Vijay Hazare: Mumbai's second successive game abandoned
Bengaluru, Sep 25: Defending champions Mumbai have had a wet start to their Vijay Hazare trophy campaign, after their second game against Jharkhand was also abandoned due to inclement weather here on Wednesday.
Mumbai's first game against Saurashtra in the Elite Group A of the national ODI championship was abandoned due to rains without a single ball being bowled.
And their game against Jharkhand, which was scheduled to be played at Just Cricket facility here, also witnessed a similar fate, a source from the team said.
The four points were thus equally split among the two teams.
Likewise, the two other Group A games Kerala versus Chhattisgarh and Hyderabad versus Goa were also abandoned due to inclement weather. Both these games were to be played in Alur on the outskirts of the city.
The points were split equally between the teams.
Mumbai is scheduled to play Karnataka next on Sunday, September 29 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here.
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Three sentenced to one year in jail for encroaching 32 acres land in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Jan 10: Karnataka Land Grabbing Prohibition Special Court has sentenced three persons to one year imprisonment for encroaching on government lake land, said Karnataka Police.
The accused had constructed toilets and houses on the encroached premises, a release issued on January 9 said.
The police had filed a charge sheet against Krishnappa, Nanjappa, Ramaiah, M Venkatesh, H M Subbanna, Lakshmidevi and Pillappa for illegally encroaching on 32 acres 13 gunte government lake land of survey no 159 in Hebbagodi village, Anekal taluk, Bangalore city district and constructed toilets and residential houses.
A case was registered against them at BMTF Police Station and an investigation was conducted at BMTF Police Station.
The special court on December 13, 2024 found M Venkatesh, H M Subbanna and Lakshmi Devi guilty of encroaching and sentenced them to one year imprisonment.
