Mangaluru: Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industries (BCCI) on Friday inaugurated its 3-days ‘Bearys Mela 2023 at the Kudumal auditorium here in the city. The event was inaugurated by Deputy Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly UT Khader. 

Speaking at the event, Khader lauded the contributions of Bearys Community and added that the community always thrive for building strong society. He also played the Bearys Community has played a vital role and contributed to the upliftment of the region.

“The youth of the community should also have a positive mindset and should not be influenced with negative thought process. They should take guidance from the seniors and experienced members of the society and deliver on their roles and responsibilities,” Khader noted.

BCCI President SM Rasheed Haji chaired the event while MLC BM Farooq, MCC Mayor Jayanand Anchan were also present during the event.

BM Mumtaz Ali welcomed the guests and audience before the program began with the recitation of verses from Holy Quran. Sahil Zaheer compered the event.

Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Muslim Central Committee president Haji K S Muhammad Masood, Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences chairman U K Monu, MLA Vedavyas Kamath, former MLA B A Mohiudeen Bava, Dakshina Kannada District Wakf Advisory Committee president Abdul Nasir Luckystar, Rohan Corporation president Rohan Monteiro, KPCC general secretary Inayat Ali, Iqbal Ahmed of Bengaluru Little Flower Public School, MEIF president Moosabba P Beary, former mayor Diwakar, BCCI Hassan Chapter president Zakir Yadgar, BCCI Chikmagaluru Chapter president Abdul Sattar, All India Beary Parishat chairman U H Khalid Ujire, Dr U T Ifthikar Ali, Beary Mela convener Mansoor Ahmed, BCCI general secretary Mohammed Imthiyaz, entrepreneur Sharief Whitestone, Abdul Hamid, Ibrahim Gadiyar, Abusalih Hussain, Abdullah Monu Qatar, T H Mehboob, Abdul Aziz Baikampady, Asif Sufi Khan, Abdurrazaq Golthamajalu, Shauqat Shourie, Riaz Bava, B A Nazir and A H Muhammad were among those present.

Achievers in various fields, Nissar Ahmed, Chairman of Presidency University, NRI entrepreneur Zakaria Jokatte, industrialist Mohammad Arabi Kumbla, IT expert Shihab Mohammed Kalandar Novigo, entrepreneur Mansoor Ahmed, medical expert Dr Anjum Ifthikar, were also awarded with the ‘Beary Award’.

BCCI President SM Rasheed Haji, Dakshina Kannada District Wakf Advisory Committee president Abdul Nasir Luckystar, Haris Mukka and Guinness Record-holder student Mohammad Shalil were felicitated at the inaugural ceremony.

Exhibition and sale

The various stalls set up as a part of the exhibition and sale during the Beary Mela attracted visitors.  More than 50 stalls, with medical and technological equipment, conventional and designer clothes, books and, most of all, various food items like chats biryani and snacks, were set up for the fest.

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Wayanad(Kerala) (PTI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday took part in various official and outreach programmes, including inaugurating a health laboratory, in her Lok Sabha constituency.

Vadra, who is in Kerala on a three-day visit, inaugurated a health laboratory in Malappuram that was set up by the Kalikavu Service Cooperative Bank.

Later in the day, she interacted with potters at Nilambur, held a meeting with the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) state president T P Abdullah Koya Madani at Edavanna and met locals at Wayanad Churam (tunnel) bypass road at Chippilithode.

Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) is an Islamic reformist organisation.

The pottery workers, who presented Vadra with several gifts made by them, told the Congress MP about the difficulties faced by them in their profession.

She assured them that she will work on their issues.

Regarding the Wayanad Churam bypass road, the Congress MP told the people that she has already spoken to the Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari who has constituted a committee for a study to explore what is possible here and what is not.

She said that she will request for expediting the process.