Mandya: Three girls drown in a canal, one feared missing
Mandya(PTI): Police on Sunday said they recovered the bodies of three girls who drowned in a canal, while another is feared missing in Srirangapatna taluk.
The incident occurred on Saturday evening at Mandyadakoppalu village, and the deceased were aged between 13 and 14 years, police said.
According to officials, they were students of an Islamic seminary in Mysuru.
A group of 15 people, mostly students and a teacher, had come on a visit when six of them, including the teacher, were swept away by strong currents. Two of them, including the teacher, were later rescued.
"The bodies of three girls were recovered after an extensive search operation by rescue teams and residents. One girl is still missing," police said.
Rescue teams continue to search for the missing girl, they added.
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Sindhu out of Thailand Open, loses to Yamaguchi in quarterfinals
Bangkok (PTI): Indian badminton ace PV Sindhu squandered a one-game advantage to go down fighting to top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open tournament here on Friday.
Sindhu lost 21-19, 18-21, 15-21 to world number three Yamaguchi in the women's singles quarterfinal match that lasted just over one hour in the USD 500,000 Super 500 tournament.
The two-time Olympic medallist and sixth seed Sindhu had reached the quarterfinals after beating Denmark's Amalie Schulz 21-13, 21-15 on Thursday.
Lakshya Sen, the 2021 World Championships bronze medallist, and the duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will feature in the men's singles and men's doubles quarterfinals respectively later in the day.
