The State-level Wrestling competition organised by Karnataka Rakshna Vedike at the Vidyvardhaka School grounds witnessed 30 pairs of wrestlers from various parts of the State vying for the top honours. The main attraction of the tournament was the fight between Pahilwan Vishnukoth of Pune and Pahilwan Karthick Kate of Davanagere.
Both the wrestlers were involved in an intense fight for about an hour in which Pahilwan Vishnukoth emerged victorious.
In the other matches, Pahilwan Chota Parvez overcame Pahilwan Kiran; Pahilwan Anand of Davanagere won against Pahilwan Ravichandra of Bijapur; Pahilwan Sharath of Kumbarakoppal defeated Pahilwan Maruthi and Pahilwan Rangaswamy of Nanjangud won against Pahilwan Darshan.
The wrestling competition which began at 3 pm ended at around 10 pm.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / February 07th, 2017
Collector S.A. Raman handing over a certificate to a physically challenged man for calling 108 ambulance service to help an accident victim. | Photo Credit: C_VENKATACHALAPATHY
On Tuesday, it was time to appreciate people who played a crucial role in saving lives. GVK-EMRI, which operates the 108 ambulance network in the State, presented certificates – Appreciation for Good Samaritans – to 52 persons, who made calls to 108 to help those involved in road traffic accidents.
Among those who received the certificates from Collector S. A. Raman was his car driver P. Anandan and personal clerk Shaifuddin.
Mr. Anandan, a resident of Keezhpallipattu, Periyar Nagar, said he made a number of calls to 108 when he had witnessed accidents. “Recently, a motorist knocked down an elderly pedestrian on the Chittoor to Cuddalore Road. Both sustained injuries, and I called 108, and an ambulance arrived in 15 minutes,” he said.
B. Prabhudoss, head, marketing and communication, GVK EMRI, Chennai, said the certificates were in appreciation of the “Good Samaritans” who made calls to 108 to help save precious lives.
Uma Shankar, Additional Superintendent of Police, Vellore, said at least 250 persons died in road accidents in Vellore district in a year.
“Most of these accidents occur on rural roads due to triples riding, drunken driving and over-speeding. Parents get their sons 150 cc and 200 cc bikes and many of them cannot control the bikes,” he said.
S. A. Raman, Vellore Collector, expressed concern that Vellore witnessed several road accidents.
“It seems that Vellore district accounts for the highest utilisation of 108 ambulance services in the State. This is because there are more number of accidents in the district, and this is a cause of worry,” he said.
He pointed out that the district has 128 km of National Highways, which are dangerous stretches.
“First responders are essential when wan accident takes place,” he observed.
Some of them, who received certificates, shared their experiences and suggestions to improve the ambulance services.
One of them felt that the ambulances could reach the destinations faster, while another person said that those who make the call should not be asked to accompany the patient.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Tamil Nadu / Staff Reporter / Vellore – February 01st, 2017
Proud moment: Pathan Jameel Khan winning gold in Virginia on Sunday is the second world championship gold this month, after he moved to the US.
Pathan Jameel Khan wins gold in the black belt division of World Championship in Virginia
This Hyderabadi has done it again! The 41-year-old Pathan Jameel Khan, the martial arts exponent, who moved to the US to take up karate training in an American school in New York a few months ago, made an emphatic statement again on Sunday winning the gold in the black belt division of the World Championship in Virginia.
This is incidentally the second world championship gold that Jameel has won, after moving to the US, this month.
Ironically, Jameel, winner of 15 gold, 13 silver and 17 bronze at the national and international events, including two 2016 World Cup silver in the US, has to look for greener pastures after his repeated pleas for financial assistance and a job did not evoke any positive response from the authorities concerned.
“It’s a pity that I had to move to the US to take up this training job which fetches me enough money to take care of my family of ageing mother, four brothers and a sister,” says Jameel, even while being subdued despite winning two world championship gold (conducted by two separate world federations).
But why? “My ultimate dream is to represent India in the 2020 Olympics when karate will be introduced. Since I realised that even winning at the highest level will not assure me the kind of exposure I need for the Olympics, I had no option but to move to the US,” counters Jameel.
This BA graduate from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, whose only livelihood when in Hyderabad was by training a handful of enthusiastic young talent, points out that the three-year contract with the American school should also ensure adequate exposure to the toughest competitors in the field. “Besides training, the stay in the US should also help in picking up a few new tricks too,” says Jameel, who also won two bronze in the men’s forms and weapons categories.
Will you come back after the contract period? “As things stand now, my contract will end in 2019, one year before the Olympics. By God’s grace if everything falls in place and I get the help from the Telangana government, I will train and put in the best efforts to realise my ultimate dream of playing in Olympics the next year,” Jameel concludes.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Telangana / by V.V. Subrahmanyam / Hyderabad – February 06th, 2017
‘Mysooru Mithra’ Sub-Editor A.C. Prabhakar among 15 awardees
Prabhakar, Shantala, Chandru & Rajeev
Mysuru :
‘Mysooru Mithra’ Sub-Editor A.C. Prabhakar and photo journalist K.H. Chandru of Mysuru are among the 15 journalists who have been selected for Karnataka Media Academy awards (2016).
Other awardees are senior journalist H.R. Sreesha of Bengaluru, Shantala Dharmaraj of Samyukta Karnataka, Mysuru, G. Veeranna of Vijayavani, Ballari, Siddiqui, Alduri ofChikkamagaluru, Ronald Fernandes of Deccan Herald, Mangaluru, Chini Purushotham of Tumakuru, Ujjini Rudrappa of Koppal, Hemanth Kumar of Bengaluru, Ramaswamy of Ramanagaram, Shankarappa Chalavadi of Bagalkot, Nagaraj Sunagar of Dharwad, Anil Kumar Hosamani of Vijayapura and Malatesh Angur of Haveri.
The award carries a purse of Rs. 20,000 and a citation.
Shivamogga Times has bagged the ‘Andolana’ award, while Chandrashekar More of Udayavani has bagged ‘Abhimani’ award, C.J. Ravi of Vijaya Karnataka has bagged ‘Mysuru Digantha’ award, Cinema Journalist Snehapriya Nagaraj has bagged ‘Aragini’ award and senior journalist Dr. Nataraj Huliyar has bagged ‘Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Mookanayaka’ award.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / February 04th, 2017
You might have read stories of a diamond merchant in Surat gifting cars to his employees.
Here is a similar feel-good story in Mysuru district where a school has gifted cars to its teachers who have rendered more than 25 years of dedicated service.
The occasion was the birth anniversary of Javeed Ahmed, the Founder of Citizen’s Group of Institutions, Nanjangud, which the school celebrates as “Founders Day” on Feb. 2. This year, however, the celebration was special and five teachers had a pleasant surprise as the school management handed over the keys of Maruti Altos, recognising their services.
The school, located on the Ooty Road and started by Javeed Ahmed 25 years ago with seven students, has provided quality education to thousands of students.
The cars, each costing about Rs. 4.3 lakh, were handed over by Mashooda Javeed Begum, now President of the institutions, to Head Mistress Hena Kannan, Accountant Shantha, Assistant Teacher Sandhya, Assistant Head Mistress Kutub Tara and Principal Mythili Lakshman.
Receiving the car keys, the teachers appreciated the school management’s gesture and said that it was a pleasant surprise. They said that though people say that teaching is a thankless job as teachers remain in the background, their institution was different in recognising their efforts in shaping children’s lives. “Every year all the staff receives gifts and this year five of us have got cars,” they said.
Hena Kannan said the School Secretary Noor Mohammed Ali studied in the same school and he was her student. Both her daughters studied in the same school. The School President said that they had decided on gifting cars as the teachers had put in more than 25 years of service.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / February 04th, 2017
A PERFECT SCRUM: Girls speed ahead during a game of snow rugby in Kashmir. — Photo: Special Arrangement
Despite sub-zero temperatures, new generation players love the high-speed game
Breaking barriers of tradition, girls in Kashmir are taking to high-adrenaline snow rugby, setting a new sporting trend for the Valley’s harsh sub-zero winters.
In the past, winters meant indoor time for girls but women like Irtiqa Ayub, 20, a student of Srinagar’s Government Women’s College on M.A. Road, are changing all that with the sport, chasing rivals across the snow and braving the chill.
“I picked up this game purely for its speed, energy level and blood rush. When the rugby ball is in your hands and you race to score a goal, it’s an extraordinary feeling,” Ms. Ayub, a resident of Srinagar’s Eidgah area says, as she prepares for a national event in Gulmarg on February 18-19. Sixteen teams from across India will participate in the event.
Ms. Ayub had a lot of convincing to do before her father, a government employee, agreed to let her take part. “My father was reluctant initially when I was at school. Once he saw my name and picture in the newspapers, he came around,” said Ms. Ayub, who has taken part in five national events.
“This time, I am practising to lift the trophy,” the young player said, referring to the upcoming winter sports in Gulmarg.
For Zunairah Amber, 12, a class 7 student of Oasis Public School, kabaddi was boring. “I was good at sports. Yet, winter vacations offered little opportunity to take up anything. I quit kabaddi to play snow rugby,” said Ms. Amber, who is backed by her father, a government employee, and a sportsman himself. Traditional sports like kho kho and kabaddi are passé for these new-age Kashmiri girls, who battle it out on snow fields and sands in jerseys and shorts.
Their numbers are growing. Irfan Aziz Botta, chief coach, J&K Rugby, said, “Over 4,000 girls are enrolled for the game with the State sports council. We have four female coaches too.” Rugby was introduced in Kashmir by Mr. Botta in 2004
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Other States / by Peerzada Ashiq / Srinagar – February 07th, 2017
Reminiscing about his school days, Wipro chief Azim Premji on Saturday said he spent a lot of time outside the classroom kneeling for being naughty.
“Yes, I was very naughty when I was a kid and those days, we got rapped on the knuckles and hit on the head and you had to be kneeling outside the class for a long time. Some of these practices are no longer there, but I spent a lot of time outside the class kneeling,” he said.
He was replying to a query in an interaction with students at the celebrations of Wipro’s 2016 Earthian Awards here.
Asked why he left college early in his life, Premji said he did it for taking up responsibilities of his father who died very young, but completed masters in electrical engineering many years later.
“I left the college in between, primarily because I had to take responsibilities from my father who died at a very young age, but eventually many years later I did get a masters degree in electrical engineering,” he said.
Asked about the future of children, especially girls, Premji said girls are more serious than boys about their career, provided they are getting support from parents.
“Girls take their careers much more seriously, and girls particularly in villages take their careers even more seriously, once the parents give them the latitudinal support,” he said.
“Unfortunately, many parents put young girls to take care of the younger child, because the mother goes out to earn in addition to husband’s earning,” he said.
Premji further said girls fare better than boys in getting academic awards and are street-smart.
“I have travelled enough to schools in villages and colleges too, the girls always turn out to be street-smart, consistently. Just look at the quality of questions you get from the ladies in the audience. In my opinion, girls ask far more intelligent questions than boys,” he said.
“I also find, wherever the schools are following ranking system, 50% of the awards go to girls in a class,” Premji added.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> City / DHNS – February 05th, 2017
The sixth Nizam Mahboob Ali Pasha is remembered for combining tradition with modernity
Among the rulers of all the native states in British India, Mahboob Ali Pasha, the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad is reputed to have had the most lavish court. Born in August, 1866, Mahboob came to the throne at the age of three after the death of his father, Afzal ud Daulah. Mahboob Ali, thus knew no day when he was not the King.
A Regency under Sir Salar Jung I was set up for the young Nizam till he came of age. The Viceroy, Lord Ripon came to Hyderabad for the investiture ceremony held on February 5, 1884 and presented the Nizam a diamond-studded gold sword on the occasion.
Mahboob Ali was a perfect example of a Victorian Prince. He had a great taste for western culture and modern ways of life.
His English tutor, Major John Clark (who had earlier tutored the Duke of Edinburgh) had instilled in young Mahboob the customs and manners of high English society. As a result he imbibed great taste for all that was western. His western etiquette was so perfect that there was a rumour among the courtiers that the Nizam visited European countries incognito without the knowledge of any one!
His obsession for clothes and cars was legendary. His collection of garments was one of the most extensive in the world of his time.
The best English tailors were brought to Hyderabad to stitch the Royal robes combining tradition with modernity. There was a new dress for every day and he never wore the same dress for the second time.
It is no wonder that Mahboob Ali had a huge wardrobe in his palace that ran for more than hundred feet in length, considered to be the longest in the world. As his wardrobe was on the first floor of the palace, a lift was fitted for the Nizam to access his wardrobe every day with ease.
It is interesting to note that this hand-operated wooden lift at the Purani Haveli palace, in its shining best is still in perfect working condition.
His passion for cars was unparalleled and owned a good fleet of them. A Rolls Royce Silver Ghost that was made to order but delivered after he died in 1911, is now on display in the Chowmahalla palace fully restored, due to the efforts of Princess Esra Jah wife of the present Mukharam Jah.
The resources of the Nizam as well as the spirit of the times to which he belonged never discouraged lavish spending of money. Hyderabad came to be known for Mahboob Ali’s extravagant entertainments and lavish hunting expeditions.
Interest in medicine
It was under Mahboob Ali’s patronage, that Hyderabad Chloroform Commission was set up in 1889 and Chloroform as a safe anesthesia agent in surgeries was proved by Dr. Edward Lawrie, Principal of Hyderabad Medical School. The Nizam was personally interested in the work of the Commission. Two Hyderabadi doctors, Dr. M.G. Naidu (husband of Sarojini Naidu) and Dr. S. Mallanna (father of the future Gen. S.M. Srinagesh) were sent to England with funds provided by the Nizam to prove the efficacy of Chloroform in surgeries.
The British Medical Association journal, Lancet, hailed the work of this Commission. Mahaboob Ali, personally being interested in healing was famously known to administer a herb-based medicine to cure snake bite. During his reign, the first Hyderabad- Nagpur Railway line was laid in 1874. The advent of telegraph, telephone and electricity opened up Hyderabad towards economic growth.
Chirag Ali, a well known educationalist from Aligarh was invited by Mahboob Ali to spread English education in the Nizam’s dominions. Mahboob College in Secunderabad and Nizam College in Hyderabad stand testimony to the development of higher education initiated by Mahaboob Ali Khan. Aghornath Chattoadhyay, the father of Sarojini Naidu, the first Indian to have obtained Ph.D in Biology from Edinburgh University, was the first principal of the Nizam College.
Mahboob Ali Khan was a good polo player and an excellent marksman. He was probably the first Indian prince to have a court photographer, Deen Dayal. With his wonderful skills in photography, Deen Dayal, on whom the Nizam conferred the title, Raja, immortalised the Nizam and his times. Raja Deen Dayal employed in his studio an English lady to help him in taking the photos of the women members in the Nizam’s Palace.
Mahaboob Ali passed away on August 29, 1911 when he was hardly 45 years and was succeeded by his son, Mir Osman Ali Khan, regarded as the world’s richest man but the most frugal of all the Nizams, an antithesis to his flamboyant father.
Among the numerous expensive jewels that Mahboob possessed during his reign was the famous Jacob Diamond weighing 162 Carats, bought from the reputed London jeweller, Jacob.
Years later, Osman Ali Khan used this fabulous diamond, said to be next only to Kohinoor, as paper weight, the purpose for which Mahaboob Ali bought it.
Mahboob Ali also ever lives in the minds of the gastronomists, be the natives or visitors to this city for the aroma and the taste of the distinct Hyderabadi dhum biryani, the perfection for which the Nizam, Mahboob Ali Pasha justifiably took pride.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Society> History & Culture / by K.S.S.Seshan / February 02nd, 2017
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) national president and former Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed, who suffered a cardiac arrest in Parliament on Tuesday, passed away at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi.
His death was confirmed at 2.30 a.m. on Wednesday. He was 78. His body will be kept at his official residence for public homage till noon and will be flown to Kozhikode airport at 2 p.m. Thereafter, it will be taken to Haj House at Karipur and then to the League House in Kozhikode. The burial will be held in Kannur on Thursday.
President Pranab Mukherjee took to Twitter to express his grief, saying, “E. Ahamed was a friend and colleague of long years.”
Mr. Ahamed was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1967, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1987. From 1982 to 1987, he served as Cabinet Minister for Industries, Government of Kerala.
From 1971 to 1977, he was the founding chairman of the Kerala State Rural Development Board. From 1979 to 1980, he was the executive chairman of the Kerala State Small Scale Industries Development Corporation. From 1981 to 1983, he was the chairman of the Municipal Council of Kannur.
Mr. Ahamed was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009. During May 2004 – May 2009, he served as the Minister of State for External Affairs. During May 2009 – January 2011, he was the Minister of State for Railways. He assumed charge again as Minister of State of External Affairs on January 24, 2011. Mr. Ahamed assumed the additional charge as Minister of State for Human Resource Development on 12 July, 2011.
During his tenure in Parliament, he was a member of several parliamentary committees, including External Affairs, Railways, Civil Aviation and Tourism, Public Undertakings, Science and Technology, Environment and Forests. He was also the chairman of the Government Assurance Committee.
Mr. Ahamed graduated from Govt. Brennen College in Thalassery and later obtained a Law Degree from the Government Law College in Thiruvanathapuram.
Mr. Ahamed is widely travelled and has represented India in the United Nations six times between 1991 and 2009. In 1984, he was sent to GCC countries as an Emissary of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Born on 29 April, 1938, Mr. Ahamed has performed Hajj seven times – five times as a Member of Government of India Haj Goodwill Delegation. He has also authored 3 books in English and Malayalam.
He was married to Late Mrs. Zuhara Ahamed. Mr. Ahamed has two sons and a daughter.
His hobbies include reading, writing and watching sports.
On his sixth daughter’s wedding, this Mangaluru businessman will finance the wedding of six other girls
Ibrahim Haji, a fish vendor, has 10 children, of whom seven are girls and three are boys
Extravagant weddings have become the norm for the rich in recent years, where tycoons don’t hesitate to spend crores of rupees on celebrations that last almost a week.
Then we have seen other wealthy people who lead by example. Recently, a businessman from Aurangabad celebrated his daughter’s wedding by gifting 90 houses to the homeless poor.
Now it is the turn of G Ibrahim Haji, a fish vendor from Gundyadka in Sullia, about 86 kilometers from Mangaluru .
On the occasion of the marriage of his sixth daughter on Feb 5, he has decided to get six other poor girls married. Ibrahim Haji has 10 children, of whom seven are girls and three boys. Five of his daughters are married and he decided to celebrate the wedding of his sixth daughter Aasma B in a special way. She will be marrying Shahul, a businessman.
Speaking to Bangalore Mirror, Nasiruddin, also a businessman who is married to Ibrahim’s second daughter Fauzia, said, “This is not the first time that my father-in-law has decided to help the poor. He came up in life the most difficult way and now he feels that he should help those who are in need.”
Ibrahim Haji started out in life as an ice candy vendor. After working for some time, he bought a secondhand Ambassador car for Rs 3,500 and was running service trips for some time. He then went to Dubai hoping for better prospects, but returned within months. On his return to Sullia, he ventured into the fish business. He would buy fish from Mangaluru and sell in Sullia. Gradually, his business grew and today he has about 20 mobile vehicles that sell fish on the Sullia-Madikeri and Puttur route and nearly 30 employees, said Nasiruddin.
He said Ibrahim Haji has undertaken lot of charity. “When he was the president of the Mogarpane Jumma Masjid, he built a 20-room building, so that the masjid earns revenue. Even in the past, he has helped poor girls in their marriage. To make his daughter’s wedding special, he has decided to conduct the marriage of six other poor girls. He will be offering about 10 sovereigns gold, wedding dress and lunch and look after other wedding expenses. The Nikah will take place in turns and is expected to begin at around 11.30 and go on till 2 pm. Food for nearly 6,000 people will be arranged. The wedding will take place at a ground near his house. The beneficiaries have been identified after we personally visited them. They belong to Belthangady, Puttur and Sullia area. Each of their families has a sad story to narrate. When a few among them are orphans and looked after by their relatives, a girl’s father is bedridden and another girl’s marriage was getting postponed repeatedly because the family had no money,” he said.
Ibrahim has helped poor in other ways too, like in getting a house constructed in time. “Even today, he works at his stall in the market and is very down-to-earth and hopes to continue his charity work in the future too,” said Nasiruddin.
Ibrahim Haji said, “God has blessed me and I want to continue helping people in need. I started my business from zero and today would like spend a part of my income on the needy.”
source: http://www.bangaloremirror.com / Bangalore Mirror / Home> News> State / by Bangalore Mirror Bureau / February 01st, 2017
