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16th Independence Cup football tourney begins

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July 14, 2012

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Mangalore, July 14: The biggest event on the district's football calendar, featuring around 150 teams and over 2,000 players, kicked off on Saturday in the city.

Deputy Mayor Amitha Kala formally inaugurated the 16th Independence Cup Football Tournament 2012 at District Football Ground, adjacent to Nehru Maidan in the presence of dignitaries. The tournament is being organised under the aegis of Dakshina Kannada Football Association.

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony Ramesh, Chairman, Mangalore Urban Development Authority, admitted that there was a need for permanent and full-fledged football ground in the city as the present ground was being utilized for all games. The field in Emmekere could be transformed into a permanent football ground, he said.

He also said the encouragement and basic faculties are the need of the hour for the young footballers. “If you want to see more and more national and international sportsmen in this region encourage young players and provide basic facilities”, he said.

In her inaugural address Amitha Kala said that games like football helps young people to develop their personality.

Congratulating the DKFA for continuously organising football tournament in the city, she said that such tournaments play crucial role in producing good footballers.

Govinda Pai, Assistant General Manager, Corporation Bank, said that give equal importance to games like football instead of concentrating only on cricket.

According to D M Aslam, President, DKFA, matches would be played in seven separate categories. The matches for Higher Primary School boys and girls teams would be held from July 14 to 17. For High School boys and girls teams, matches would be held from July 18 to 21. The competition for PU College teams would be held from July 22 to 27. The college level football matches would be held between July 28 and August 7, and the professional college teams would play the matches between August 8 and 14. The final matches for High School, PU College and Degree College teams would be held on August 15, he said.

The Independence Cup tournaments have been taking place in Mangalore since 1997, the year of 50th anniversary of the country's independence.

A Divakar, Corporator, MCC, and office-bearers of the DKFA Vijay Suvarna, Mohammed Hussain Bolar, Umesh Uchil and Anil PV were present among others.

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Mangaluru, Jun 15: A father and his four-year-old son were killed when their motorcycle was hit by a lorry from behind at Bakampady junction on the outskirts of the city.

The Police said the deceased has been identified as Abdul Bhasheer, a resident of Krishnapura and his son Shayan. 

On Sunday evening, Bahseer was going from Mangaluru to Krishnapura by the motorcycle along with wife and son when a speeding lorry "dashed into the motorcycle from behind and knocked them down''.

The four-year-old son died on the spot while Basher and his wife were rushed to the hospital. However, the husband succumbed to injuries at the hospital on Monday. Local police registered a case in this connection.

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: Firebrand BJP Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday said that control of state power by Hindus is absolutely essential for sustenance of Dharma.

His comments, in a series of tweets, came on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the Lord Ram temple at Ayodhya.

"Dear Hindus, Most important lesson is that control of State power by Hindus is absolutely essential for sustenance of Dharma. When we didn't control State, we lost our temple. When we regained, we rebuilt. The 282 (seats) in 2014 and 303 (seats) in 2019 to Sri Narendra Modi made today possible!", Surya, who is also the party's BJP youth Wing state general secretary, tweeted.

He also said that the survival of India depends on the survival of Sanatana Dharma.

"The Sanatana Dharma, that is nationalism,' Sri Aurobindo had said in his Uttarapara speech. But what does it mean? Along with Jai Sri Ram, the purohits also chanted Bharat Mata Ki Jai - That is Dharmic nationalism. If Dharma survives, India survives," he said in another tweet.

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July 6,2020

Wayanad, Jul 6: DM Education and Research Foundation (DMERF), headed by Dr Azad Moopen, has come forward to handover DM WIMS Medical College, Nursing and Pharmacy Colleges and its associated institutions in Wayanad to the Kerala Government. 

According to Azad Moopen, Managing Trustee, DMERF, the Kerala Government has been deliberating to set up a medical college in the area over the last 7-8 years to address the challenges being faced by the local population due to lack of local availability of advanced healthcare facilities under the government sector. 

The handover by DMERF would address the Government's need. DM WIMS is one of the few NABH accredited medical colleges in the country, he said.

The DM WIMS Medical College and its associated institutions were established by the DMERF Trust 10 years ago to help the backward community of the district. 

Run in a charitable manner, the medical college has a capacity of 150 seats and has seen two batches of doctors graduate from the institution. With a total built up area of 14 lakh sq feet, it also has a 700-bed super-specialty hospital catering to the local community and helping in training healthcare professionals, a 100-bed specialty hospital, a pharmacy college, and a nursing college.

A new medical college by the government will require substantial investments and minimum of 5 years to become functional. “We think that DM WIMS can cater to the requirement of the government and setting up another medical college might not be required to cater to the existing population,” he said.

Moopen also announced a donation of Rs 250 crore out of the total investment in the institutions to the government to provide treatment to the needy population in the backward, landlocked district and to train good quality doctors from the State.

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