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BJP list of leaders in charge of 2019 Lok Sabha polls

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Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Karnataka state unit of the BJP announced its poll in-charge leaders for all 28 seats in the state on Wednesday. These leaders will coordinate with the state party unit and the local party representatives to monitor and undertake all election-related work for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

It was reported that the committee, headed by Karnataka BJP president BS Yeddyurappa, has been careful not to violate the rule that an outsider should contest from each constituency. It has also strategically picked leaders for each Lok Sabha segment.

The Mysuru-Kodagu segment will be headed by senior party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa, an MLA from Shimmoga. Ballari has been handed over to former Chief Minister and Hubballi-Dharwad MLA Jagadish Shettar, though B Sriramulu had held the district until recently. Sriramulu, in turn, is now in charge of the Koppal Lok Sabha segment.

Following the demise of former Union Minister and BJP leader Ananth Kumar, his constituency, Bengaluru south, has been handed over to his close confidante, Subba Narasimha (Subbanna). Subba’s appointment also paves the way for the late Ananth Kumar’s wife, Tejaswini, to enter the political arena. The party has also appointed Padmanabhanagar MLA R Ashok as the convenor of the constituency.

Other appointments reported include CT Ravi for Hassan, Sunil Kumar for Dakshina Kannada, Araga Jnanendra for Udupi-Chikmagalur, Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri for Shimmoga, Aravind Limbavali for Tumkur, Ashwathnarayana for Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Central and BH Krishna Reddy for Bengaluru North.

TNM

BS Yediyurappa demands CM’s resignation

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Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday threatened to continue the protest until the  CM resigns from his post because he has failed to fulfill the demands of the farmers and if he continues to do so the state will incur a heavy economic loss.

Addressing presspersons at the protest called by the BJP to support the farmers  BSY said that the BJP party had initially decided to give some time for the coalition government to function and see how they help the people of this state but they failed to rule the state effectively. We will protest till Kumaraswamy resigns from his post and we request all the women of this state to support us because the current CM has also failed to respect women.

He further added that the CM does not know the value of the farmers, therefore, he has failed to fulfill their needs. He did not even bother to apologize to the lady farmer after insulting her. It is very bad to see that the CM is taking so long to increase the support price for the sugar cane.

PTI

Telangana polls: Congress moves EC over pink ballots

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 The Congress on Thursday approached the Election Commission (EC) seeking withdrawal of pink ballot papers pasted on EVMs for the Telangana Assembly polls contending that the colour was associated with the ruling TRS and voters may get influenced.

In its memorandum to the EC, the Congress pleaded for withdrawal of a direction to procure 9 lakh pink ballot papers for the December 7 Assembly elections.

“Pink is the official colour of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), it is synonymous with the party. The usage of pink coloured ballots without doubt, will give the TRS an undue advantage over other contesting parties,” the Congress said in the memorandum.

“The EC is tasked with the conduct of free and fair elections under the Constitution. We are certain that it will agree as this is an important issue that needs immediate redressal. Party colours are of great significance for representation and its ideologies, inter alia, they also create a bias in the mindset of the voters,” it said.

The party also pointed out that during the recently concluded Greater Hyderabad Municipal polls, TRS had objected to the proposal of electronic voting machines having a pink button to designate the “NOTA” or “None of the Above” category vote, saying their voters would mistake the button “for the TRS and press the NOTA button inadvertently”.

“So great is the TRS’ association with the colour that they acknowledged the electoral harm that any confusion would cause them,” said the Congress seeking immediate withdrawal of the direction to procure pink ballot papers.

The state Congress has also challenged the decision before Chief Electoral officer Rajat Kumar.

However, the state’s top poll panel official has said the pink-ballot papers pasted on EVMs were in accordance to the provisions of the Representation of People Act.

IANS

FIFA Ethics Committee suspends top official amid graft probe

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 Football’s governing body FIFA said on Wednesday a deputy chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of its Ethics Committee had been suspended amid an ongoing investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission that involved the official.

The FIFA Ethics Committee said on the body’s official website that chairman of the chamber, Vassilios Skouris, had made the decision to suspend deputy chairman Sundra Rajoo, reports Efe news.

“Rajoo will not be involved in any further activities of the adjudicatory chamber,” FIFA said in a statement. “This decision shall apply while the aforementioned investigation is pending.”

Besides his work with FIFA, Rajoo is also the Director of Asian International Arbitration Center in Kuala Lumpur.

 

IANS

PKL: Patna Pirates hammer Tamil Thalaivas 45-27

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Defending champions Patna Pirates witnessed a strong performance by its raiders as they thumped Tamil Thalaivas 45-27 in a zone B clash of the ongoing sixth season of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) here on Wednesday.

Patna skipper Pardeep Narwal, who collected his ninth super 10 of the season, picked 13 points, while Deepak Narwal also had a great night with 10 points.

Tamil Thalaivas’ defence had a night to forget as they scored just four tackle points. skipper Ajay Thakur chipped in with eight raid points for the Thalaivas.

After this win, Patna are now second in Zone B with 38 points after 13 matches whereas the Thalaivas lie at the bottom of the table with 25 points from 13 matches.

Pardeep got Patna up and running with two raids in the first minute. The Thalaivas were slow to get out of the blocks as they scored just one point in five minutes to trail 1-6.

They suffered an all out as Patna asserted their dominance to lead 10- 1.

Thakur put points on the board for Thaliavas as he made two successful raids. After 10 minutes of play, Patna Pirates held an eight-point advantage as they led 12-4.

Thakur came up with a two-point raid in the 13th minute to cut the deficit to five points for Thalaivas before coming back strongly before the end of the half as they inflicted an all out to trail 11-14.

Deepak’s two-point raid in the 20th minute meant that Patna Pirates led 16-13 at the break.

Tamil Thalaivas started the second half strongly with Surjeet making a two-point raid but Deepak responded for Patna Pirates with a raid of his own. Patna Pirates led 20-15 after 25 minutes of play and were looking in control of the match.

Jasvir Singh got Tamil Thalaivas back in the match with a two-point raid in the 29th minute. Patna Pirates however inflicted another all out in the 30th minute to lead 27-20.

Tamil Thalaivas defence let them down as apart from Manjeet Chhillar, no other defender could stop Patna’s raiders. After 35 minutes, Tamil Thalaivas defence scored just four points as they trailed 22-32.

Pardeep made a two-point raid with his trademark ‘dubki’ in the 37th minute to give Patna Pirates 37-23 lead. Manjeet averted an all out for Tamil Thalaivas with a quick raid.

However, Patna Pirates inflicted another all out in the 40th minute as they won 45-27.

 

IANS

Hollywood Films Round Up

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Green Book Press Held

(L to R) VIGGO MORTENSEN and MAHERSHALA ALI star in Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures’ “Green Book.” In his foray into powerfully dramatic work as a feature director, Peter Farrelly helms the film inspired by a true friendship that transcended race, class and the 1962 Mason-Dixon line.

 

The Anil D. Ambani led Reliance Entertainment recently held the Press Show of festival darling & Oscar front runner GREEN BOOK. The film is releasing  pan India on 23rd Nov, 2018. 
 
 The American comedy drama GREEN BOOK is based on a true story of friendship & relationship between working class Italian–American bouncer who becomes a driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960’s American South. The film is not a biopic but is inspired by the true story about friendship between Dr. Donald Shirley, an erudite African–American pianist & his white chauffer Tony Lip.  
 
The film that had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in Sept, 2018 won over not just the audiences but also went on to win the People’s Choice Award. Directed by Peter Farrelly (of There is something about Mary, Dumb And Dumber, Shallow Hal, The Heartbreak Kid fame), the film al;so has Oscar nominated  Viggo Mortensen essaying the role of Tony Lip & Oscar winning Mahershala Ali essaying the role of Dr Shirley.
 

Goa, Bengaluru face off for top spot in ISL

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 FC Goa will take on last seasons runner-up Bengaluru FC in what promises to be an enthralling affair at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Thursday.

The Gaurs lead the Indian Super League (ISL) charts with 16 points from seven games and can further consolidate their position with a win. However, if they suffer a loss at the hands of Bengaluru FC, the club from the south will move to the summit.

The match will also see two supreme attacks go up against each other. While Ferran Corominas and Edu Bedia lead the charge for Goa, Miku and Sunil Chhetri will be Bengaluru’s flag bearers.

In Hugo Boumous and Edu Bedia, Goa have two most creative players who have the ability to unlock stubborn defences, and then there is Corominas who gives finishing touches to moves like nobody else.

“I think we are facing the best team in the league. I believe tomorrow’s match is a big challenge for us. I think tomorrow’s match will determine what is going to happen in this league,” said FC Goa chief coach Sergio Lobera.

“But I think it is a good chance for us to get three points at home and take the advantage,” he added.

Bengaluru have been boosted by the news that Chhetri is fit to feature in the game after missing the recent international break with an injury. While Chhetri has four goals to his name, all eyes will be on Miku as well.

“Chhetri has trained in the last two training sessions and as far as we are concerned he is fine now and he can participate in tomorrow’s match,” said Bengaluru FC coach Carles Cuadrat.

“We can say that FC Goa are playing very good football and are scoring a lot of goals so I think it can be a very nice game because our mentality is also to play nice football and score goals,” he added.

The last time the two sides met in Goa in 2017, the hosts triumphed in a seven-goal thriller.

Pant’s presence could have changed first T20I’s outcome: Kohli

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 India skipper Virat Kohli felt stumper Rishabh Pant’s wicket was the turning point in their narrow 4-run loss to Australia in the rain-affected first T20 International at the Gabba here on Wednesday.

Australia rode on a collective top order effort to post 158/4 in 17 overs before the target was readjusted to 174 for India under the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Dinesh Karthik and Pant were responsible for bringing India’s chase back to life after hammering Andrew Tye for 25 runs in the 14th over. However, the latter’s dismissal bought the home side back in contest.

“It was a close game, was a see-saw battle. Started well with the bat, fumbled in the middle overs, in the end we thought we’ll win with Pant and Karthik but it changed again with Pant’s dismissal,” Kohli said at the post-match presentation.

The India skipper also praised opener Shikhar Dhawan, who top scored for the tourists with a 42-ball 76, laced with 10 fours and two sixes.

“He’s (Dhawan) a very strong player at the top of the order. Hasn’t got a T20 hundred yet, but the way he plays it really benefits the team,” the 30-year-old opined.

“That’s how it goes in the game. What we can do is to learn from them (mistakes) and get back better,” Kohli added.

Meanwhile, Australia skipper Aaron Finch felt his bowlers performed well in crunch situation, resulting in their win.

“Thought the boys played really well, especially in the middle overs with the bat. Showed a lot of courage to take it on. Some of our bowling was outstanding under pressure,” Finch said.

The two sides will play the second T20I on Friday in Melbourne.

 

IANS

1st T20I: Rain stops play between India, Australia

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Rain halted a perfect start by Australia in the first Twenty20 International match against India here on Wednesday. Australia were 153/3 in 16.1 overs when the sky opened up.

Australia were going hammer and tongs in the last few overs when Glenn Maxwell (46) and Marcus Stoinis (31) were hitting their shots at will before the showers started.

For India, Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav scalped two wickets and pacer Khaleel Ahmed took one.

Hockey World Cup opening ceremony tickets sold out

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The tickets for the opening ceremony of the men’s hockey World Cup to be held at Kalinga Stadium on November 27 and World Cup Celebrations on November 28 at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack were sold out in just a few hours after going live online.

In view of public demand, the ticket sales for both the events went live on Tuesday.

Within a few hours, all tickets for both the events were sold out. The online redemption of the tickets for the opening ceremony will be from Thursday at the Kalinga Athletics Stadium while the redemption centres in Cuttack for the World Cup Celebrations event will be announced later.

Music Maestro A.R. Rahman will be performing both at the opening ceremony and at the World Cup Celebrations event. Many other prominent Bollywood celebrities will attend both the events.

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