Shepherds Academy students win big at 19th state-level Karate championship, bag 23 medals
Mangaluru: Twenty-three Grade 1 to 4 students from the Shepherds International Academy won at various events in the 19th state-level Karate Championship 2022 held on Saturday by the Shorin-Ryu Karate Association at the Swami’s Strength Training Centre, Moodbidri.
The contests were organized in Kumite and Kata-categories, based on weight and age.
While 29 students of the Academy participated in the championship, up to 23 students won four gold medals, 10 silver medals and nine bronze medals in their respective contests. The school team also won the ‘Best Supporting Team 2022’ award.
The principal and the faculty members of the Shepherds Academy had accompanied and motivated the students to clinch the medals.
The students have been trained by Karate master Mohammed Nadeem and Zakiya in the weekly Karate classes.
The Shepherds International Academy management has heartily congratulated the students for their victorious performance.
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Woman, daughter beaten up by neighbours over water dispute in Navi Mumbai; 8 booked
Thane (PTI): A woman was thrashed, and her 18-year-old daughter was stripped and beaten up by their neighbours over a water dispute in Navi Mumbai, police said on Saturday.
The police have registered a case against eight members of a family in connection with the assault that occurred in Panvel on Thursday, but no one has been arrested as yet, an official said.
According to the police, the accused attacked the mother-daughter duo, suspecting them of complaining about water wastage in their locality in the Nhava Sheva area.
As per the FIR, the accused allegedly beat up the woman and her daughter and stripped the teen in public, the official said.
The accused also allegedly used casteist slurs against the victims during the attack, he said.
The official said a case was registered under sections 74 (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 76 (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe), and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
