Udupi: Giants International week-long charity initiative begins

25 Students awarded essential stationery items

Vartha Bharati | 17-09-2023 | 18:03:00 IST

Udupi: Giants International week’s inaugural event kicked off on Sunday here at Hashimi Masjid, the event received immense appreciation and response. The event, organized by Giants International, Udupi Unit, witnessed the distribution of essential stationery items to around 25 deserving students.

The event chaired by the President of Giants International, Udupi Unit, Mr. M. Iqbal Manna, was graced by several dignitaries, including Roshan Ballal, Director of Administration, and Vice Presidents Yashwant Salian and Vincent Saldana, Jagadish Amin, Naveen Chandra Bhandary, Ganesh Shettigar, Masjid President Zakriya Assadi, and Imam of the Masjid, Obeidur Rehman Nadvi, who joined them on the stage.

In the meantime, President Manna gave a brief introduction of Giants International, speaking about the organization's vision, mission and motto. Simultaneously, D.A Roshan Ballal proposed a vote of thanks marking the end of the program.

The event also included prize distribution by all dignitaries of Giants International. Following the prize distribution ceremony, the attendees were served with breakfast.

Several notable members of the Masjid Committee including, Gulam Rauf, Shoukatullah Assadi, Thajammul Manna, Althaf Palaukar, prominent community leaders Mansoor Manna, Bashir Ahmed Manna, Sahil, Shakil Ahmed, Gafoor, were present in the function.

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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata

13-12-2025 ¦ 13-12-2025 IST

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Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.

Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.

"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.

Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.