Dubai, October 22: Beary’s Chamber of Commerce and Industries Mangaluru UAE Chapter was recently inaugurated at J.W. Marriot Hotel here. BCCI Mangaluru office-bearers, trustees, mentors and others were present.

As per the direction of the BCCI Mangaluru President S.M. Rasheed, the office-bearers were elected for the UAE Chapter. Thumbay Group founder Dr. Thumbay Moideen was appointed as the Patron of the UAE Chapter, while S.M. Basheer was unanimously elected as its President.

M.S. Hidayat Addoor and Abdulla Madumule were appointed as Vice Presidents, Tanveer Ahmed as General Secretary, Abdul Ravoof Kaikamba as Secretary, Saleem Althaf as Organizing Secretary and Hamza Abdul Khader was appointed as Treasurer of the UAE Chapter.

 

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Balrampur/Chhattisgarh (PTI): Enthusiastic voters reached polling booths trekking steep hilly paths, crossing a river and even on a horse to cast their votes in remote areas of the tribal-dominated Balrampur district in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, officials said.

Balrampur district falls under the Surguja Lok Sabha constituency which was among seven seats where polling was held in third and last phase of Lok Sabha elections in the state. The Surguja Lok Sabha recorded 74.59 per cent voting, as per the Turnout application.

Voters, belonging to Pahadi Korva, a particularly vulnerable tribal group, including Rajesh, Madan, Sukhu, Gopal and Nandlal, crossed a river to exercise their franchise at a polling booth in village panchayat Amera under the Samri assembly constituency, a government official said.

Similarly, electors, including Lakhan Nagesia, Sahu, Phulsai and Kalesh of Bachwar village under the Ramanujganj assembly constituency walked through hilly terrain for about two hours covering 8 kms to reach a polling booth and cast their vote, he said. A voter, Parimal Dey, reached a polling booth in Sagarpur village under the Ramanujganj assembly seat on a horse, the official said. Dey is a cattle rearer who owns 150 goats.

Two hyper sensitive polling booths -- Chunchuna and Pundag -- located in a Naxal-affected area of the district which shares border with Jharkhand, also recorded significant turnout, he said. The two booths are located in the Samri assembly constituency.

"Special security arrangements were put in place in this area to ensure peaceful voting. Voters of Chunchuna and Pudang ensured their participation in the great festival of democracy braving Naxalite threat," he said. The Chunchuna polling booth has 767 voters and it recorded 84.35 per cent turnout, while Pundag has 595 electors and it registered a turnout of 72.44 per cent till 5 pm, the official added.