Mangalore boys thrash Team Zimbabwe in T20 tie

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April 29, 2012

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Mangalore, April 29: Putting up a scintillating all-round show, Team Mangalore beat Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak's men by 38 runs in a T20 encounter at NMPT Ground, Panambur, on Sunday.

Batting first the Mangalore team named as Western Institute Karnataka Indians scored a mammoth 193 runs in their allotted 20 overs.

Opener Naushad starred for Karnataka Indians blasting 72 off 49 deliveries while Gurudeep also contributed with a half century scoring 50 off 37 balls.

The Karnataka Indians lost 6 wickets during the course of their innings. For Property Infratech Zimbabwe Africans, Pomie Mbangwa picked up two wickets giving away 27 runs while Elton Chigumbura, Raymond Price and Douglas Marillier picked up a wicket apiece.

In reply, the Zimbabwe Africans had a tough time negotiating the pace of Sampath Kumar who picked up 3 wickets in his first spell, including 2 in one over to put the African team on the backfoot straightaway.

Sampath Kumar accounted for former captain of Zimbabwe Alistair Campbell (1) who opened with the current national team captain Brendon Taylor (3) and Charles Coventry (2) who held the record for the highest individual ODI score of 194 alongside Saeed Anwar of Pakistan for a long time until it was eclipsed by Sachin Tendulkar's double ton at Nagpur.

Grant Flower, another veteran of the Zimbabwe side showed his class with a few shots on either side of the wicket but his stay on the crease was brief too and he departed for 18 after being bowled by Karnataka Indians skipper Jayaprakash.

With almost half his side back in the hut, skipper Heath Streak stepped out to bat and with Douglas Marillier, put on 87 runs for the sixth wicket. While Streak hit some real big ones out of the park, Marillier played some of his trademark cheeky shots and reverse sweeps. However, the asking rate was too much for the Streak and Marillier to handle and they both departed ultimately scoring 59 and 28 respectively. Streak's half century comprised of four sixes and five fours while Marillier smashed four hits across the fence.

It was then a question of completing the formalities and Sampath Kumar returned to bowl the last over disturbing the timber of Terry Duffins and Dirk Viljoen off the last two bowls to snatch a five wicket haul. At the end of the innings, his figures read 5/22. Spinner Sumeeth scalped two wickets while Vinay GK and captain Jayaprakash picked up a wicket each. The Zimbabwe Africans could only manage 155, handing over a 38 run victory to the local team.

Naushad took home the 'Man of the Match' award for his splendid batting performance in addition to the 'Highest Score Award' as well.

Zimbabwe Africans skipper Heath Streak was awarded the 'Highest Sixes Award'. His teammate Douglas Marillier was awarded the 'Outstanding Spectacular Cricketer' award.

Gurudeep of Karnataka Indians won the 'Best Batsman' award while Elton Chigumbura and Sampath Kumar won the 'Best Fielder' and 'Best Bowler' awards respectively.

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Onus lies on judiciary to ensure speedy justice: Karnataka HC Judge

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January 20,2020

Chamarajanagara, Jan 20: Karnataka High Court Judge P G M Patil has said that it was the responsibility of the judiciary to ensure that justice was not delayed.

He was speaking at a function marking the inauguration of the first and second floors of the district courts in Chamarajanagar town here last evening. He said that the role of the judiciary was critical in establishing justice in society and hence all efforts must be made to ensure that there was no delay in securing justice.

He observed that the district court has been provided with better amenities that should be utilized for the benefit of the public. The district is no longer backward. It has shown progress and development in recent years and has produced three HC judges, Justice Patil added.

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Karnataka govt puts on hold decision to drop some chapters from social science textbooks

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: The Karnataka government on Wednesday put on hold a controversial proposal to drop certain chapters, including on Islam, Christianity, Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali, from social science textbooks to reduce the 2020-21 syllabi for students in classes 1-10.

Citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption caused to the academic calendar of the year, the government had earlier dropped the chapter on Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali from the Class 7 social science textbook, saying chapters on Tipu Sultan have been retained in the Class 6 and 10 textbooks.

The move did not go down well with the opposition, which saw certain ulterior motives behind the decision.

Apparently under sharp criticism, the Department of Public Instruction issued a new notification on Wednesday "on the directions of the Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar".

There is a delay in opening the schools during the academic year 2020-21 due to COVID-19 pandemic, said the latest order.

In this context, the order said, chapters were dropped to fit in 120 days of the academic year for classes 1 to 10 and the same was published in the department's website.

"However, on the directions of the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, the decision to drop certain chapters has been put on hold. A review will be done following which the deleted chapters will be uploaded in the website," the order read.

Earlier in the day, Mr Kumar had issued a statement, saying that the decision to truncate the syllabus has not been finalised yet. He also made it clear that his department would not remove chapters unnecessarily.

Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah had attacked the government on the issue.

"The government, which has failed to control the spread of coronavirus, is using it as an opportunity to push its clandestine agenda of saffronising the textbooks," Siddaramaiah tweeted.

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London to Kolkata bus service? Yes, it’s real! Viral pics of 1957 make netizens curious

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July 2,2020

When the black and white photos of the ‘London to Calcutta (Kolkata) bus service’ went viral on social media recently, the response of some of the netizens was “stop spreading fake news!” But, it isn’t a fake news. The late 1950s indeed offered people a lavish bus trip from London to Kolkata.

While one of the viral images shows passengers at the Victoria Coach Station, London, boarding 'Albert', the other image show the same bus travelling through a valley. In another image the bus is stationed at a tourist spot. All these photos were captured during the bus’ maiden international journey in 1957.

An image of the bus ticket is also making rounds on social media, that shows the route of the bus — London, Belgium, West Germany, Austria,Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, West Pakistan, India. The route in India followed Delhi, Agra, Allahabad, Banaras and finally Calcutta.

The ticket shows that a one side travel cost 145 pounds (13,644 Rupees at the present day) back then, and it was inclusive of all the luxury provided during the run.

The luxurious bus provided the facilities of reading, individual sleeping bunks, radio/taped music for parties and pleasure and fan heaters, among other things. The brochure reads, "Your complete home while you travel."

Some of the tour highlights included Banaras on the Ganges, The Taj Mahal, The Raj Path, The Rhine Valley and The Peacock Throne. Passengers reportedly got free shopping days in New Delhi, Tehran, Salzburg, Kabul, Istanbul and Vienna.