Bengaluru Apr 25 PTI Tokyo Olympian swimmer Srihari Nataraj clinched a gold medal in the 50m freestyle clocking 2323 seconds on day two of the Khelo India University Games here on Monday The 21-year-old Nataraj broke Mihir Ambres meet record timing of 2378 seconds from the previous edition as he produced his fastest time in an individual race in the event Natarajs win added gloss to a dominant performance from hosts Jain University which soared to the top of the medal table with the help of four golds in swimming The swimming events also saw five new KIUG records At the end of second day 17 universities had already won a gold and as many as 41 had marked their presence on the medal table With 10 medals up for grabs in swimming the first went to Savitribai Phule Pune Universitys Shubham Dhaygude in the mens 400m freestyle Soon it was time for Jain University to shine as Siva Sridhar not only won gold but also in the process set a new KIUG record time of 20543 in the 200m Individual Medley Sridhar repeated win-record double in the 100m backstroke later in the day In the days final event in the pool Shivaji Universitys Rujuta Khade broke yet another KIUG record in the womens 50m freestyle with a time of 2738 She broke Sadhvi Dhuris mark from Bhubaneshwar by nearly six-tenths of a second as Shivaji University sat in second place on the medal table with three gold one silver and one bronze Punjabi University the overall winners at the 2020 edition won their first gold at this edition via Ishneet Aulakh in the womens 25m individual pistol Aulakh and her team were beaten to silver in the team event by their state rivals Panjab University Following Komal Kohars win on Sunday Maharshi Dayanand University logged another gold in womens weightlifting Sneha winning the 59kg class Juturi Koteswara Rao registered Krishna Universitys first ever gold at the Games in the womens 73kg class Rao had won silver in the womens 67kg at the last edition Earlier in the day Bharathiar University scored a massive upset in the womens volleyball semifinals toppling SRM University 3-0 Bharathiar will face state rivals SRM University in the final on Tuesday There will be 22 medals up for grabs on day 3 with swimming weightlifting and volleyball events lined up PTI ATK PDS PDS

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New Delhi Jan 19 PTI The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Maharashtra government to submit data on Other Backward Classes OBCs to the SBCC to examine its correctness and make recommendations on their representation in elections for the local bodies The top court also directed the State Backward Classes Commission SBCC to submit the interim report to the authorities concerned in two weeks of receiving information from the state government Maharashtra has asked this court to permit elections based on data already available to the state concerning other backward classes Instead of examining the data the appropriate step would be to present this data before a state appointed dedicated commission which can examine the correctness If it deems it appropriate make recommendations to the state based on which further steps can be taken by the state or State Election Commission The commission may submit the interim report if so advised to concerned authorities in two weeks from receipt of informationdata from the state government a bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said The apex court clarified however that the list to be prepared by the state government concerning socially and educationally backward classes would be independent of the census carried out by the Centre The information and data available to the state can be furnished to the dedicated commission which can take decisions about efficacy thereof and make recommendations to state government as may be necessary This obviously would not complete the triple test exercise which has to be completed as per 2010 judgement before providing reservation of seats in local government for OBC category said the bench also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C T Ravikumar This observation must also govern different states which are to proceed for elections of local govt the top court adding that until the triple test is complete these seats will be treated as open category Senior advocate Shekhar Naphade appearing for Maharashtra submitted that the state has some data on the basis of which reservation can be sustained He said there are elections in March and data is already before the commission Your lordship may tell the commission to submit a report in two weeks so we can act on the March elections Otherwise a large section of the community might go unrepresented he said With regard to Madhya Pradesh Additional Solicitor General K M Nataraj appearing for the state stated that the Election Commission has cancelled the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Evam Gram Swaraj Amendment Ordinance 2021 and assured that the new ordinance would be in accordance with apex courts directions Senior advocate P Wilson appearing for one of the intervenors said the OBC category does not have adequate representation We are happy with your lordships decision to leave it to the commission The top court on December 17 2021 had directed the state election commissions of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to re-notify the seats reserved for the OBCs in the local bodies under the general category The order referred to the Constitution bench verdict of 2010 that had mentioned three conditions including the setting up of a dedicated commission to conduct a contemporaneous rigorous empirical inquiry into the nature and implications of the backwardness qua the local bodies in the states which are required to be followed before provisioning such reservation for the OBC category It had also said that subsequently a three-judge bench of the court had reiterated the same The apex court had observed on December 17 that it had passed an order on December 15 directing the State Election Commission of Maharashtra to notify the seats in the local bodies that were reserved for the OBCs as general category seats In March last year a three-judge bench of the apex court had said the reservation in favour of the OBCs in the local bodies in Maharashtra cannot exceed 50 per cent of the total seats reserved for the SCs STs and OBCs taken together It had referred to the three conditions noted in the constitution bench verdict of 2010 The conditions included specifying the proportion of reservation required to be provisioned local body-wise in light of the recommendations of the commission so as not to fall foul of overbreadth and in any case such reservation shall not exceed an aggregate of 50 per cent of the total seats reserved in favour of the SCs STs and OBCs taken together PTI PKS SA

Coimbatore Dec 19 PTI J Thuasidharan was on Sunday reelected as President of the Indian Cotton Federation for the year 2021-22 While P Nataraj and Adhitya Krishna Pathy were elected the vice presidents Nishant Asher was elected as Secretary at the 42nd Annual General meeting held here PTI NVM ROH ROH

Bengaluru Oct 29 PTI Ace Indian swimmers Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash have qualified for the upcoming 15th FINA World Short Course Championships the Swimming Federation of India announced here on Friday A four-member Indian contingent is set to take part in the meet which is slated to be held in Abu Dhabi from December 16 to 21 SFI made the announcement at the closing ceremony of the 74th Senior National Aquatic Championships here Nataraj and Prakash have qualified for the meet with A qualifying time the federation said Delhi swimmer Kushagra Rawat who notched up three national records in the Senior National Aquatic Championships made the team with B qualifying time Ridhima Veerendrakumar is the final member of the Indian contingent The Karnataka swimmer was selected as she had the highest FINA points from her events swum at the Senior National Aquatic championship PTI APA ATK ATK