India hammer Iran to lift Kabaddi Masters trophy
Dubai, June 30: Skipper Ajay Thakurs brilliance helped India hammer Iran 44-26 in the final match to lift the Kabaddi Masters trophy at the Al Wasl Sports Club here on Saturday.
Iran, who impressed with their performance in this six-nation meet, were expected to give some fight to the mighty Indian team but they failed to do so. Right from the beginning, their defenders and raiders struggled in a match which was delayed for couple of minutes in the first half as the lights went out.
Unlike last match, where India failed to take the lead in initial 15 minutes, India started off perfectly. Raiders and defenders did their job from the start and helped their team to gain four points lead in first four minutes of the game.
Skipper Ajay Thakur, Monu Goyat, Rishank kept on stealing the points as a result India forced Iran to play with only two players. Soon India inflicted an all out in the seventh minute of the game to make it 10-2.
Iran, tried to reduce the point difference towards the end of the first half but failed and both teams finished the first half proceedings with India leading 18-11.
The second half saw India making second all-out of the match in just four minutes to make scoreboard count 24-12.
India's dominance continued as defenders Surjeet, Girish were thrashing the Iran raiders and grabbing them at will.
India again forced Iran to play with two players when Ajay made a superb raid in the 28th minute but Iran revived their players soon started counter-attacking.
India felt the heat in the last couple of minutes as Iran went all-out in the raids and defenders were tackling down Indian players aggressively.
Unperturbed by the aggressive game, India played camly and slowed down the pace of the game. Coach Srinivas Reddy also made a few substitutions, brining in experienced Rahul Chaudhary.
With three most experienced players on the mat for India, Ajay, Surjeet and Rahul played some other level game as the trio changed the match scenario In few minutes and inflicted an all-out to swell their lead 24 points (44-22).
The last few seconds saw Iran taking few points but it was too late as India wrapped up the issue comfortably.
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Temple money belongs to deity, cannot be used to save cooperative banks: SC
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New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday said that money belonging to a temple deity cannot be used to prop up financially distressed cooperative banks.
The sharp observations were made by a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi while hearing appeals filed by a few cooperative banks challenging a direction of the Kerala High Court asking them to return the deposits to the Thirunelly Temple Devaswom.
"You want to use the temple money to save the bank? What is wrong with directing that the temple money, instead of being in a cooperative bank which is breathing with great difficulty, should go to a healthy nationalised bank which can give maximum interest," the CJI asked.
Temple money belongs to the deity and hence, the money has to be "saved, protected and utilised only for the interests of the temple" and it cannot become a source of income or survival for a cooperative bank, the CJI said.
The pleas against the high court order were filed by Mananthawady Co-operative Urban Society Ltd and Thirunelly Service Cooperative Bank Ltd.
The high court had directed five cooperative banks to close the Devaswom's fixed deposits and refund the entire amount within two months, following repeated refusals by the banks to release the matured deposits.
The bench was unconvinced with the submissions of the banks that the abrupt direction of the high court was causing difficulties.
The bench said the banks should establish credibility among the people.
"If you are unable to attract the customers and deposits, that is your problem," it said.
The top court refused to entertain the pleas.
It, however, permitted the banks to approach the high court for extension of time to comply with the impugned order.
The case arose from a plea filed by the Thirunelly Devaswom after several cooperative banks refused to repay the temple's fixed deposits despite repeated requests.
The high court had directed Thirunelly Service Cooperative Bank Ltd, Susheela Gopalan Smaraka Vanitha Cooperative Society Ltd, Mananthawady Cooperative Rural Society Ltd, Mananthawady Co-operative Urban Society Ltd, and Wayanad Temple Employees Cooperative Society Ltd to return the funds within two months.
