'My district, my dream' essay competition, TR Suresh distributes prizes
Mangaluru: City Police Commissioner TR Suresh on Friday distributed prizes among the winners of essay competition organised by District Working Journalist Association as a part of Brand Mangaluru Programme.
The competition was distributed in two categories one each for PUC students and Degree students, who were asked to write essays on the topic “My district, My dream”.
Students from various colleges from across the district participated in the competition and presented their writings.
A student of Mangaluru Government B. Ed College, Vani, bagged the first place in the degree college category while Ayishat Safwana of Karavali Pharmacy College Mangaluru secured the second place.
In PUC category, NR Ananya Rai of St. Agnes PU College Mangaluru bagged first place while Khader Sultana of Kumbra Markazal Huda PU College Puttur secured second place in the category.
Suresh lauded the efforts of all the participants and congratulated all the winners on their victory, while also advising students to not lose heart on not winning, but to rejoice the fact that they participated in the event.
Retired principal of Ganapathi PU College Dr Chandrakala Nandavara, Vice principal of Surathkal Govindadas College, Prof Krishnamurthy Chitrapura, Dr Vijayalakshmi Nayak of Srinivasa College of Education and Journalist Dr Seetalakshmi Karkikodi were the juries for the competition.
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Neeraj Chopra wins Golden Spike meet
Ostrava (Czech Republic), Jun 24 (PTI): Indian javelin throw superstar Neeraj Chopra on Tuesday clinched the title at the Golden Spike meet in his maiden appearance here, his back-to-back win in a top-class competition.
Fresh from his Paris Diamond League win on June 20, Chopra emerged on top in a nine-man field here though with a modest effort of 85.29m in the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event.
He had skipped the last two editions of Golden Spike -- an event that his coach Jan Zelezny won nine times in a storied career -- due to fitness issues.
The 27-year-old Chopra has had an impressive season so far, having won his first Diamond League title in two years in Paris after also breaching the elusive 90m mark during his second place finish in Doha DL in May.
