Holiday for schools and colleges in Davanagere on Jan 8
Bharat Bandh
Davanagere, Jan 7: Various labour organizations in the district extended their support to the all India Bandh call given by various labour organisations including AITUC, CITU, INTUC and others on Jan 8 and 9 against the anti-labour policies of the central government and seeking fulfillment of their various demands.
Deputy commissioner Dr Bagadi Gautham announced holiday for schools and colleges in the district on Jan 8. For the success of the bandh, left parties including CPI have conducted programmes to create awareness among people.
They conducted bike rally on Monday and sought the support. As the KSRTC workers would take part in the bandh, most of the transportation service would affect. Though banks would open, the normal activities would be hampered. Street vendors and Anganwadi workers supported the bandh, it would get success.
PG exam postponed
Following the bandh call, examination of PG Chemistry paper of the Davanagere University to be held on January 7, 8 and 9 were postponed and the exams were rescheduled on Jan 10, 11 and 12, according to a press release from the university registrar (examination).
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
