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Bhandary, Shenoy win Under 16 State Chess Championship

June 20, 2011

Mangalore, June 20: Aneeshcharith Bhandary, a student of BRMP School, Bantwal and Reesha Shenoy, a student of Carmel English school, Mangalore, have won the titles in Karnataka State Under 16 Boys and Girls Chess Championship respectively.

The two day championship was organised by Karnataka State Chess Association (Affiliated to Chess Association of India) in association with Sri Dhavala College, Moodbidri.

In Boys section, Aneeshacharith scored unbeaten 7 points in as many rounds to claim the honour. Arjun Adappa (Lourdes Cenrtral School, Mangalore) scored 5 points to bag the runner up with superior tiebreak score over 5 more players with same points. Sourav M Boloor (Canara Urwa, Mangalore) stood 3rd with 5 points.

In Girls section, Reesha Shenoy scored unbeaten 4.5 points in 5 rounds to win the championship. Mahima Khandige (St Agnes Girls High School, Mangalore) scored unbeaten 4 points to secure runner up. Prerna Rai (Lourdes central school) was placed 3rd with 3.5 points.

Top two players in each category will represent Karnataka in the CAI Rated National Under 16 Chess Championship to be held at Maharashtra.

Prizes were distributed by Abhayachandra Jain, Chief Whip of the Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly and Mulky-Moodbidri MLA. Deric Pinto, President, Karnataka State Chess Association, Prof. Ravish Kumar, Principal, Sri Dhavala College, Moodbidri, Prasanna Rao, Joint secretary, Chess association of India, Shanthiraj Kambli, Physical Education Director, Sri Dhavala College, Moodbidri, Sri Praveen Kamath, Chief Arbiter were also present on the dais.

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April 26,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 26: A 24-year-old man has been arrested in Vijayapura district in Karnataka for posting the photograph of a COVID-19 girl patient as his whatsapp status photo with a derogatory message, police said.

Anil Rathod on Saturday posted the picture of the girl student as status message with a caption, "Bad News Student got Positive"

By putting her photograph as his whatsapp status message, he tried to create fear among the masses and intentionally defamed her by making her photo go viral, the the police said in a statement.

It is an offence to reveal the identity of the COVID-19 patients by taking the photograph and putting it in the public domain, the police said.

Rathod has been booked under for spreading rumours and causing panic, they said.

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