Mangaluru/ Mumbai: 10-year old Ismail Nameer Ruknuddin, a student of Mangaluru has secured third place at the 24th Asian/International WFSKO Open Karate Championship organized by World Funakoshi Shotokan Jarate Organisation between Feb 9-10 in Mumbai.
Nameer, who originally hails from coastal town Bhatkal, stays with his parents in Mangaluru and is a grade III student at Darul Ayman School, here.
He is the son of Nisar Ahmed Ruknuddin of Bhatkal, who has been living with his family in Mangaluru for last few years
Early into his school days, Nameer developed interest in Karate, and was duly trained at his school.
In the run up to the International tournament, Nameer Participated and emerged triumphant at state level and National level tournaments both of which were held at Moodbidri of Dakshin Kannada district.
The international level tournament that was held at Priyadarshini Sports Complex, P. K road Mulund, Mumbai, Nameer participated in the age category of 8-10 years and stood third in the competition on Sunday (Feb 10) afternoon.

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Ranipet (Tamil Nadu) (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was being "controlled" by US President Donald Trump and that the PM wanted the AIADMK to capture power so that he could control Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.
Also, he claimed that the prime minister "handed out our energy security and gave away our data, besides selling our farmers and small and medium industries."
"You saw yesterday (in Parliament) the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi completely lacking confidence," Rahul said on the delimitation bill.
"He (PM) could not even face the opposition. He was sitting sideways. And the reason is, he is controlled by the United States. He signed the India-US deal that sold our country out," Rahul said while addressing an election rally here.
He further said, "Today, if Donald Trump tells Modi to jump, Modi jumps. If Donald Trump tells Modi to lie down, Modi lies down. Why? Because Donald Trump controls Modi fully. How does he control him? He controls through the Epstein files. He controls him because he knows Modi's financial systems and understands Modi's link with Adani," the Congress leader alleged.
Just as he was being controlled by Trump, Modi wanted to do the same to the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. "That is why he wants to put AIADMK in power in TN," Rahul said.
The Union government had rejected references to PM Modi in the latest Jeffrey Epstein case files, describing it as “little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal that deserves to be dismissed with the utmost contempt”.
