Miscreants twist DC's order on school holiday
Mangaluru, Aug.11: Some miscreants twisted the order of district commissioner's order announcing holiday for schools and colleges on Saturday in the wake of heavy rainfall.
As Dakshina Kannada district received heavy rainfall on Friday, DC Dr. Sasikanth Senthil announced holiday for schools and colleges on Saturday. The order copy was signed by related officers before handing over to the media. The miscreants used this copy and twisted the news as 'DC has cancelled the holiday' and circulated it in social media.
Earlier, there were instances when evildoers had twisted typed copy of holiday announcements by DC. To make it more secure and avoid confusion, on Friday the letter was signed by officials. But this time, wrongdoers twisted the copy that was signed by officials, it is really a matter of concern, said officials.
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Champions Trophy opening on Feb 16 or 17; PCB hopeful Rohit Sharma will be there
Lahore, Jan 15 (PTI): The opening ceremony of the Champions Trophy will be held either on February 16 or 17 and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is confident that India captain Rohit Sharma will be in attendance at the event.
The PCB source also said that it is awaiting communication from the ICC on the schedule of the customary captains' photo-shoot and the pre-event press conference.
The eight-team tournament will get underway on February 19 in Karachi. However, India will play all their matches in Dubai, starting with the clash against Bangladesh on February 20, after refusing to travel to Pakistan owing to security concerns.
The source said PCB has procured all relevant clearances from its government to promptly issue visas to all captains, players and team officials who will come here for pre-tournament events.
"This obviously includes Rohit or any other Indian team player or official or board official," he added.
Another source confirmed to PTI that the PCB has made it clear to the ICC that the opening ceremony, featuring all teams and their captains, will take place in Pakistan.
"This is in line with the usual protocols and since the opening match is on 19th the opening ceremony can be expected either on the 16th or 17th," the source added.
He said the schedule of the opening ceremony would depend on the warm-up matches list.
The source said that recently three Indian nationals, who were a part of the ICC delegation which came to Pakistan, were promptly issued visas once the world body sent their names to the PCB.
