Beary’s cultural forum to give away scholarship, sewing machines on Aug 19
Mangaluru, August 17: Dubai-based Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) has organized a programme to distribute scholarships and sewing machines to the students of poor background at the town hall here on August 19 at 9.30 am.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, BCF patron BM Mumtaz Ali said that the BCF has been giving away the scholarships to the students of poor background for the last 16 years and this year, more than 500 students from PUC to PG would get the benefit.
At the same time, around 50 women from Udupi and Dakshina Kannada would get sewing machines. In order to encourage the rural women of the Coastal Karnataka, an art exhibition would also be conducted, he said.
UAE London American City College director Dr Kaup Muhammad would conduct a vocational guidance symposium and seminar to be held during the inaugural programme. Talent Research Foundation Mangaluru president Riyaz Ahmed Kannur would give information on education and employment opportunities from central and state governments, he said.
MLA Vedavyas Kamath would inaugurate the programme which will be presided over by BCF president Dr BK Yusuf. Azad Group of Companies director Mansoor Ahmed, Mangaluru University registrar Dr AM Khan, DKSC working president Hatim Kanchi, Misba Women’s College principal Zahid Jaleel would be present as chief guests, he said.
Stage programme to be held at 2pm would be inaugurated by Higher Education Minister GT Deve Gowda, while Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader would give away the scholarships and Dr BK Yusuf would preside over the programme, he said.
MLCs Ivon D’Souza and BM Farooq, Bearys Group chairman Syed Beary, Yenepoya University vice chancellor Y Abdulla Kunhi, former MLA BA Moideen Bava, former MLC Captain Ganesh Karnik, Vishwas Bava Builders managing director Abdul Rauf Puttige, Al Muzain Group chairman Zakaria Jokatte, Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy chairman Haji Muhammad Karambaru, Senate member Dr UT Ifthikar, Mukka Sea Food MD K Muhammad Haris, Beary’s Welfare Forum Abu Dhabi president Muhammad Ali Uchila, Karnataka NRI Forum UAE president Praveen Shetty and others would be present, he said.
The students who scored more marks in SSLC, PUC and Madrasa public exams would also be felicitated on the occasion, he added.
BCF scholarship committee chairman ME Mulur, general secretary Dr Kaup Muhammad, vice president Abdul Latheef Mulki, and others were present.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
