Chikkamagaluru: Amidst protests 16th Kannada Sahitya Sammelan begins
Several protesting Sangh Parivar activists detained
Chikkamagaluru: Several Sangh Parivar activists protesting against the 16th Chikkamagaluru District Kannada Sahitya Sammelan outside the venue of the event, were detained by the police on Friday here.
At least 15 Sangh Parivar activists gathered near the entrance of the hall where the event is being held and started sloganeering against the organising of the event. The police then interfered and detained several protesters to bring situation under control.
Despite protests from the right wing organisations the event went ahead and began as per the schedule on Friday here in Sringeri. Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police and other senior officials are present at the venue and are monitoring the situation closely.
Right wing organisations had been protesting the election of leftist Kalkuli Vittal Hegde as the president of the event. Following his appointment District In-Charge Minister CT Ravi had also expressed his dissent over the issue and had added that the government will not provide any fund or financial assistance to the sammelan.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
