Mangaluru, Dec 21: Mayor Bhaskar K Moily officially inaugurated the cultural procession of Karavali Utsav of the district at Nehru Stadium here on Friday.

Speaking on the occasion, the mayor said that the city corporation has initiated the cultural procession in order to protect the coastal district culture and traditional buildings and adopt novelty.

Deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil, City police commissioner TR Suresh, ZP CEO Dr ADC Kumar, City corporation Commissioner Mohammed Nazeer, Selvamani and procession Committee president S Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, Information officer Khader Shaw, Harikrishna Punaroor and others were present.

The procession which started from the Nehru Stadium passed through AB Shetty circle, Clock tower, UP Mallya road, Hampankatta circle, Karnad Sadashiva Rao road, Bishop House, Manjeshwar Govinda Pai circle, PVS junction, MG Road, Ballalbagh, Lalbagh and will converge at Nehru Stadium.

More than 80 various art troupes from Chikmagaluru, Shivamogga, Sagar, Haveri, Dharwad, Magadi, Tumkur, Ramanagar, Mysore, Karwar, Raichur, Chakravarthy, Belagavi, Hassan, Badiyadka, Kasaragod, Madikeri,  and other places participated in the procession.

Teams from various education institutions, religious centres, NCC, Scouts, Bharat Sevadal, banks and post offices participated. More than 5,000 students participated in it.

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Ahmedabad, Apr 9 (PTI): Sai Sudharsan struck a breezy 82 to help Gujarat Titans post 217 for 6 against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match here on Wednesday.

Sudharsan's 53-ball innings was studded with eight fours and three sixes, while M Shahrukh Khan and Jos Buttler made 36 each after GT were invited to bat.

For RR, Maheesh Theekshana and Tushar Deshpande took two wickets apiece while Jofra Archer and Sandeep Sharma got one each.

Brief Scores:

Gujarat Titans: 217 for 6 in 20 overs (Sai Sudharsan 82, Jos Buttler 36, M Shahrukh Khan 36; Maheesh Theekshana 2/54, Tushar Deshpande 2/53).