India's campaign in the men's singles event at the Hylo Open 2025 badminton tournament concluded on Friday with top seeds Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, and Kiran George losing their quarterfinal matches in Saarbrucken, Germany.
Indian shuttlers Ayush Shetty, Lakhsya Sen, Kiran George and Rakshitha Ramesh stormed into the quarter-finals of the ongoing Hylo Open 2025 after winning their respective games of the competition here on Thursday.
India's top-ranked men's shuttler, Lakshya Sen, stormed into the second round of the ongoing Hylo Open 2025 badminton tournament, with a victory over world number seven Christo Popov of France at the Saarlandhalle on Wednesday.
Centuries from star Indian batters Karun Nair and Ajinkya Rahane took their side to a respective total at the end of the second day of the Round two fixture in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season on Sunday.
Karnataka's 13-year-old prodigy Srishti Kiran secured her first international junior title, winning the ITF J30 at Cabarete in the Dominican Republic on Saturday.
This will be the first time the Air Force Day celebrations will be held in Assam, marking the previous events held in Chandigarh (2022), Prayagraj (2023), and Chennai (2024)- which witnessed around 1 lakh, 10 lakh, and 15 lakh spectators, respectively.
Earlier in the day, she also visited Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar at his residence in Bengaluru. These visits came after the Mazumdar's recent highlighting of the "poor" infrastructure in Bengaluru.
In a post on X, DK Shivakumar wrote, "It was a pleasure to meet Ms. @kiranshaw, entrepreneur and Founder of Biocon, at my residence today. We had an engaging discussion on Bengaluru's growth, innovation, and the path ahead for Karnataka's growth story."
This comes after Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon chief, expressed frustration over Bengaluru's infrastructure woes, citing poor road conditions and garbage management issues.
Captain Shashi Kiran, CPRO of North Western Railway, told ANI that extra coaches, volunteers, and Railway Protection Force (RPF) staff have been deployed at stations to manage passenger rush and ensure smooth travel.
"If she wants to develop them (roads), let her do it. If she comes and asks, we will give her the roads," Shivakumar said while conducting the "Bengaluru Nadige (Walk for Bengaluru)" program in the KR Puram area.