First Haj flight from Mangaluru takes off

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August 4, 2016

Mangaluru, Aug 4: The first flight from the coastal city for Haj season 2016 took off on Thursday morning at the Mangaluru International Airport. The special Haj flights will continue till August 7.

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Every day A-320 type Air India flight will take off from the Airport carrying around 150 passengers, who will land in Madinah via Sharjah. There were 152 passengers on board the inaugural flight which took off at 11:05 a.m.

The pilgrims, who had gathered at the old terminal building at Bajpe last evening, boarded the buses arranged by the Haj committee today morning and reached the Airport by 9: 15 a.m.

R Roshan Baig, minister for urban development and Haj, also visited the Airport at 9:30 to send off the pilgrims. MLAs Mohiuddin Bava, JR Lobo, Haj management committee chief Y Mohammed Kunhi, District Wakf Advisory Committee president S M Rasheed Haji were present.

As many as 628 pilgrims from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan districts are boarding Haj flights from Mangaluru this year.

Also Read: Show the world that Islam is peace: Minister tells Mangaluru Haj pilgrims

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Ahmed Bava
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Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Masha Allah Isaq Bhai Ahlan Wa Sahlan

Ahmed Bava
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Masha Alla

Al Mighty Allah accept all our good deeds In Sha Allah HAJJ MAKBOOL and MABROOR

Ahmed
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Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Stop Selfie... dont make a selfie camp there. forget dunya and concentrate on your ibaadat...
May ALLAH make your path easy and accept your ibaadat and Hajj.

SYED
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Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

MAY ALLAH ACCEPT THE GOOD DEEDS FROM ALL HAJIS.

MAY ALLAH BRING ALL PEOPLE WHO WENT FOR HAJJ BACK HOME SAFELY. AAMEEN.

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May 30,2020

Udupi, May 30: Following the announcement of re-opening of places of worship from June 8, Ibrahim Musliyar Bekal, the Qadhi of Udupi has called upon the Centre and State governments to issue uniform guidelines for Muslims to be followed while going to mosques for congregational prayers.

In a media statement, he said that even though the government is relaxing the lockdown in a phased manner things will not be like before as people have to follow the precautionary measures to control the spread of the coronavirus. 

He said that the union and state governments after holding discussions with the authorities of Central Waqf Council and the State Waqf Boards and Islamic scholars, should form a uniform guidelines for all mosques.

He also suggested a few guidelines such as offering congregational prayers soon after adaan, closing the mosque soon after prayers, maintaining physical distance and avoiding the use of toilet in mosques. 

He also suggested the sick, elderly people and children to prefer to offer prayers in homes instead of mosques until situation becomes normal. 

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January 4,2020

Surathkal, Jan 4: The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have signed agreementsfor joint research and development of technology for application in space, a statement said here on Friday.

As part of the agreement, which was signed by P Venkatakrishnan, Director of ISRO CBPO Division and Prof Umamaheswar Rao, Director, NITK, ISRO will establish the Regional Academic Center for Space (RACS) at NITK.

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Media Release
March 18,2020

Mangalore, Mar 18: The Dakshina Kannada District Home Guards felicitated social activist and Executive Director of Centre for Integrated Learning, Sachitha Nandagopal at the Home Guards district office to mark the International Women's Day recently.

She was recognised for her achievements and contributions to the society in the field of education, culture and mental health.

Sachitha Nandagopal, a former Head of Department of Journalism at Besant Women's College and Principal of CMR Post Graduate Centre for Media Studies, Bangalore, is the Co-Founder of Centre for Integrated Learning, Mangalore which is an NGO working in the field of alternative education, adding value to the present education system. As a Facilitator in Dance Movement Therapy, she has founded Anveshanam - Centre for Mindfulness and Emotional Wellbeing, an organisation dedicated to addressing mental health issues.

She was honoured by District Commandant, Dakshina Kannada Home Guards, Dr. Muralimohan Chunthar. Senior Home Guard Ramesh Bhandary, Diwakar, Mahesh and lady personnel of Home Guards were present on the occasion.

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