Adithya Pai emerges inter-district chess champion

January 2, 2012

Mangalore, January 2: Adithya Pai has won the inter-district chess tournament organised by Mangalore Chess Academy at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan here on Sunday.

Adithya Pai scored six points out of six rounds and won the open category event. Shabdik Varma of Mangalore Chess Academy became the runner up.

The Tournament was packed with many strong players from the state, Aditya Pai played brilliantly without losing a single match, and he beat state under 11 champion Sharan Rao and beat Arjun Adappa to clinch the championship trophy.

The Tournament attracted 56 players from, out of which 15 were Fide rated players from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kasargod districts.

Open Category Prize Winners

1. Aditya Pai - 6

2. Shabdik Varma - 5

3. Arjun Adappa - 5

4. Pangala Gopalakrishna Nayak - 5

5. Sharan Rao - 5

6. Vivek Raj - 5

7. Manojan Ravi - 4.5

Under 15 Boys - 1 Saurav Boloor

2. Vishruth Sharm

Under 15 Girls - 1. Siri Sharma

2. Panchami Shenoy

Under 12 Boys - 1. Rajath Rao

2. Pranav Shetty

Under 12 Girls - 1. Isha Sharma

2. Swathi Bhat

Under 9 Boys - 1. Sathwik Acharya

2. Shridhar Sher

Under 9 Girls - 1. Hitha K

2. Poorvi Adappa

Under 7 - Parithosh

Best Veteran - Shashidhar Rai.

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‘Nothing for Karnataka’: DKS slams Union Budget, flags Bengaluru neglect

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February 1,2026

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday criticised the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, claiming it offered no tangible benefit to the state.

Though he said he was yet to study the budget in detail, Shivakumar asserted that Karnataka had gained little from it. “There is no benefit for our state from the central budget. I was observing it. They have now named a programme after Mahatma Gandhi, after repealing the MGNREGA Act that was named after him,” he said.

Speaking to reporters here, the Deputy Chief Minister demanded the restoration of MGNREGA, and made it clear that the newly enacted rural employment scheme — VB-G RAM G — which proposes a 60:40 fund-sharing formula between the Centre and the states, would not be implemented in Karnataka.

“I don’t see any major share for our state in this budget,” he added.

Shivakumar, who also holds charge of Bengaluru development, said there were high expectations for the city from the Union Budget. “The Prime Minister calls Bengaluru a ‘global city’, but what has the Centre done for it?” he asked.

He also drew attention to the problems faced by sugar factories, particularly those in the cooperative sector, alleging a lack of timely decisions and support from the central government.

Noting that the Centre has the authority to fix the minimum support price (MSP) for agricultural produce, Shivakumar said the Union government must take concrete steps to protect farmers’ interests.

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