Lecturer, Dubai beautician among the new faces in Dakshina Kannada ZP

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February 24, 2016

Mangaluru, Feb 24: Rasheeda Banu, a lecturer at a private degree college in Ullal, is probably the only member in Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat who holds a master degree in political science. This hijab-clad woman managed to defeat her closest rival Poornima Shetty of BJP with a margin of 4,580 votes in Konaje seat in just concluded panchayat polls.

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Seema Melwyn D'Souza and Rasheeda Banu

A rank holder in post-graduation at Mangalore University, Rasheeda worked as a guest lecturer in Field Marshal Cariappa College in Madikeri for two years and then joined Syed Madani Women's College in Ullal.

Eldest daughter of two-time taluk panchayat member Muhammed Mustafa Malar, she is married to Muhammed Twaha, an engineer and they have a small child. Thanks to the support and encouragement from her father, husband and health minister UT Khader she decided to enter politics to serve the poor through Congress party a few weeks ago.

“I want to develop my constituency using the funds available from the government. My father has been supporting me throughout the election,” she says.

“I know there is a lot of difference between what I have learnt and what I will be practicing now,” Ms. Banu said. She intends to work with legislators, and taluk panchayat and gram panchayat members to carry out development works.

“It is through development alone that harmony can be built in my constituency,” she said.

Wife replaces husband

Another Congress candidate Seema Melwyn D'Souza, who won from Neermarga seat, was beautician at a firm in Dubai till last year. She quit her Dubai job to join her husband, Melwyn D'Souza, a former ZP member. She opened her own beauty parlour in Neermarga later.

She said that it was her husband who had contested from the constituency during the last term. “As the women reservation was announced for the constituency, I contested the election. I will work towards the development of the constituency.”

Ruling out that his wife's candidature was a case of family politics, Mr. D'Souza said that it was proposed by party workers. “She is yet to get a grip of things. I am here to support her,” Mr. D'Souza said.

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Congratulation to my high school class mate Rasheeda Banu

Congrats, ,,,,, very good news

Congratulations Rasheeda Banu ( Masha Allah ) and Seema Melwyn all the very best for your political future i hope you will do something good for poor people.

Congratulations! It's good sign youngsters are jumping into politics. I wish them all the success for their future political life. Yes. There are many corrupt politicians in and around us. We should not be one among those who just blame politicians. The young and clean hands should jump into the political field and wipe out the corrupt. this is the best solution at the moment.

may Allah bless with u all the happiness and health Ameen

Masha Allah Good job Keep it up..
Well done..

wow wonderful, all the best do well for the society.

all the best Rasheeda Banu, please solve our water problem in konaje roads are not clear.

all the best ladies, do well for your constituency.

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MIM leader Waris Pathan booked for alleged communal remark

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February 22,2020

Kalaburagi, Feb 22: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Waris Pathan was booked for his alleged remark against the Hindu community in his speech during an anti-CAA rally held here recently, police sources said on Saturday.

According to police sources, the FIR was registered against the AIMIM leader, following a complaint lodged by a woman advocate on Friday evening.

Taking strongly about the incident, the Karnataka Home minister Basavaraj Bommai had directed the Kalaburagi city police commissioner to submit a report on the incident.

It may be recalled that the AIMIM leader, in his speech at a rally held in the city on February 15 had said that if all the 15 crore minority populations in the country stand united they could take on 100 crore Hindu population.

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Schoolgirl ends life over lack of online study facility

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June 2,2020

Kasaragod, June 2: As Kerala commenced fresh academic year with online classes from Monday, a ninth-standard student at Malappuram district in North Kerala ended life allegedly owing to lack of online study facilities like television connection and a smartphone at her house.

Devika, daughter of Balakrishnan, hailing from a Dalit community at Valancherry, about 25 kilometres from Malappuram town, ended her life.

Balakrishnan told the media that he could not recharge the television connection owing to financial crunches. He was working as a daily wage worker and owing to COVID-19 and lockdown, he was not having much work these days.

The family also did not have a smartphone or computer. The family members alleged that Devika was quite upset as she could not attend the virtual class that began on Monday. She was a student of a nearby government school.

Local police said that Devika, who was the eldest among four children of Balakrishnan, was suspected to have self-immolated using kerosene at a premise close to her house on Monday evening. The cause and provocations were still being probed only. No suicide notes were recovered yet.

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Team Be Human statiates the hunger of Mangaluru's civic workers amidst lockdown

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April 19,2020

Mangaluru, May 19: Team Be Human, a city based group of philanthropists, has taken commendable initiative to satiate the hunger of the civic workers of Mangaluru City Corporation that are endangering their lives to keep the city clean amidst covid-19 lockdown.

On Friday, April 18, gorcesary kits were distributed among around 180 civic workers at Eidgah Maidan in Light House Hill in the presence of Corporator Abdul Raoof Bajal, Mansoor Ahmed Azad, Aina group Ashraf, Ceco Asif, Advocate Abdul Shukoor, U B Saleem, Sahil Zaheer, Rash Beary, Munna Kammaradi and Abdul Muttalib.

The Team swung into action on hearing the civic workers' plight due to the delay in payment of their wages by the Antony Waste Management firm. The Team was helped by the alumni of the St Aloysius College, Mangaluru (batch 1989).

This is not the first time the Team Be Human distributing kits among the needy. Amidst lockdown it has already distributed around 1200 grocery kits among the poor people including the daily wage workers, migrant labourers in Dakshina Kannada district with help of Ahnaf Deals, Altaf, Shameem, Basha, Pradeep, Vincent, Shiyaz Deals, Nawaz and Haneef.

In its next step the Team Be Human is planning to distribute the kits among civic workers in Urva and Suratkal region, said Asif Deals, founder president of Team Be Human. He called upon the youth and students to come forward to help the needy and poor people who are deprived of basic facilities.