Posthumous Karnataka Ratna Award for Puneeth Rajkumar soon: CM Bommai
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said, “Our favourite ‘Power Star’ Puneeth Rajkumar will be honoured with a posthumous ‘Karnataka Ratna’ award after consulting with his family at the earliest date. A committee will be formed to organise a program in a manner that brings respect and honour to Puneeth and Dr. Rajkumar”, he informed.
The Chief Minister spoke to the media near his residence on Thursday.
“Puneeth Rajkumar’s life, his social behaviour, the way he helped the poor was exemplary and inspiring. At an early age, he has achieved great things. We must all remember his work”, he said.
“Had Puneeth Rajkumar been alive, we would have been celebrating his 47th birthday with great joy. Although we are saddened by his loss, his life has been an inspiration to us”, he expressed.
Puneeth Rajkumar starring movie titled James is set to release on Thursday. The Chief Minister wished that the movie attain success, and offered greetings in this regard.
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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.
