajinkya Joshi made short work of Kavish Chengappa AD to storm into the quarterfinals of the boys U-15 category in the R Subbanna Memorial and Yonex State Badminton Championships on Sunday.

Nikhit Laxman battled past ECA's Nikhilshyam Sriram in the boys' U-15 semifinal of the 18th W Suresh Kumar memorial AISS Global 3-star state-ranking badminton tournament in Bangalore.

Shivam Dubey smashed 243 (171b , 24x4, 15x6) as Mumbai Port Trust scored 438 against B Arunkumar in their Times Shield 'B' Division match at the National cricket ground.

Popular Marathi actress Titeeksha Tawde, who recently shot to limelight with her Bollywood film 'Shabaash Mithu' starring Taapse Pannu and others, is now all set to make her comeback on Marathi television. Titeeksha will be seen playing a lead role after a long time with the new show 'Saatvya Mulichi Saatvi Mulgi'.

On Friday afternoon, for the first time, Pre-IAS Academy, Buldi, organized a santoor recital on its premises for its students in collaboration with Spic Macay (Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth).

Just as the winter chill set in on Thursday, music lovers filled the sprawling pandal for the sixty-first edition of the Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav festival.

Mira Mahadevan outclassed Neha G in the title clash of the girls’ U-19 category in the Chettinad Cement Sadashivanagar State-ranking badminton tournament here on Tuesday. Mira scored a 21-9, 21-13 victory to be crowned champion.