Mangaluru: Highland Islamic Forum in association with Simrah Foundation organised an event themed ‘A day with Orphan’ on Sunday at Masjid-ul-Ehsan here in Mangaluru.

As a part of the event, a free medical check-up camp for orphans and destitute kids from across the district was organised here.

Dr. NA Mohammed, Dr. Haris, Dr. Faheem, Dr. Shameema Hafeez, Dr. Jameela, Dr. Sameeruddin, Dr. Rizwan, Dr. Hafeez MA, Dr. Vijaya, Dr. Ashraf Ahmed, Dr. Abdul Razak of HECC and Nafisa Sireen, President of the Highland Islamic Forum, Sajid AK were present during the event as guests.

Over 300 male and female children from across the district reported for the medical check-up camp. Several competitions were also organised among the children as a part of the event.

The event began with the recitation of Holy Quran by Basith while the event was compered by Nazim SS who also presented vote of thanks.

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Kolkata (PTI): A fire broke out at a garment unit in New Town area in the north-eastern part of Kolkata on Saturday morning, officials said.

The flames were spotted around 8 am on the fourth floor of the five-storied building, which houses other commercial units as well, they said.

There were no reports of any injury or fatality, the officials said.

Four fire tenders were pressed into service to fight the blaze.

"We are trying to douse the flames from adjacent buildings. There is no threat of the blaze spreading to adjacent houses," a fire brigade official said.

Local TMC MLA Tapas Chatterjee visited the spot to take stock of the situation.