The Udupi Zilla Muslim Okkoota will organise a conference on unity at the Mahatma Gandhi Bayalu Ranga Mandir at Beedinagudde here on Sunday.
Speaking to presspersons here on Wednesday, Khatib Abdul Rasheed, conference convener, said that the Muslim community had to empower itself economically, socially, politically and educationally and contribute to the task of nation building.
The theme of the conference is: Empowerment of community for nation building.
Maulana Toukhir Raza Khan will inaugurate the conference.
Mohammed Yaseen Malpe, president of Udupi Zilla Muslim Okkoota, will deliver the keynote address.
Al-Haj Twaka Ahmed Musliyar, Khazi of Mangaluru, will deliver the valedictory address.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Udupi – March 02nd, 2018
All three Congress candidates – Nasir Husain, L Hanumanathaiah, G C Chandrashekar – and BJP candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday emerged victorious in the Rajya Sabha elections from the state amid a boycott by JD(S) legislators, who cited violation of electoral rules.
A candidate required around 38 votes to win the elections. Members of the Legislative Assembly form the electoral college for the Rajya Sabha polls. Of the 217 eligible voters, as many as 188 members voted and four votes were found invalid.
While Congress candidates secured the required number of votes for victory – Chandrashekar (46 ), L Hanumanathaiah(44) and Husain (42 ) – B M Farook of the JD(S) lost the polls as he secured only two votes. This is the second time that Farook is tasting defeat in the Rajya Sabha elections. Rajeev Chandrasekhar secured the highest number votes (50) to bag his third consecutive term to the Rajya Sabha.
The day witnessed high drama. The process of counting was delayed by nearly two-and-a-half hours as Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sanjeev Kumar referred a memorandum submitted to the Election Commission of India (ECI) submitted to him by the JD(S) seeking countermanding of the polls. Kumar was discharing his duties as observer of the ECI.
The JD(S), in its complaint, cited gross violation of electoral rules by Legislative Assembly Secretary S Murthy, who is the Returning Officer (RO). The party had objected to two Congress legislators – Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa and Gurmitkal MLA Baburao Chinchansur – being allowed a second chance to cast their votes.
Both Thimmappa and Chinchansur had sought replacement of ballot papers as they wrongly marked their preference. The election officers obliged, much to the chagrin of the JD(S). Counting of votes which was scheduled to start at 5 pm, commenced only at 7.30 pm after the ECI gave its go-ahead for the process.
ECI’s direction
The ECI subsequently directed that the votes of Thimmappa and Chinchansur should be rejected and the counting process should commence after due segregation of ballot papers. The ECI, in its response, stated that the RO’s decision to issue fresh ballot papers was in total violation of voting procedure provided under the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961. The ECI replaced Murthy with Assembly Joint Secretary M S Kumaraswamy.
The JD(S) had requested the Congress not to field its third candidate and extend its support to the party candidate. However, the Congress not only fielded its third candidate – G C Chandrashekar – but also ensured his victory. Friday’s development is bound to further widen the gap between the Congress and the JD(S) in the run-up to the crucial Assembly polls. For its part, the Congress has bagged the support of at least five of the eight independents, including Kudligi MLA B Nagendra, who is likely to join the party.
An analysis of the voting pattern shows that all the seven JD(S) rebels voted for Congress candidates. The BJP, which has 43 votes of its own, secured 50. The party seems to have not only secured the support of not only two BSR legislators and two KJP MLAs but three others.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State / DH News Service, Bengaluru / March 24th, 2018
K.Bhaskar Moily (left), new Mayor of Mangaluru, and Mohammed Kunjathbail, Deputy Mayor. | Photo Credit: PHOTO: H.S. MANJUNATH
K. Bhaskar Moily and Muhammad Kunjathabail, both from Congress, were elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Mangaluru on Thursday.
Mr. Moily and Mr. Kunjathabail got 37 votes each while BJP’s Surendra Shetty and Meera Karkera contesting for Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively got 19 votes each. The election was held on the Mangaluru City Corporation premises.
Members to different standing committees were elected unopposed. Mysuru Regional Commissioner Shivayogi Kalasad conducted the proceedings as the returning officer.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Mangaluru – March 08th, 2018
Mangaluru City North MLA B A Mohiuddin Bava will go on a foundation stone laying spree on March 15. The projects include foundation stone for first phase of market complex at Surathkal, a six-lane road from Surathkal to Kaikamba Circle till Ganeshpura temple, concreting of Surathkal to Guddekoppa Road, building of zonal office of Mangaluru City Corporation and sea wall at Hosabettu coast, Mayor Bhaskar Moily announced here on Wednesday.
Filling in for Bava, who was scheduled to address the media, the mayor said the first phase of the market complex will be taken up at a cost of Rs 61 crore against total project cost of Rs 126 crore. While MCC will pitch in with Rs 11 crore, the state government has given a special grant of Rs 50 crore for the project, he said adding this is for the first time that state government has released a grant of this size for any market construction project anywhere in Karnataka.
The road from Surathkal to Kaikamba Circle is six-lane concrete road that is 4.3-km long, Bhaskar said adding cost of this project that public works department will execute is Rs 62.10 crore. While MCC will contribute Rs 4.10 crore, the PWD will chip in with remaining Rs 58 crore, he said, adding it is also a first in that the department has provided a grant of this size for any road project in the state and thanked CM Siddaramaiah and the MLA for his efforts in getting it.
MCC will take up concreting of Surathkal-Guddekoppa road out of premium FAR funds at a cost of Rs 1.13 crore. The new building of MCCs zonal office at Surathkal will be constructed using state finance commission grants at a cost of Rs 2.25 crore. Department of ports and fisheries will execute the sea wall work at Hosabettu at a cost of Rs 5 crore, the mayor said. K Mahmmad, deputy mayor, Deepak Poojary, corporator were present on this occasion.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Mangalore News / by Jaideep Shenoy / TNN / March 14th, 2018
Prominent name in heritage conservation and former bureaucrat from Srinagar City, Muhammad Saleem Beg has been appointed as a member of the prestigious National Monument Authority(NMA), Government of India.
Former Director General Tourism, Beg is also the INTACH’s convener for the state chapter. An official handout said Beg has been appointed as whole time member of the NMA. “The Authority has been setup as per provisions of The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains AMASR (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010 which was enacted by the Parliament in March, 2010,” it added.
“The Authority has eminent historians and renowned cultural personalities as its whole time and part-time members. The Authority is mandated to engage with States and central agencies for conservation and preservation of the historic monuments,” the handout added.
Beg’s appointment is being credited to his marathon experience of heritage conservation in Kashmir, particularly in the architectural sector.
The man who accomplished projects like restoration of Aali Masjid and Thag Baab Sahib (RA) shrine apart from conservation of Mughal monuments, Beg is associated with many national and international organizations in the field of art and culture.
He has also been associated with UNESCO, World Monument Fund, Indian Heritage Cities Network as a trustee and other cultural organizations nationally and internationally.
Pundits said under his leadership INTACH has emerged as a premier organization and a credible voice in advocacy and promotion of art and culture. “His work with universities like Jamia Milia Islamia, Kashmir University and University of Illinios, USA has given him high academic credentials in art and heritage,” said an observer.
Since 2006, Beg has been struggling to seek conservation of heritage sites in Kashmir particularly Srinagar, which INTACH has listed after a marathon survey.
Govt. of Telangana issued orders promoting many police officials.
Many Asst. SPs have been promoted as Addl. DCPs and DCPs have been promoted as appeal SPs. DGP of Telangana State, Mr. Anurag Sharma issued these orders on 1st November.
Mr. Mohammed Tajuddin Ahmed, Mr. Ghouse Moinuddin, Mr. Mohammed Iqbal Siddiqui, MA Bari have been promoted as Addl. DCPs.
Ms. Shaik Saleema DSP has been transferred as Addl. DCP (Crime-II) Rachakonda, Mr. Shaik Ismail ACP of Khammam has been appointed as Addl. SP, Suryapet. Ms. Rehana Ghouse DSP, CID has been appointed as Asst. Director, Telangana State Police Academy.
source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> Hyderabad / by Siasat News / November 02nd, 2017
He was 66 and on the verge of retiring from his post as senior VP and strategy consultant at JWT Mindset
source: Twitter
Veteran adman Anvar Alikhan passed away yesterday after a lung infection. He was 66 and on the verge of retiring from his post as senior VP and strategy consultant at JWT Mindset.
In a tragic coincidence, many of his former colleagues and associates had been preparing video messages to bid farewell to Alikhan as he ventured out of advertising, only to hear of his untimely demise.
Alikhan’s career saw him play pivotal roles at agencies like O&M, Contract and JWT, besides ambitiously foraying into what was then considered “new media” as creative director at the fledgling rediff.com. He was an erudite author on a wide range of subjects from advertising to history to the relative merits of Roger Moore and meeting author RK Narayan.
You will find links to some of his writing at the end of this piece.
Brand Equity reached out to a few of his colleagues and former associates for their memories of Alikhan:
In 1998, we saw a real vacuum in Hyderabad: big international agencies with shell-like structure and locals with no world experience.
Anvar came up with the name Mindset in 2000, a few years after we started. He’d moved back to Hyderabad when his father had a stroke and needed him. We were fortunate to have Anvar on board and the impact was immediate. We had the contacts, and Anvar the brand value. Clients had a lot more respect for us when he came for meetings and we were invited to many more pitches. By 2004, we were Agency of the Year.
We won Coke’s regional business, a go-karting facility that was branded as Runway 9 by Anvar; Godavari Fertilisers which was looking for divestment, got us to rebrand its identity and create a mass media campaign that eventually helped them sell out to the Murugappa Group. Sagar Cement, a regional brand’s advertising with claymation characters created a lot of buzz regionally. This brand too found a foreign investor Vicat immediately after the campaign.
For a sunglass chain called Shades, which was endorsed by popular celebrities like Sanjay Dutt and Suniel Shetty, the line Anvar wrote was a simple ‘You know who, you know where’.
Towards the latter half of the 17 years with Mindset, his focus shifted to strategy. He did painstaking research with no support whatsoever, but never missed a presentation deadline.
We owe this agency’s success to Anvar. In many ways, he was a mentor to us. He would help us with tips on presentation skills, dress code for different occasions, planning pitch process etc. He conducted workshops internally and a lot of us benefited from them.
We had several suitors for acquisition. When we didn’t like a particular agency, even the refusal was well rehearsed. The eventual acquisition by JWT had many inputs from Anvar including wooing the CEO on his maiden visit to Hyderabad.
He had a great sense of humour, and also a bit of a mean streak. When he didn’t like a particular clients’ inputs on his strategy or creative he would start packing up with loud noises, making it very obvious.
He brought wisdom, wit and worldly stature to the workplace.
One year, he also bought a whole lot of cheap and fake Mont Blanc pens and these were given out liberally. In the process, his own genuine pen got mixed up with the fakes and was lost forever! He would talk about it with his usual twinkle in his eye
In all the years we worked closely together, not once did he show irritation nor a cross word ever pass his mouth
More recently, he kept in touch with calls, mails, forwards, articles but not his physical presence. None of us even dreamt the end was so near. As recently as last week, we picked his brain regarding a thorny issue and the depth he put into it, marvels us now.
His oft-quoted statement “No other agency has this many brains under one roof” was SO true, because under our roof, was this magnificent brain
From 2000, we had a New Year wishes mailer which was created in such a way, that people often retained it on their noticeboards, giving us great mileage through the year. ‘Life is what happens to you, while you are busy making other plans’ was the first well remembered card
Colvyn Harris, founder, Harris-Mint and former CEO, JWT India
I was going to record a tribute to Anvar and send it for his farewell, but now, he’s given us an entirely different reason to say farewell.
When we merged Mindset into JWT, we acquired the agency not for revenue but to complete the geography of JWT and most importantly for the three people who ran the place, who were gems. He was a phenomenal ad guy, a fabulous professional and the finest of gentlemen. They don’t make them like him any longer.
He had a very versatile writing style, with depth and knowledge. Even recently when he had written a piece on Sir Martin Sorrell he reached out to get the nuances right.
When we went to the office around the time of the merger, he’d framed strips from Dilbert — a personal favourite of mine — all over the place. There are very few quintessential ad guys without brashness and aggression. His death is a big loss to advertising and I was fortunate to have worked with him.
Pratap Bose, founder, Social Street
When I first saw Anvar, the first thing that came to mind was that he was a really distinguished gentleman; the sort you don’t see too often, especially in our business. Ogilvy was my first agency and I had no idea what agency life was like. Over the years, I used to ask him for advice and he shepherded me through. We did not interact too many times, but he was there for me whenever I needed him. I remember meeting him a few years ago; it was his first time at Goafest and we spent an hour talking about books and movies. He was very well spoken and knowledgeable; not just about advertising but life in general. He was one of the last true gentlemen in the business.
Kochannoor (Thrissur District), KERALA / Doha, QATAR :
K P Abdul Hameed
Doha :
Long-time Doha resident and prominent Indian entrepreneur K P Abdul Hameed (76) passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru in southern India on Monday.
He was a managing director of Al Muftah Rent A Car, set up in 1970 as the first vehicle rental firm in Qatar.
Hameed will be buried at his native place, Kochannoor, in Kerala’s Thrissur district on Tuesday. He leaves behind his wife Aminu and two sons, Dr K P Najeeb (Hamad Medical Corporation) and Fazil Hameed (Al Muftah Rent A Car). A K Usman, who is also a managing director of Al Muftah Rent A Car, is his brother-in-law.
Hameed had suffered a stroke more than a month ago in Doha and was taken to India for treatment. Hameed, who arrived in Qatar in 1965, was a regular presence at a number of community events over the last four decades.
The veteran businessman was among the founders of MES Indian School, which was the first Indian expatriate institution of the country. The school was established in 1974.
Hameed was also one of the founding members and chief patrons of the Indian Cultural and Arts Society (Incas Qatar).
Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF) and expatriate forums Incas Qatar and Indian Medical Association (Qatar chapter) and Pravasi Malayali Federation have mourned the death of Hameed.
source: http://www.gulf-times.com / Gulf Times / June 19th, 2017
The new government in Bihar headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today brought back senior IAS officer Amir Subhani to the Home department as Principal Secretary.
Amir Subhani has been brought back as Principal Secretary, Home in place of Sudhir Kumar Rakesh, Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh told PTI.
The Election Commission had on September 12 ordered the removal of Subhani, a 1987-batch IAS officer from the Home department and had appointed 1983-batch IAS officer Sudhir Kumar Rakesh in his place.
But, with the elections ending and Nitish Kumar returning as the CM, Amir Subhani, a trusted officer of Kumar, was brought back to the Home department.
The Chief Secretary said Sudhir Kumar Rakesh has returned to the Panchayati Raj department.
Subhani would also retain his present posting in the General Administration department (GAD).Except for a brief period during the end of Jitan Ram Manjhi’s tenure and recently on order of the Election Commission, Subhani has occupied post of Home department with Nitish Kumar at the helm of affairs in the state.
Both the Home department and the GAD are with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
source: http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com / The Economic Times / ET Home> News> Politics and Nation / PTI / November 23rd, 2015
Rituals a mix of Hindu-Muslim traditions, says committee
The experts’ committee, constituted by the State government to look at the nature of rituals and worship at the controversial Bababudangiri shrine in Chikkamagaluru, has made it clear that Shah Khadri is the administrator of ‘Sree Dattatreya Bababudan Swamy Dargah’ and also the performer of the rituals.
The committee, headed by Justice Nagamohan Das, said the issue of management of the shrine was part of the “concluded findings” from the historical records.
Shah Khadri is Sajjada Nasheen (hereditary administrator) of the shrine. Syed Ghouse Mohiyuddin Shah Khadri holds the post at present.
The three-member committee submitted its report to the State government and the same has been accepted by the State Cabinet. The government has said that the report would be submitted to the Supreme Court, as the hearing of contempt petition against the government is coming up on April 6. Shah Khadri had moved the SC alleging that the government had been delaying to settle the issue, despite clear instructions from the court.
Ritual status
The committee, after verifying historical records and previous legal proceedings held since 1837, listed seven findings on the dispute. They include the name of the place (which is Sri Guru Dattatreya Bababudan Swamy Dargah) and location of the shrine on the hills. Both Hindus and Muslims are the devotees of the institution, it says. Regarding the rituals at the institute, the report states that the practice of reading Fateha, offering food items, placing flowers on the tomb and paduka, applying sandalwood paste, burning of incense, lighting of Nandadeepa, raising flags, beating of nagara (drums) and offering holy water to the devotees are performed by Shah Khadri. The institution is declared not a wakf property, but one under the jurisdiction of the Muzrai Department.
With regard to allegations against the administrator, the committee states that whenever Sajjada Nasheen committed acts of mismanagement, misappropriation etc., the Muzrai Department had taken action in accordance with the law.
Based on these findings, the committee rejected the Endowment Commissioner’s recommendations filed before the Supreme Court on March 10, 2010. The commissioner had recommended the appointment of a Hindu priest to offer prayers in accordance with Agama. Citing the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, the committee opined that the Endowment Commissioner’s report was liable to be rejected. The Act prohibits a change in the religious character of any such place after August 15, 1947.
The Endowment Commissioner’s report had cited historian Suryanath Kamath’s article titled ‘KarnatakaDattatreya Aradhane’ to recommend the appointment of a Hindu priest. The experts’ committee stated that Mr. Kamath’s article was “not based on any authentic evidence.”
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Sathish G.T. / Chikkamagaluru, March 15th, 2018
