M'lore in dire need of an international cricket stadium: Streak

April 28, 2012

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Mangalore, April 28: The trophy for the 'Heath Streak Corporation Bank Mohtisham T20 International Cricket Cup 2012' was unveiled by Heath Streak, Former Zimbabwe captain, in Mangalore on Saturday.

The T20 match is to be played on Sunday at NMPT Cricket Stadium, Suratkal, at 2 pm between team Zimbabwe (named as Property Infratech Zimbabwe Africans) and team Mangalore (named as The Western Institute Karnataka Indians).

Speaking on the occasion, Heath Streak said that the match is being played to raise funds for the Heath Streak Foundation to help the needy.

Recalling his playing days, Mr. Streak said that Sachin Tendulkar and Mathew Hayden were the two toughest batsmen he had ever bowled to. Stating that known names such as Ravi Shastri hail from Mangalore, Mr. Streak said that the city is in dire need of an international cricket stadium.

Other prominent Zimbabwe players such as Grant Flower, Brendon Taylor, Douglas Marillier, Elton Chigumbura, Raymond Price and the like were also welcomed on the occasion.

Joseph Rego, Head of the Heath Streak Foundation said that the Foundation is in negotiation with Corporation Bank to launch a 'Child Education Certificate' valued at Rs. 2000 that would be distributed to poverty stricken children deprived of basic education.

The Foundation is also in negotiation with Unity Hospital, the official and exclusive healthcare partner of the T20 tourney, for an association to establish a childcare plan, which financially benefits poor and needy children suffering from heart disorders, Mr. Rego said.

Team jerseys were also unveiled on the occasion.

The teams:

Team Zimbabwe: Heath Streak (Captain), Alistair Campbell, Grant Flower, Raymond Price, Brendan Taylor, Elton Chigumbura, Terry Duffin, Douglkas Marillier, Charles Coventry, Mpumelelo Mbangwa and Dirk Viljoen.

Team Mangalore: Janardhan (Captain), Daniel, Naushad, Divesh, Sadik, Gurudeep, Nihal, Mahesh, Sampath K, Sampath A, Vinay, Sumith, Rahul, Aditya, Bhatkal, aSachin and Sohail.

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March 27,2020

Belgaum, Mar 26: The police on Thursday thrashed people who had gone to offer prayers at a mosque despite the nationwide lockdown in force.
In a video, the police personnel can be seen thrashing the people with batons while they were leaving after offering prayers at a local mosque here.
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Similarly in Uttar Pradesh's Budaun, the police made people hop along a road with their bags strapped on their backs as a punishment. The people were possibly going to their native places.
In the video of the Budaun incident, a few men can be seen being made to hop along the road with a stick-wielding policeman keeping a watch.
SSP Budaun told ANI that an investigation is being conducted into the incident and expressed an apology for the police's behaviour.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a 21-day countrywide lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, saying that "social distancing" is the only option to deal with the highly contagious disease.

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June 14,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 14: In a fresh case of vigilante attack, a cattle trader was tied to a buffalo-laden vehicle and thrashed by the miscreants belonging to Bajrang Dal in the city today. 

The victim has been identified as Mohammad Haneef Guddemane (34), a resident of Jokatte village on the outskirts of the city. 

The attack took place in the early morning near Infosys office at Urva, when Haneef was transporting his four buffalos to Kudroli slaughter house. 

The miscreants continued to thrash him until the local police reached spot. Based on the complaint of ‘illegal cattle transportation’ by the Bajrang Dal, the police took the victim to custody and also seized the buffalos. 

The police also took the victim to hospital and subjected him to covid test before producing him before a local judge.

While the Bajrang Dal members lodged complaint of illegal transpiration against the victim, the victim showed all the records of the cattle and lodged a counter complaint against the attackers.

It is learnt that Haneef had purchased 10 cattle from Haveri district and sold six among them. He was transporting remaining four buffalos to Kudroli slaughter house.

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April 14,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 14: 11 more COVID-19 cases have been reported in Karnataka since 5 pm Monday, informed the state government on Tuesday.

The total number of coronavirus positive cases in the state now stand at 258, including 9 deaths and 65 discharged.

To check the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus, the 21-day lockdown announced last month has been extended by the Centre till May 3.

Meanwhile, India's total number of coronavirus positive cases has climbed to 10,363 including 8,988 active cases, 1,035 cured/discharged/migrated and 339 deaths, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said today.

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