Ananya bags a treble
The Hindu
M. Ananya of Chennai Achievers bagged a ‘treble by winning the girls’ u-17, u-19, and women’s titles in the Tiruvallur State-level open table tennis tournament held here. Sathyanarayanan clinched the u-13 & u-15 boys’ titles. The results (finals): Boys: U-11: Sivaganesh (Neyveli) bt Sivakarthik (Neyveli) 11-5, 16-14, 6-11, 10-12, 11-9; U-13: Sathyanarayanan (HTTA-Theni) bt Ajay Muthiah (HTTA-Theni) 11-6, 12-10, 11-6; U-15: Sathyanarayanan (HTTA-Theni) bt Ajay Muthiah (HTTA-Theni) 11-7, 11-7, 11-6; U-17: Ashmith K Raajkumar (SDAT-MDX) bt Mehan (Chennai Achievers) 11-1, 9-11, 4-11, 11-2, 11-1; U-19: Roopan Santhosh (KTTC) bt Ashmith K Raajkumar (SDAT-MDX) 11-5, 11-7, 11-8; Men: Prasanna Kumar (DBAA) bt Roopan Santhosh (KTTC) 11-6, 11-4, 11-8. Girls: U-11: Janani Shree (SSA Erode) bt Harshini (HTTA Arakonam) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8; U-13: Yavanika (SPTTC) bt Akshitha (Chennai Achievers) 11-2, 11-7, 11-5; U-15: Jiya Bhandari (ITTC) bt Maansi (DBAA) 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7; U-17: M. Ananya (Chennai Achievers) bt NBS Tanuja (KTTC) 11-2, 11-3, 11-8; u-19: U-19: Ananya bt Mourya Dharshini (Brotherhood) 11-5, 11-5, 7-11, 11-3; Women: Ananya bt Tanuja 12-10, 11-8, 11-6.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.