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Asian Powerlifting Championship: Medalists get a rousing reception in city

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December 14, 2011

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Mangalore, December 14: The promising powerlifters from Dakshina Kannada, who won medals at recently held Asian Powerlifting Championship at Kobe City in Japan, received a rapturous reception upon their arrival in the city on Wednesday morning.

Even though the crowd gathered at the Mangalore Central Railway Station was not huge but it did enough to give a warm welcome to the players. The fans who gathered at the station were seen dancing to the beats of drums.

Mangalore Mayor Praveen Anchan was among the local representatives who extended a warm welcome to the five triumphant athletes.

Among the 18 medalists from Karnataka, who performed brilliantly in the international sports event held from December 5 to 9, many hail from Dakshina Kannada district.

Prasad Shetty, a student of St. Aloysius Pre University College, and son of K. Chandrahas Shetty and Shashi Shetty couple of Mangalore has won one gold and two bronze medals. Neha, a first BCom student of SDM College, Ujire, bagged two bronzes in the sub-junior category while M. Vinutha, a second BCom student from same college, got four silver medals in senior category.

Vinay Kanchan won three silvers and one bronze in Master I category, while Anand N. got a silver medal in senior category. M Maheshwariah bagged three gold medals and one silver medal. Sathish Kumar Kudroli was the coach of the Indian team and led the delegation to Japan.

The players and coach were taken on a procession from Railway station to Balanjaneya Gymnasium.


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January 23,2026

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot read only three lines from the 122-paragraph address prepared by the Congress-led state government while addressing the joint session of the Legislature on Thursday, effectively bypassing large sections critical of the BJP-led Union government.

The omitted portions of the customary Governor’s address outlined what the state government described as a “suppressive situation in economic and policy matters” under India’s federal framework. The speech also sharply criticised the Centre’s move to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, commonly referred to as the VB-GRAM (G) Act.

Governor Gehlot had earlier conveyed his objection to several paragraphs that were explicitly critical of the Union government. On Thursday, he confined himself to the opening lines — “I extend a warm welcome to all of you to the joint session of the State legislature. I am extremely pleased to address this august House” — before jumping directly to the concluding sentence of the final paragraph.

He ended the address by reading the last line of paragraph 122: “Overall, my government is firmly committed to doubling the pace of the State’s economic, social and physical development. Jai Hind — Jai Karnataka.”

According to the prepared speech, the Karnataka government demanded the scrapping of the VB-GRAM (G) Act, describing it as “contractor-centric” and detrimental to rural livelihoods, and called for the full restoration of MGNREGA. The state government argued that the new law undermines decentralisation, weakens labour protections, and centralises decision-making in violation of constitutional norms.

Key points from the unread sections of the speech:

•    Karnataka facing a “suppressive” economic and policy environment within the federal system

•    Repeal of MGNREGA described as a blow to rural livelihoods

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of protecting corporate and contractor interests

•    New law alleged to weaken decentralised governance

•    Decision-making said to be imposed by the Centre without consulting states

•    Rights of Adivasis, women, backward classes and agrarian communities curtailed

•    Labourers allegedly placed under contractor control

•    States facing mounting fiscal stress due to central policies

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of enabling large-scale corruption

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