Mangaluru student bags second place at the 17th State Level Open Karate Championship
Mangaluru: A 10-year old Mangaluru student bagged second place at the 17th State Level Open Karate Championship organised by Shorin-RYU Karate Association Moodbidri in association with M K Ananthraj College of Physical Education, Moodbidri.
10-year old Ismail Nameer, a fourth grade student of Barakah International School, Mangaluru participated in below 30 kg category in the championship and bagged second place.
The 17th State Level Open Karate Championship – 2019 was held at Swami’s strength training, Samaja Mandir Complex in Moodbidr.
Nameer s/o Nisar Ahmed Ruknuddin hails from Bhatkal and has been residing in Mangaluru for last few years.
Nameer has previously participated in several state, national and international level Karate championships and has won medals at various occasions including a silver medal at International Karate Championship last year.
Last year in the 16th edition of the championship Nameer had participated in below 20kg category and had secured third position in the event. He had then participated in the 4th National level open karate championship earlier this year and had secured second place in under 10 years, above 25kg category.
But his top win so far came in January this year when he secured third place in the 24th Asian/International WFSKO Open Karate Championship organized by World Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Organisation in Mumbai.
Nameer who developed interest in Karate while being trained in his previous school in Mangaluru Darul Aimaan School is currently an Orange belt holder in Karate.
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Gauhati HC issues notice to Assam CM in PILs alleging 'hate speech'
Guwahati (PTI): The Gauhati High Court on Thursday issued a notice to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in connection with a bunch of PILs, accusing him of giving "hate speech" and making "communal comments" against the 'Miya' community.
Notices were also issued to the state government and the DGP in connection with three different petitions on the matter.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury heard the three petitions.
The court fixed March 21 as the next date of hearing.
"The respondents have to reply to the notices before the next date. The court has not issued any other order," Advocate Santanu Borthakur, who assisted the counsels for one of the petitioners, told PTI.
One petition was filed by Assamese litterateur Hiren Gohain, former DGP Harekrishna Deka and senior journalist Paresh Malakar on February 24. The CPI and CPI(M) had also filed separate petitions on February 21, seeking to restrain the CM from making such comments.
The Supreme Court on February 16 refused to entertain petitions seeking action against Sarma over a viral video purportedly showing him taking aim and firing with a rifle at members of a particular community.
'Miya' is originally a pejorative term used for Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam, and the non-Bengali-speaking people generally identify them as Bangladeshi immigrants. In recent years, activists from the community have started adopting the term as a gesture of defiance.
