All Mansarovar pilgrims from state are safe: Deshpande
Bengaluru, July 03: Revenue Minister RV Deshpande said that all pilgrims who have been to Mansarovar yatra from the state were safe.
Responding to a question raised by Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri of BJP in the Assembly Session on Tuesday, the Minister said that it was true that the pilgrims from the state experienced inconvenience. Out of 525 pilgrims who are on their way to Mansarovar, 250 pilgrims were from Karnataka. The state government took all measures for their safety. The Central Home Ministry and Ministry of External Affairs were appealed to come to the rescue of pilgrims. Food and accommodation was provided to them. But because of heavy rains, it was not possible to use helicopters for their rescue, he said.
Indian High Commissioner in Nepal was asked to come to their rescue. The officer was also requested to take the help of Nepal Government to air-lift the senior citizens and those who have health problems to the safety. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has already directed the Head Quarters Commissioner in New Delhi to take all measures for the safety of the pilgrims from the state, he said.
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Priyansh, Prabhsimran guide PBKS to 201/4 against KKR in IPL
Kolkata, Apr 26 (PTI): Young Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh smashed half-centuries and shared a 120-run opening-wicket stand as Punjab Kings scored a challenging 201 for 4 against hosts Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL match here on Saturday.
Opting to bat first, PBKS were off to a flying start with Priyansh, who had hit the fourth joint-fastest IPL ton earlier this season, made 69 off 35 balls while Prabhsimran made 83 off 49 balls as the KKR bowlers toiled without success till the 12th over.
Vaibhav Arora (2/34), Varun Chakravarthy (1/39) and Andre Russell (1/27) were the wicket-takers for KKR.
Earlier, PBKS made two changes, bringing in Glenn Maxwell and Azmatullah Omarzai in place of Marcus Stoinis and Xavier Bartlett.
KKR also made two changes, replacing Moeen Ali and Ramandeep Singh with Rovman Powell and Chetan Sakariya.
Brief scores:
Punjab Kings: 201 for 4 in 20 overs (Priyansh Arya 69, Prabhsimran Singh 83, Shreyas Iyer 25 not out; Vaibhav Arora 2/34).
