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Gulf Dirt Track National Championship in city on March 17, 18

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February 24, 2012

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Mangalore, February 24: The Sportscraft of Mumbai in association with Mangalore Motor Sports Association will be organising the first of the five legs of the Gulf Dirt Track National Championship (A Round) for two-wheelers at Fishery Ground here on March 17 and 18.

According to a press release issued by Shrikant Karani, Chairman Organising Committee, the event would run under the aegis of Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) and will be a round of FMSCI National Championship.

Some of the best riders of the country would be in action in the first round and that the entries would close on March 7. Late entries will be accepted till March 13.

Entry forms and the supplementary regulation had been posted on the Sportscraft's website (www.sportscraftindia.com).

The website said the event was being held under the International Sporting Code of the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), the National Competition Rules of the FMSCI (NCR).

The race is open for novices, subject to certain conditions. The first three finishers of Gulf Dirt Track National Championship till 2011 would not be eligible as novice rider for 2012. Second, the rider should not be seeded by the FMSCI for Dirt Track and Motocross and third, the rider should not have entered in the Expert (Indian /Private) class even once in a Gulf Dirt Track-Challenge / National Championship/ Gulf Cup for Dirt Track racing / Clash of Titan since January 2003. The participant eligible for novice class would be allowed to participate in only two races.

There are open events for foreign vehicles up to 250 cc, and scooters up to 150 cc. The local class races would be held in three categories for motorcycles up to 165 cc. One of the categories is called “Mangalore Class” where both two and four-stroke motorcycles will be allowed.

Participants should hold valid full competition licence issued by the FMSCI for Dirt Track. A team entry must possess valid FMSCI entrant licence. All competitors must be physically and mentally fit to compete and must be in possession of a valid medical certificate, the website informed.


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Sriramulu made the announcement in a series of tweets on Sunday. He said, “After symptoms of flu, I have tested positive for coronavirus today.”

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Karnataka’s Health Minister also added, “All those who have been in contact with me recently have been requested to take precautionary measures.”

Earlier this month, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa also tested positive for Covid-19. The state's Leader of Opposition and former CM Siddaramaiah of the Congress also declared that his samples too had returned positive for the infection. Both of the leaders are undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at the privately-owned Manipal hospital in Bengaluru.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Karnataka has 79,773 active cases while a total of 89,238 patients have been discharged in the state after recovering from Covid-19 and 3091 have succumbed to it.

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Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 4: Depressed over the communal and racist policies of union government, a 67-year-old retired school headmaster committed suicide allegedly after losing matriculation certificates and documents related to his father.

The victim was identified as Mohammed Ali a resident of Narikunni in Kozhikode district in north Kerala.

On finding Ali missing from home on Friday morning, his family members conducted a search in the nearby areas. His body was later found in a well located in one of his relative’s compound nearby.

A suicide note recovered, suspected to have been written by the victim read, “I have lost all my important certificates. Matriculation certificates of me and my wife. Old documents of my father are also missing. I think all these documents were given away along with the waste recently. None should be held responsible for my foolish act. You may get into trouble.”

According to relatives, Ali was under severe stress after regularly watching programmes related to CAA. He was also actively involved in anti CAA campaign.

“He was worried about the documents and had serious apprehensions about future,” said his younger brother Abdul Nasser.

“After attending an anti CAA meeting in Kozhikode he had shared his apprehensions. He used to frequently discuss the topic with others ,” recollected Jaffer a local resident.

Ali also had health complications. Meanwhile, the local police said that preliminary investigations suggested that the man could have taken the extreme step after losing documents. However, the reason behind the suicide could be said conclusively after detailed probe.

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The State Information Commissioner in his order had termed the conduct of the KPSC as against the spirit of transparency among the public authorities.

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