Udupi: In an attempt to increase the polling percentage in the Assembly elections, the district administration’s Sweep committee, under the leadership of Shivanand Kapshi has launched a poster campaign to educate people on their right to vote.

Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis released the creative voting awareness posters which give native feeling and looks.

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Ostrava (Czech Republic), Jun 24 (PTI): Indian javelin throw superstar Neeraj Chopra on Tuesday clinched the title at the Golden Spike meet in his maiden appearance here, his back-to-back win in a top-class competition.

Fresh from his Paris Diamond League win on June 20, Chopra emerged on top in a nine-man field here though with a modest effort of 85.29m in the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event.

He had skipped the last two editions of Golden Spike -- an event that his coach Jan Zelezny won nine times in a storied career -- due to fitness issues.

The 27-year-old Chopra has had an impressive season so far, having won his first Diamond League title in two years in Paris after also breaching the elusive 90m mark during his second place finish in Doha DL in May.