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Udupi teen Tanush Kotian makes it to India Under-19 cricket team

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October 18, 2017

Udupi, Oct 18: All-rounder Tanush Kotian got the most memorable birthday gift on Mondaywhen the national junior selection headed by Venkatesh Prasad granted him a place in the India U-19 team for the Asia Cup to be held in Malaysia next month.

Tanush was born and brought up in Mumbai. However, his roots are in coastal Karnataka. His father Karunakar and mother Mallika Kotian hail from Pangala in Udupi district.

Off-spinning all-rounder Tanush was training at the MCA-BKC indoor academy with his West Zone teammates for the Vinoo Mankad Trophy one-day tournament starting October 24 in Akota, when he got the news of his selection.

"Though I performed well for Mumbai in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy, I was not expecting to be selected. It was a surprise for me; it's a nice birthday gift," said Tanush, who claimed nine wickets and scored 120 runs in four Vinoo Mankad Trophy matches.

Tanush was grateful to his coaches — VN Sule Guruji Vidyamandir mentor Gopal Koli as well as former India offie Ramesh Powar, but he didn't forget to mention his first coach — his father Karunakar, who played 'A' Division cricket for Shantibhai Seth Memorial CC. Karunakar is now an umpire.

"I used to watch my dad bowling, particularly in tennis ball cricket. He inspired me to play and enjoy this game. He encouraged me to bowl off-spin and concentrate on batting as well. Later on, Koli sir and Powar sir taught me to earn my wickets with different variations," said Tanush, who plays for Dadar Union SC on the Mumbai club circuit.

Karunakar was surprised too. "Looking at his performance, I was sure about his selection in the zonal team, but not the national side. His all-round skills and consistency paid off. The Asia Cup will be a big opportunity for him," he said.

The India U-19 squad members for fourth edition of the Asia Cup cricket to be played in Malaysia from November 9-20 are: Himanshu Rana (Captain), Abhishek Sharma (vice-captain), Atharva Taide, Manjot Kalra, Salman Khan, Anuj Rawat, Harvik Desai, Riyan Parag, Anukul Roy, Shiva Singh, Tanush Kotian, Darshan Nalkande, Vivekanand Tiwary, Aditya Thakare, Mandeep Singh.

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August 5,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 5: Normal life was thrown out of gear as heavy rain and gusty winds lashed large parts of coastal and malnad districts of Karnataka in last 48 hours. Widespread power outages due to tree fall and minor landslides were reported in last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, Indian Meteorological Department has sounded a red alert for Uttara Kannada, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts 8:30am of August 5.

In Mangaluru city there were several tree falls disrupting power supply in key areas of the city. Four electricity poles were damaged after a tree fell on Boloor Jarandaya road due to rain and heavy winds. In Neermarga too, there were a couple of tree falls in the morning cutting off power supply, which was not restored till this report was sent.

Mescom bore the brunt of the rains in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada District and at the last count as many as 148 electric poles, 23 transformers and 65 kilometer conductor wires were damaged due to poles being damaged in tree fall and landslides.

Traffic was affected on Charmadi Ghat on the Mangaluru-Chikkamagaluru route due to a tree fall on the second hair pin bend. 

On Monday, landslides near Kottigehara, Chikkamagaluru District, left traffic badly affected. Though normalcy has been restored on the route after blocking the road for restoration till Tuesday morning, locals fear more landslides due to continuous downpour.

Kodagu district too received heavy rainfall in past 24 hours which resulted in water logging in low-lying areas.

In the Coast, Uttara Kannada received the highest amount of rainfall at 91mm, followed by Udupi at 75 and DK at 73mm. The highest Rainfall of 241 mm was recorded at Castlerock, Supa Taluk in Uttara Kannada District.

KSNMDC bulletin stated that widespread moderate to heavy rains associated with strong surface winds at times and isolated very heavy to extreme heavy rains was likely over Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada districts It also stated that wind speeds ranging between 50kmph to 60 kmph was forecast along the coast of Karnataka from Mangaluru to Karwar, warning fishermen not to venture into the sea.

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March 2,2020

New Delhi, Mar 2: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a curative petition filed by convict Pawan Kumar Gupta who was sentenced to death in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.

A five-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana said that no case is made out for re-examining the conviction and the punishment of the convict.

Other members of the bench were justices Arun Mishra, R F Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan.

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May 30,2020

Kasaragod, May 30: Karnataka origin IPS officer D Shilpa has been appointed the new Superintendent of Police of Kasargod district.

The 35-year-old 2016-batch IPS officer is the first woman SP of Kasaragod. 

Her appointment follows the sudden transfer of P S Sabu who was hitherto holding the post. He has now been appointed as SP of Alappuzha.

Shilpa has earlier served as ASP of Kasargod. She was also ASP of Kannur during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Shilpa was one of the three IPS officers assigned to Kasaragod with IG Vijay Sakhare during the first phase of covid lockdown.

A native of HSR Layout in Bengaluru, Shilpa holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering and a Masters Degree in Business Administration.

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