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Four from Mangaluru, Udupi win medals at Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship

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December 12, 2017

Mangaluru, Dec 12: As many as four athletes from Karnataka’s twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have bagged gold and other medals in the Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship.

Sportspersons from over 15 countries had taken part in the Championship held in Kerala’s Alappuzha from December 4 to 9.

Veniziea A Carlo, a student of second year pre-university in St Agnes College, Mangaluru, bagged a gold medal in sub-junior category of 57kg. Her previous achievements include grabbing a gold medal in National Sub-junior Powerlifting Championship held in Chandrapur, Maharashtra. Her father Vincent Prakash Carlo trains her himself.

Pradeep Kumar Acharya, who works as a fitness instructor in Mangaluru, is another medallist. His mother is a tailor. He started powerlifting in 2013. His earlier achievements include winning a gold medal in Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship in South Africa in 83kg category. 

In the Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship, he won a bronze in raw squat category by lifting 235 kg. "The competition was tough. Participants from five countries were competing in my category and I am happy that I was able to win a bronze," he said.

Vishwanath B Ganiga (25) from Kundapur in Udupi district won a gold and a silver medal. He participated in the senior 83 kg category and won gold in raw deadlift and silver overall. 

He works as a system engineer in a software company in Bengaluru. He had earlier won gold in Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship held in South Africa.

Ashok G V has bagged a gold medal in the masters category. The 55-year-old is a Canara Bank employee in Kundapur in Udupi district. His previous achievements include winning a silver medal in the Asian championship held in Hong Kong in 2015. He competed in Masters 2 category (30-60 years).

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asha shetty
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Wednesday, 13 Dec 2017

Thats a nice  achviement 

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June 3,2020

Karwar, Jun 3: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert, predicting thundershowers and heavy rainfall over north interior Karnataka, coastal Dakshina Kannada and Udupi over the next three days.

With Cyclone Nisarga hitting the Uttara Kannada coast on Tuesday,  parts of coastal Karnataka received heavy rainfall. Gusty winds tore through the coastal towns, as the sea too turned violent with rough waves smashing the shore.

The alert was issued with the advancement of Nisarga from east-central Arabian Sea to north Maharashtra, and adjoining south Gujarat coast. “Though it does not cover Karnataka, the range of cyclonic winds is very big and reaches north interior Karnataka also.

So an alert has been called out,” CS Patil, director in-charge, IMD, Bengaluru, said. The weather department has forecast a severe cyclonic storm and then a depression. Patil said formation of systems is a common factor before the onset of the monsoon and they help in its advancement.

“Cyclone Nisarga is helping in the quick advancement of the southwest monsoon to Karnataka, and the monsoon is likely to arrive before the scheduled date as conditions are favourable,” he added.

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January 23,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 23: Bajpe Police on Thursday registered yet another case against the prime accused in Mangaluru International Airport case, Aditya Rao.

According to the police, a complaint was received from the officials of Indigo flight that they had to delay their flight scheduled to take off for Hyderabad at 1615 hrs after receiving a hoax call from Aditya, threatening of bomb.

They also asserted that the passengers were de-boarded from the flight and the luggages were brought back to security check again.

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January 21,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 21: The city police arrested the auto driver of the auto-rickshaw allegedly used by the suspect to place the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Mangaluru International Airport.

The identity of the auto driver is yet to be ascertained.

The police are currently interrogating the auto driver to obtain details about the suspect, according to reports.

The IED recovered from a bag at the airport was defused in an open field by the personnel of the bomb disposal squad yesterday.

The visuals of the suspect have also been shared by the police for his identification. 

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