Haveri: Sangh Parivar activists allegedly pelted stones at a mosque, houses, and an Urdu school in Rattihalli in the district on Tuesday, while taking out a bike rally here.

The rally was organized as a part of a program to unveil a statue of Sangolli Rayanna in Rattihalli.

The unveiling ceremony was followed by the stoning of various buildings. In addition, an auto-rickshaw driver is learned to have been manhandled on the occasion.

The police officers in Rattihalli were forced to act as the air was tense, following such incidents. They succeeded in dispelling the crowd and brought the situation under control.

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Doha, May 16 (PTI): Neeraj Chopra finally breached the elusive 90m mark with a 90.23m throw but finished second behind Julian Weber of Germany in a dramatic men's javelin contest at the Doha leg of the prestigious Diamond League Meeting series here on Friday.

Weber turned the tables and took the top spot with his final throw, measuring 91.06m.

The 27-year-old double Olympic medallist Indian sent his spear 90.23m in his third attempt to join a list of javelin throwers, led by his current coach Jan Zelezny of Czechia, who had recorded 90m-plus efforts.

He became the third Asian and 25th overall to achieve the feat.

Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem (92.97m) of Pakistan and Chao-Tsun Cheng (91.36m) of Chinese Taipei are the two other Asians to have breached the coveted mark.