Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan celebrates birthday with students from Manipur
promises to bear their education cost
Bengaluru, Aug 1: Karnataka Housing and Minorities Welfare Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan on Tuesday celebrated his birthday with students from Manipur who have taken shelter here following ethnic clashes in the strife-torn state.
As many as 29 girl students have taken shelter in St Teresa Educational Institutions in Chamarajapet here, which is Khan's Assembly constituency, his office said in a release. The Minister announced that he would bear the education and welfare of those students, and on the occasion, he announced financial aid of Rs 2 lakh, it said.
Khan interacted with the students and gathered information about the prevailing situation in Manipur.
The students explained that they have come to Bengaluru in view of the dangerous situation in their home state, and also thanked St Teresa Education Institutions for giving them shelter, the release said.
The students have to stay back here for at least seven years to complete their education and the Minister promised to bear the cost of education and their welfare for the whole period, it added.
The Minister said the students are very safe here and he would make arrangements for anything they wanted.
As many as 200 students have come from Manipur to Bengaluru of which 29 students have taken shelter in this institution and others have been accommodated in other institutions, the release added.
ಆಶ್ರಯ ಅರಸಿ ಬಂದ ಅಂತಹ ಕೆಲವು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಜತೆ ಇಂದು ನನ್ನ ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಬ್ಬ ಆಚರಿಸಿದ್ದು ಅರ್ಥಪೂರ್ಣ ಎನಿಸಿತು.
— B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan (@BZZameerAhmedK) August 1, 2023
ಅಲ್ಲದೆ, ಚಾಮರಾಜ ಪೇಟೆಯ ಸೆಂಟ್ ತೆರೆಸಾ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಶ್ರಯ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ 29 ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿನಿಯರ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಹಾಗೂ ಆರೈಕೆ ವೆಚ್ಚ ಭರಿಸುವುದಾಗಿ ಘೋಷಣೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ತುರ್ತು ಪರಿಹಾರವಾಗಿ ಎರಡು ಲಕ್ಷ ರೂ.ನೀಡಿದೆ.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
