Karnataka Congress working president R Dhruvanarayana passes away
Mysuru: Working President of the Karnataka Congress R Dhruvanarayana, aged 61 years, died of heart attack here on Saturday morning.
Dhruvanarayana returned home on Friday night, after attending several events through the day.
After he suffered a heart attack early Saturday morning, he was taken to the DRM Multi Speciality Hospital in Vontikoppal, but passed away.
He is survived by his wife and two sons.
Dhruvanarayana joined the Congress in 1983. He contested the Assembly elections from Santemarahalli in 1999, but lost the polls. In 2004, he became an MLA for the first time after winning by a terribly close margin of one vote against JD(S) candidate A R Krishnamurthy. He was elected to the Assembly from Kollegal in 2008.
The following year, in 2009, he won the Lok Sabha polls from Chamarajanagar and retained the seat in 2014, winning by a huge margin of 1,41,182 votes. In 2019, however, he lost the seat to Srinivas Prasad.
Several leaders of the Congress have expressed grief at the death of Dhruvanarayana, who had been active in the work of the party in Karnataka for several decades.
Karnataka Congress working president R Dhruvanarayana passed away: Dr Manjunath, Doctor DRMS Hospital
— ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2023
He suffered chest pain and his driver picked him up at 6:40am. But he didn't survive.
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NZ batter Martin Guptill retires from international cricket
Auckland, Jan 8: New Zealand batter Martin Guptill on Wednesday announced his retirement from international cricket, though the 38-year-old will continue to play in the T20 leagues around the world.
Currently, Guptill, who last played for New Zealand in 2022, is leading the Auckland Aces in this season's Super Smash.
"As a young kid it was always my dream to play for New Zealand and I feel incredibly lucky and proud to have played 367 games for my country," Guptill said in a statement issued by the New Zealand Cricket.
"I will forever cherish the memories made wearing the silver fern alongside a great group of guys," he added.
Guptill has played 47 Tests but the white ball format was his calling card. He scored 7346 runs from 198 matches with 18 hundreds and 39 fifties.
The right-hander also appeared in 122 T20I for the Blackcaps, making 3531 runs with two hundreds and 20 fifties.
Guptill is the first Kiwi player to score a hundred on ODI debut and he also became the first New Zealander to score an ODI double-century during the ICC World Cup 2015 when he smashed 237 in the quarter-final win over the West Indies at Wellington.
New Zealand Test captain Tom Latham said Guptill was a true match winner.
"Firstly, I'd just like to congratulate Gup on a fantastic international career. I was fortunate to open the batting with him over many years and I often felt I had the best seat in the house to watch him go about his work.
"On his day Gup was world-class and his crisp ball striking and timing could take down the best bowling attacks in the world.
"His numbers speak for themselves, but it was the matches he helped us win that I'll remember, along with the way he set the standard in the field," said Latham.
Among the most memorable moment for him as a fielder was his stunning direct hit run-out of Mahendra Singh Dhoni during New Zealand's semifinal win over India at the 2019 World Cup in England.
