Mangaluru: BIT and BEADS, Engineering and Architecture College has  organized a Quiz contest named ‘BEARYS QUENCH GRAND FINALE -2019’ to emphasize on the improvement of the intellectual and General Knowledge skills of the students.

It was an inter college competition held exclusively for PUC-II students. Fifty two teams participated in it, comprising three students each. The topics for the quiz were from the history and Audio, visual, sports and current affairs. Every round was a mixed bag with questions from different fields.

The quiz competitions were commenced from the month of August the grand finale was on 14th December 2019. For the concluding session, the president of the function was Chairman, Bearys Group, Mr. Syed Mohamed Beary, The chief guest was Rtd. Director of education Govt. of Karnataka, Mrs. Philomena Lobo and the Guest of honor, Secretary PUC Association of Principals Dakshina Kannada and Principal Rotary PU College Moodbidri, Rtn. Vincent D’Costa. The event began with invocation of Almighty at 2:00PM.  

Mr. Syed Mohamed Beary delivered the keynote address in his speech he said “Winning is not merely an attitude, winning should be the way of life” and he told, for learning we need to have “Truth”, “Trust” and “Happiness”. Mrs. Philomena Lobo, spoke on this occasion and she told in kannada “Yelliyu Nilladiru, Maneyanendu Kattadiru, Koneyanendu Muttadiru, O anantavagiru, O nanna chetana, Aagu ni aniketana,” which is part of poem by Sri. Kuvempu. That is translated as “Never stop, never build be a stagnant, never touch the end, be infinite, oh my spirit”. 

The guest of honor, Rtn. Vincent D’Costa, addressed the gathering, in which he told to contribute for the society, “living for long is not important, how you lived is important” Mrs. Mamtha  Bhandary spoke on this occasion and congratulated each and every team for active participation.  

The first prize of Rs. 15,000 cash and trophy was won by Chaithanya PU College, Mangalore, The second prize of cash Rs. 12,000 and trophy was won by R.N Shetty PU College, Kundapur and third prize of cash Rs. 9,000 and trophy was won by Government PU College, Byndoor.

Quiz Master Mr. Clinton Baptist, Co-founder, Mt. Kinetics conducted the quiz in a very interactive way and the teams participated with great enthusiasm. They skillfully answered the questions asked. Though some of the questions were very tricky, the teams tried to answer them with confidence. The questions put forth to the teams were intriguing and exciting. Quiz was very informative and knowledge enriching for the participants as well as for the audience. The students displayed ecstatic spirit and enjoyed the quiz to the fullest.

The event was coordinated by Mrs. Mamtha Bhandary, Student welfare officer and Mrs. Prafulla, Student affairs. The welcome address was by, Principal, BIT- Mangalore, Dr. S.I. Manjur Basha. The master of ceremony was faculty of CSE department, Mrs. Ankitha Bekal. The event was witnessed by Principal of BEADS, Ar. Ashok Mendonca, Director of BIT-Polytechnic College, Dr. Aziz Mustafa,  faculties and students.

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Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.

The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.

According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.

Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.

Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.

After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.