Kundapur, Dec 22: Goal is vital in the students' life. Instead of facing criticisms negatively, they should be taken positively. Only then, success can be achieved; opined Udupi district Superintendent of Police Laxman Nimbargi.

He was addressing students as the Chief Guest at the 'VIKASA 21' annual day program of the Kodi Bearys Group Educational Institutions on Saturday.

Students must work to bring laurels and respect their parents, nation and soldiers. The ideals of great people like Basavanna, Gandhiji and Ambedkar, should be followed. Schools, colleges must hold awareness programmes regarding the POCSO Act, the impact of drug addiction and regarding following the traffic rules, Nimbargi said.

Speaking at the occasion, Syed Muhammed Beary, Managing Trustee of the Haji K. Mohidin Beary Education Trust, said "the truth, trust, goodness and honest earning are significant in the life. These four values must be maintained until the end of life. Human values should be given utmost importance."

B.Ed topper of Mangaluru University Chandrika, Best Teacher Awardee Shivanand Chumbannanavar, Volleyball player Mohammed Rizwan, Karate player Mohammed Ahad were felicitated.

Chairman of the Haji K. Mohidin Beary Education Trust Abdul Rahman presided over the programme.

Board of Trustees member Ashraf Beary, Principal of the First-grade college Dr. Sameer, B.Ed College Principal Siddappa KS, D.Ed College Principal Firdous, Municipal council members Ashfaq Kody, Kamala,  heads of various Bearys educational institutions Sumitra, Rehana Begum, Jayanthi, Reshma D'Souza, Shivananda of PTA and others were present.

Lecturer Sandeep Kumar welcomed the gathering and Jayasheela Shetty proposed the vote of thanks. Sunita, Rakshita B. Shetty, Bharati, Kavya compared the programme.

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Kolkata (PTI): A 68-year-old man was arrested from Kolkata on Thursday morning after fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 2.99 lakh were seized from his possession, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police apprehended the person from the Dharmatala bus stand area in the central part of the city, he said.

“Six bundles of FICN of Rs 500 denomination were seized from his possession. The person seems to be a member of a racket involved in fake currency note supply. A case has been filed against him and he will be produced in a local court later today,” he said.

The accused is a resident of Malda district, the officer said, adding that a probe into the matter is underway.