Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP and BJP State President Nalin Kumar Kateel on Thursday arrived at Mangaluru International Airport after officially taking charge as the party’s state chief in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Nalin Kumar arrived at the airport to a rousing welcome by the hundreds of party workers and members.

MLAs of Dakshina Kannada and several other leaders of the party were present on the occasion.

Nalin Kumar was earlier appointed as the party’s state president by party’s national president Amit Shah, after which he replaced BS Yediyurappa as the party chief in the state as the latter is now the CM of the state.

 

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Mullanpur (PTI): Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by six wickets in their Indian Premier League match here on Tuesday.

Invited to bat, opener Prabhsimran Singh scored 59 up front while Marcus Stoinis provided the final flourish with an unbeaten 62 off 22 balls as Punjab Kings posted 222 for 4.

The Royals then put up a collective batting effort to overhaul the target with four balls to spare.

Earlier, leg spinner Yash Punja picked up two wickets for the visitors.

Brief Scores:

Punjab Kings: 222 for 4 in 20 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 59, Marcus Stoinis 62 not out; Yash Punja 2/41).

Rajasthan Royals: 228 for 4 in 19.2 overs (Yashasvi Jasiwal 51, Donovan Ferreira 52 not out; Yuzvendra Chahal 3/36)