3-day surfing extravaganza begins

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May 26, 2017

Mangaluru, May 26: The second edition of the 'Indian Open of Surfing’ got under way amid much fanfare at Sasihithlu beach here on Friday.

The three-day surfing extravaganza is a part of the Karnataka Surfing Festival promoted by Karnataka Tourism, recognised by Surfing Federation of India and organised by Mantra Surf Club and Kanara Water Sports Promotion Council.

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The opening day of the premier surfing championship saw surfers fighting difficult conditions due to a no-moon day, resulting in extreme tide conditions.
Surfers across U-14, U-16, Seniors (23 – 30 Years), Masters (30 Years and above) and Open category participated in the preliminary elimination rounds on Friday stretched over multiple heats. The top two from each heat move forward to round two which will be followed by the semi-finals on Saturday and the finals scheduled on Sunday (May 28).

The opening day also witnessed the Stand Up Paddling Championship for women.

Surfers across all the categories were given 15 minutes each to compete under testing conditions in the sea. Within these 15 minutes, the surfers are allowed to catch 10 waves to showcase their skills and the best two waves for each are accounted towards their competition scores by the judges.

Winners were adjudged on the basis of the manoeuvres performed by each surfer in the water and their ability to catch the wave.

The day started with the Masters category (30 years and above). A total of nine surfers participated in this category in the first round while six of them moved to the semifinals. Moorthy Megavan, Sandeep Samuel, Mukesh Panjanathan, Venkatesan A, Velmurugan and Vengat K were the winners of the category who secured a direct semifinal spot scheduled for Saturday.

The Seniors category (23-30 years) category witnessed participation from 26 surfers. Fifteen of them made it to the second round.

In the Open category (across all age categories for everyone), 13 surfers from across France, Maldives, Madagascar and India participated in the first round.
French surfer Perceval Fayon along with Maldivian surfers Ismail Miglal and Ammaday booked themselves a semifinal spot. Indian surfers Dharani Selvakumar, Manikandan Appu, Rahul Govind and Sekar Patchai also made it to the semifinal round.

The Under-14 category, also called the ‘novice’ category, saw the most enthusiastic bunch of surfers. This category saw 24 participants fight for a spot in the next round, but only 11 qualified for it. The novice surfers who made it to the second round are Taying Arun, Chand, Subramani Muniyan, Selva Muniyan, Manju, Surbhi Krishnan, Akhilan, Omkar Bhat, Srikanth, Abdul Rajak Jamaldeen and Deekshith Bhaskar.

The Under-16 category saw participation from 24 surfers while only 11 of them qualified for round two. Sanjay Selvamani, Harish Muthu, Vishal Mendan, Subramani Munjan, Sunil Dhayalan, Karthik Munusamy, Nithishvarun Thiruvengadam, Ajeesh Ali, Santhosan Santhokumar, SivarajTiabu and Manikandan M made it to the second round.

The Stand Up Paddling competition for women saw participation from six girls and India’s top Stand Up Paddler and local girl Tanvi Jagadish emerged as the champion, while Harshita Achar finished second and Vilasini Sunder finished third.

Sasihithulu beach wore a festive look locals enjoying the surfing competition with performances from dance groups and other adventure sports like skate boarding and slacklining.

In second round

Masters (30 years and above):?Mukesh Panjanathan; Sandeep Samuel; Murthy Megavan; Venkatesan A; Velmurugan Vallanthan and Vengat K.

Seniors (23 -30 years):?Manikandan Appu; Vignesh Vijayakumar; Rahul Panneerselvam; Dharani Selvakumar; Raja Bekar; Jayaraj Pangal; Swapnil Bhinge; Srikrishna Vasantha; Sekar Patchai; Deekshith Suvarna; Sathish Pandian; Santosh Moorthy; Dharmaraj Sekar; Nissam Sulaiman and Verghese Anthony.

Open (across all age categories for everyone): Perceval Fayon (France); Ismail (Maldives); Manampobra Maxime (Madgasar); Dharani Selvakumar (India); Manikandan Appu (India); Rahul Govind (India); Sekar Patchai (India); Ammaday (Maldives).

Under-14: Tayin Arun; Chand; Subramani Muniyan; Selva Muniyan; Manju; Surbhi Krishnan; Akhilan; Omkar Bhat; Srikanth; Abdul Rajak Jamaldeen and Deekshith Bhaskar.

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March 13,2024

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Udupi, Mar 13: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah today said that Congress in coastal region will further strengthen thanks to the entry of former chairman of Commission for Backward Classes Jayaprakash Hegde, and former MLA Sukumar Shetty. 

He was responding to the queries of media persons after his arrival at the helipad in Udupi to take part in district-level convention of scheme beneficiaries.

“Hegde was in Congress and had served as MP. With Hegde returning back, the Congress will get more strength in the coastal districts,” he said.

On Hegde’s candidature for Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency, the CM said that the Congress high command will decide on the candidate.

On CAA

Siddaramaiah questioned why it took the Centre more than four years to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and termed the announcement as a political gimmick ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

 “Why were they silent all these years on implementing the CAA. With the fear of losing the upcoming Lok Sabha election, the BJP is engaged in all types of gimmick,” he said.

The Centre on Monday announced the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, a move that comes four years after the contentious law was passed. This paves the way for citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

Siddaramaiah also said his government has not yet discussed the issue of implementation of the CAA in the State, and the Cabinet will take a call on it. “We are yet to read it. We will take a decision after going through it and discuss it in the cabinet tomorrow," CM said.

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March 22,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 22: An FIR has been registered against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over a provocative hate post on social media, Election Commission officials said on Friday.

The move comes after a complaint filed by officials of the poll body and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) that the Bengaluru South MP, who is also the President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, had in a post apparently targeted a minority and spread enmity between two communities.

He also made a similar post on March 19 on X and YouTube which went viral. He has 1.3 million followers on X, thereby influencing the voters and disturbing the communal harmony between the communities, it further alleged.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered at Halasuru Gate police station on March 20 under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 295 A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of the People Act, the officials said.

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March 14,2024

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Udupi: In a freak mishap, a 65-year-old man lost his life after being hit by his own bus which was being repaired at a garage at Athrady in Udupi district on Wednesday, March 13.

The deceased has been identified as Dayanand Shetty, the owner of a private bus.

It is learnt that the bus had been kept for repairs at the garage and Dayanand had gone there to inspect the repair works.

At this time, the mechanic started the engine and the bus moved ahead. Dayanand, who was standing in front of the bus, came under its wheels.

He was immediately rushed to a hospital where he died without responding to the treatment. A case is registered at jurisdictional Manipal police station.

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