Rishad Hossain (Pic credit: X) Bangladesh produced a commanding all-round performance to defeat Zimbabwe by 34 runs in the second T20I, levelling the three-match series 1-1 and setting up a winner-takes-all decider on Sunday.After being comprehensively outplayed in the opening match, the visitors responded in emphatic fashion with a much-improved display in all three departments….
Mangaluru: Mangaluru City South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath congratulated the police department and police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy on the arrest of 11 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in the city. He stressed that it was entirely a police operation and that the Congress govt in the state had absolutely no role in it. Kamath alleged that…
Mangaluru: Puttur MLA Ashok Kumar Rai has urged minister for rural development and panchayat raj Priyank Kharge to sanction Rs 101 crore to implement an inclusive drinking water distribution network in the Vitla town panchayat limits under Bantwal taluk.The MLA, who met the minister and submitted a memorandum, said that once the government approves the…
Bengaluru: Classes were disrupted as students of University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), GKVK, launched a protest alleging that govt illegally expanded eligibility criteria for recruitment to the posts of agricultural officer (AO) and assistant agricultural officer (AAO).They maintained that AO and AAO are specialised technical posts responsible for providing scientific advice to farmers on crop…
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has reaffirmed its “zero-tolerance” stance on corruption after former India Under-19 World Cup winner and Jaffna Kings co-owner Manjot Kalra was arrested over allegations of attempting to induce a player into corrupt practice during the Lanka Premier League (LPL).In a statement issued hours after Kalra’s arrest on Friday, the island nation’s…
Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta (second left) attends the inauguration ceremony of the redeveloped Bantwal railway station Friday Mangaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday inaugurated the redeveloped Bantwal railway station under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme at a cost of Rs 26.1 crore through video conferencing from Jalandhar Cantonment railway station in Punjab.Bantwal was…
Virat Kohli with legendary West Indies cricketer Garfield Sobers and his wife. (PTI Photo) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) led tributes to Sir Garfield Sobers after the legendary West Indies all-rounder died on Friday at the age of 89, remembering him as “a true icon of the game” whose influence will…
Mangaluru: Bantwal town police have registered three separate cases against multiple social media accounts and WhatsApp groups for allegedly circulating edited photos and spreading fake, provocative content aimed at disrupting communal harmony in connection with the murder.A case has been registered under sections 196 and 353(2) of BNS against an Instagram account and five WhatsApp…
Garry Sobers (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Garfield Sobers, one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history and a former West Indies captain, passed away on Friday at the age of 89. His death was confirmed by his son, Daniel.Sobers was just 10 days short of his 90th birthday. Widely regarded as one of the…
Mangaluru: A month after the Kerala govt rolled out the Priyadarshini scheme offering free bus travel for all women including those from Karnataka, private bus operators from Dakshina Kannada on the Talapady and Kinya routes have reported a sharp fall in passengers, especially women commuters.Operators said women are increasingly opting for Kerala buses, which has…
