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Mangaluru: Former Ranji player Panambur Narasimha Bhandary dies at 78

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November 17, 2017

Mangaluru, Nov 17: Famous cricketer of yesteryears and former Ranji player and Panambur Narasimha Bhandary passed away on Friday afternoon at his residence, here, due to old age. He was aged 78 years.

Popularly known as ‘Bab Bhandary’, he was born in Mangaluru on February 18, 1939. He is an alumnus of St Aloysius College and his keen interest in sports saw him playing cricket for Mysore University.

He played for Karnataka Ranji team for 2 years along with Brijesh Patel and E.A.S Prasanna. But in the cricketing world he was better known for playing for Bihar Ranji team for 3 years based at Jameshedpur. He was also an ace tennis player, according to his close friend Prof. P. A. Gopinath.

In his cricketing career he practiced right-hand bat batting style and his bowling style was legbreak. His first class span lasted from 1959-60 to 1961-62.  He also got a chance to play against England and Pakistan in county matches, it is understood.

He is survived by his wife Sheela and son Dilip.

Last rites will be performed on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at his residence in Gandhinagar, Mangaluru, to be following by cremation at Boloor Crematorium.

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Akshay
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Saturday, 18 Nov 2017

Great Cricketer from South Kanara District. # RIP.

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February 17,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 17: Kambala superstar Shrinivas Gowda, who is drawing comparisons to ace sprinter Usain Bolt, has reportedly refused to take part in athletics trials with the Sports Authority of India.

28-year-old Gowda, who hails from Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada, was celebrated as a potential Olympian after a clip of his race went viral, amid claims that he had done 100m in 9.55 seconds, against Bolt's record of 9.58. He has so far won 32 medals in 11 kambala events this season.

Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju and SAI said Gowda would appear for trials at SAI's Bengaluru centre on Monday. The government "will do everything to identify sporting talents", Rijiju had tweeted.

"I will meet the Chief Minister. I am keen on continuing in kambala," Gowda said. Asked about the clamour for a crossover into athletics, he said, "For the time being I have no plans to appear for SAI trials. I am busy with the Kambala season and will consider meeting them following that and after consulting my well-wishers."

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April 10,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 10: The Karnataka Education Board on Friday further postponed the annual examination for SSLC to May due to extension of lockdown to arrest spread of coronavirus which is spreading like wildfire in the state.

Minister for Primary and Higher Education S Suresh Kumar also announced that the PUC examination were also postponed to May.

"However, depending upon the situation we will announce the date in May and will inform the students one week earlier of the examination date to give time for preparation,"

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January 16,2020

Haveri, Jan 16: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday hinted at inducting 16 MLAs into the Cabinet which was due for expansion despite the fact that it was a difficult task.

Participating in a function of Choudayya Community here, he further said one should understand the difficulty faced to undertake cabinet expansion in the prevailing situation and whoever gives suggestion should understand the circumstances otherwise the statements would lead to confusion among the community and people of the state.

He stated that 'as many as 17 MLAs resigned to make me Chief Minister and now their community people want their leader to become Minister, it is very difficult to satisfy all of them'.

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