Mangaluru: Condemning the Central Government’s decision to merge Vijaya Bank with the Bank of Baroda, Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee on Monday staged protest outside the Vijaya Bank branch in Mallikatte here in Mangaluru.

Former minister Ramanath Rai, Congress candidate Mithun Rai, former Rajya Sabha member B Ibrahim, former MLA JR Lobo, Moideen Bawa, party leaders Shashidhar Hegde, Nazir Bajal, Radhakrishna, UB Salim, Suresh Shetty, Ramanand Poojary , Santosh Shetty, Hayatul Kamil, Purushottam Chitrapura, AC Vinya Raj, Mahabala Marla, Bhaskar Rao, J. Abdul Salim, Girish Alva, Sabita Miskith, Mariamma Thomas, Shantala Gatti, Wahab Kudroli and others were present during the protest and condemned the move by the BJP led Central Government.

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Lucknow (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders edged Lucknow Super Giants via Super Overs in a battle between two bottom-placed teams in the IPL, here on Sunday.

Chasing a modest 156, LSG suffered a batting collapse and managed to tie the contest and take it to Super Over with No. 9 Mohammed Shami striking a last-ball six against a wayward Kartik Tyagi, who leaked 16 runs in the final over.

But Sunil Narine bowled a stunning Super Over conceding just one run and taking two wickets to give KKR an easy target.

Rinku Singh then finished the chase with a boundary off first ball from Prince Yadav.

Earlier the KKR were in deep trouble with 93/7 in 15 overs but Rinku smashed a sensational 83 not out from 51 balls including four sixes in a row in the final over to lift them to 155/7.

Cameron Green (34) was the only other batter to reach double-digit scores as KKR suffered a familiar batting meltdown with Mohsin taking his maiden fifer.

In reply, LSG continued their dismal show with the bat to succumb to their fifth loss in a row.

Brief Scores:

Kolkata Knight Riders 155/7; 20 overs (Rinku Singh 83 not out, Cameron Green 34; Mohsin Khan 5/23). Lucknow Super Giants 155/8; 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 42). KKR won via Super Over.