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London bench-press hero Vincent Carlo gets a rousing reception in city

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December 22, 2011

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Mangalore, December 22: Well-known body builder Vincent Prakash Carlo, who bagged top honours at the Commonwealth Unequipped Power-lifting and Bench-press Championship-2011, held in London recently, returned home on Thursday to a rousing reception from fans at Mangalore Central Railway Station.

He was one among the three achievers from Dakshina Kannada, who won medals at the event.

While Vincent Carlo bagged gold medals in the bench press category, Suprita from SDM College, Ujire and Akshata from Alva's College, Moodbidri won in the power lifting category. The two girls had returned to the city on Wednesday.

Mr Carlo had also participating in Asia-Pacific Body Building Championship 2011 held at Borocay Islands, Phillipines, from April 29 to May 2.

Carlo has won dozens of gold, silver and bronze medals in body building championships held in India. He also had secured 14th place in the World Championship Body Building Competition held in 1997 at Castre, France, sixth place in the Indo-Pak Peace and Friendship World Championship Body Building Competition held in 2004 at Islamabad, and was placed third in the World Championship Body Building Competition held in 2010 at Cook Islands, New Zealand.

Mr Carlo was taken on a grand 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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