Mangaluru: District-level inter-school Seerah competition held at Iqra Arabic School
Mangaluru: A district-level inter-school competition on the Seerah (life and teachings) of Prophet Muhammad was organised by Al Lajnatus Saqafiyyah, the student association of Iqra Arabic School, Mangaluru. The event saw enthusiastic participation from over 110 students representing various schools across Dakshina Kannada district.
Participants took part in multiple competitions centred around the Prophet’s life, values, and teachings. Students from Diamond International School, B.C. Road, Sneha Public School, Pakaladka, Kanachur Public School, Derlakatte, Jamiya Educational Institutions, Krishnapura, and Iqra Arabic School, Mangaluru, secured top honours in different categories.
Maulana Yahya Tangal Madani of Hawwa Juma Masjid, Bolangady, who was the chief guest, urged students to work hard and aim high, saying that without big dreams, one cannot achieve success in this world or the Hereafter.
Guest speaker Mufti Zubair Nadwi, Khateeb of Jamiya Masjid, advised students not to lose heart if they did not win prizes, but to continue striving with sincerity and dedication.
Addressing the gathering, Ashfaq Ahmad, Chairman of Sanmarga Publications, reminded students that the Prophet’s noble character is a guiding light for humanity and should inspire their actions in everyday life.
Prizes were also distributed for the essay competition organised by Iqra Arabic School. Out of 37 entries received, Sidharth, a third-year B.A. student from Government University College, won the first prize and a cash award of ₹5,000. He also presented his essay before the guests. Azmiya of Darul Ayman won the second prize, while Hajira Abid Manna of Hira College and Aysha Humaira of Baraka College shared the third position.
The programme concluded with a vote of thanks delivered by Maulana Saalim Nadwi, Principal of Iqra Arabic School, Mangaluru.
All participants of the essay competition have been requested to collect their certificates from the school office.
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Karnataka: Indigo disruption forces newlyweds to attend reception online
Hubballi (Karnataka) (PTI): The venue was all decked up and a delicious spread ready for the invitees. But Megha Ksheerasagar and Sangam Das could not be present for their own wedding reception, thanks to the national flight disruptions that has sent many passengers across the country into a tizzy.
The newlyweds' reception was fixed here on December 3, but the couple was forced to attend their grand event only via video conference due to the disruptions in top carrier Indigo's operations, mainly due to crew woes.
Not meaning to miss the important day, the couple appeared on a large screen at the venue through video conferencing from Bhubaneswar, greeted the guests and apologised for not being personally present.
Instead, the bride's parents graced the occasion at the scheduled reception venue--Gujarat Bhavan, here, on behalf of the couple that had tied the knot on November 23 in Odisha's Bhubaneswar.
According to the family, the couple, both software engineers, work in Bengaluru. The reception was arranged at the bride's native place in Hubballi on Wednesday.
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To be part of their special day, the couple had booked tickets on the Bhubaneswar-Bengaluru-Hubballi route for December 2. Some relatives had booked tickets on the Bhubaneswar-Mumbai-Hubballi route. However, due to operational disruptions, IndiGo flights were continuously delayed from 9 am on December 2 until early morning on December 3, and were eventually cancelled.
"My daughter's wedding happened on November 23 and we had organised a reception at our native place in Hubballi for people here. The flight kept getting delayed and at the last moment, at around 4 am, it got cancelled. Now what could we do after that. We had to come up with some solution. Then I decided to do the reception online. I immediately arranged for a screen and asked my daughter and son-in-law to join the reception online," the bride's father Anil Kumar Ksheerasagar told PTI Videos.
He urged the central government to take corrective measures so that public, being the tax payers, don't suffer.
"What the problem with IndiGo is, we don't know. My daughter and son-in-law were supposed to come via an IndiGo flight but that got cancelled. IndiGo alone can't be blamed. The government must understand that it is in case of emergencies that people prefer flights. Some measures need to be taken to resolve this issue. When the PM's flight gets cancelled, he is taken by helicopter. Why is the same not done for us, the common people. We also have emergencies, don't we. The government must think of this, and if they ignore public woes, they should remember that we are also VIPs because we pay tax."
Relatives had come for the reception from across the country--Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bagalkote, Davangere and Belagavi.
"I didn't know what to do as relatives and guests had come from so many places. I was stressed, but then I quickly decided to do it online," Ksheerasagar said.
As the couple could not travel to Hubballi, the bride's parents sat in place of the newly-weds at the reception venue and conducted the rituals, while the bride and groom, dressed up in Bhubaneswar, attended their grand reception online.
