Haji KS Muhammad Masood re-elected President of Muslim Central Committee for third term
Mangaluru: Haji K S Muhammad Masood was on Saturday re-elected as president of the Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts at a general meeting held at the Mini Town Hall in the city.
Prof Yousuf D, principal of Badriya College, conducted the election.
Khateeb Abdul Mannan Mufti of Kudroli Jamia Masjid performed the prayers. General secretary of the Committee Mohammed Hanif Haji presented the annual report and balance sheets audited by the auditors to the gathering.
Vice-president of the Committee Haji Ibrahim Kodijal presented the vote of thanks on the occasion.
The Committee stated in a press release that Masood, being the only member of the Committee to file the nomination papers for the post of the president, was elected unopposed for the next three years.
Masood, who became president of the Committee for the first time in 2003, has also been elected to the post for the third consecutive term. The last term too, he had been elected unopposed, said the Committee.
A senior politician too, Masood has served as a member of the Legislative Council, as Chief Whip and also as chairperson of the State Minorities Commission.
He has striven for social and community welfare as president of the Muslim Central Committee. He continues to involve himself in social service through the Committee and the 'Haji Karkala Sheikh Shabhu Saheb Memorial Trust', which was founded in memory of his father.
Masood has also played a major role in maintaining harmony between Hindus and Muslims in the region.
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Airlines got 999 hoax bomb threats till Nov 14 this year; 256 FIRs filed: Govt
New Delhi, Nov 28: Airlines received 999 hoax bomb threats this year till November 14 and as many as 256 FIRs have been filed while guidelines have been issued by aviation security regulator BCAS for objective assessment of threats, the government said on Thursday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said a total of 1,148 hoax bomb threat messages/calls have been received since August 2022 till November 14, 2024 threatening the operations of international and domestic air travel.
While 999 threats were received by airlines during the period from January to November 14, 2024, the count stood at 122 last year and at 27 for the August-December 2022 period.
"256 FIRs have been filed since January 2024 till 14 November 2024, out of which 163 FIRs have been filed during 14 October- 14 November 2024. 12 arrests have been made in view of hoax bomb threat since January 2024 till 14 November 2024," the minister said.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued guidelines for objective assessment of threats. The indicative factor has been useful in reducing time taken by the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) during the decision-making process.
"Also, to reduce the overall time taken for convening BTAC to less than 5 minutes, virtual assembly of BTAC through pre-generated video link has been set up. Further, advisories for compulsory 10 per cent of secondary ladder point check-in for all flights, strict monitoring of non-scheduled flight operations, enhanced security measures and surveillance at cargo terminals were issued," Mohol said.
Further, the minister said the government is considering amending the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023 to put hoax threat messenger in the no-fly list.
"It is also being considered to amend Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation for covering Aircraft in flight as well as on ground, airport etc," he added.
