Maiden National Para Beach Volleyball tourney from Sept 27 at Malpe
Udupi, September 25: Indian Paralympics Volleyball Federation President H. Chandrashekar said that the first Para Beach Volleyball Senior Standing National Championship would be conducted in association with the Federation at the Malpe Beach from September 27-29.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, he said that total 16 para beach volleyball teams would participate in the three days event which was organized for the first time in association with the Karnataka State Physically Disabled Volleyball Association.
Karnataka, Goa, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Jharkhand and Delhi teams have confirmed their participation in the event. Two teams could play from each state, he said.
Normally beach volleyball team would have two players in each team. But in this event, each team would have three players and they would play both by sitting and standing. But in this event, the players would play by standing, he said.
Each team could have three men or two men and a woman. But because of the dress code in the beach volleyball, women in India would not prefer the match, he said.
Youth in the coastal area should evince interest in the tournament for which, a demonstration would be conducted at Malpe beach since morning on September 26 and interested youth could participate in it.
District Minister Dr. Jayamala would inaugurate the tournament at 10 am. MP Shobha Karandlaje, MLA K. Raghupathi Bhat, ZP President Dinakar Babu, DC Priyanka Mary Francis, CEO Shivananda Kapasi would be present. The valedictory programme would be held in the evening on September 29, he said.
The event would be conducted under the World Para Volleyball norms and Rs 1 lakh cash prize would be distributed to the winners. In the end of the event, Indian National Para Beach Volleyball team would be selected and it would participate in the world para beach volleyball tournament to be held in Goa in February 2019.
NICF Director Dr. Jagannathan, Federation marketing head Ranjith Martin, Shivakumar Shetty, Uday Kumar Shetty, CMC Commissioner Janardhan, District Youth Empowerment and Sports Officer Dr. Roshan Kumar Shetty and others were present.
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Karnataka Congress MLA Gaviyappa wants CM to stop some poll guarantees, draws DK Shivakumar's ire
Bengaluru/Vijayanagara, Nov 26: Karnataka Congress MLA H R Gaviyappa on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to drop some poll guarantees, citing lack of funds, which drew sharp response from Deputy CM D K Shivakumar.
The ruling party MLA from Vijayanagara suggested that the election guarantees have made it difficult to provide houses to the poor in the state.
“Because of guarantee schemes, there is difficulty in providing houses to poor. We are also asking the Chief Minister to drop two or three schemes, which are not needed. Let’s see what the Chief Minister says,” Gaviyappa said in a public meeting in Vijayanagara.
He, however, maintained that he would stand by the decision taken by the Chief Minister.
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According to the Congress MLA, the CM raised Rs 40,000 crore this year keeping development in mind.
The legislator's statement irked Deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar.
“This is Congress party. I am going to issue him a showcause notice. He can’t do that. No question of closing any guarantee. We have committed to the people of Karnataka. No one can raise their voice (against the guarantees),” the Deputy CM, who is also the Congress state president told media in Bengaluru.
He said a Congress MLA cannot speak against the guarantees.
Those who are ineligible will not get the benefit, Shivakumar said adding the same policy has been adopted in the recent revision of BPL cards.
The Karnataka government has decided to remove the government employees and income tax payees from the list of BPL card holders as per the Central government norms.
