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Writer, thinker, entrepreneur, philanthropist Abdul Raheem Teekay passes away at 65

coastaldigest.com web desk
February 15, 2019

Mangaluru, Feb 15: Abdul Raheem Teekay, a well-known writer, thinker, activist and advocate of communal amity in coastal Karnataka passed away after a brief illness today at his residence in the city.

The 65-year-old philanthropist is survived by his wife, two children, four brothers and a large number of relatives, friends and fans.

A tweet-heart and social media enthusiast who always tried to bridge gaps between people, Raheem Teekay was a successful businessman and managing director of Teekays Corporate Concepts Pvt Ltd.

His writings in Kannada and Beary languages have earned him many fans. He translated Paulo Coelho’s international bestseller The Alchemist into Kannada. It was released as Rasavadi in 2015. His anthology of Beary poems Mallige Balli was released in 2014. His several English articles were published on coastaldigest.com too.

He was one of the pioneers of Beary literary and cultural movement. He was the founder president of Kendra Beary Sahitya Parishat.

Born in Jokatte as the second son of Bava Abdul Khader and Salma couple, Raheem Teekay was brought up in Bajpe. For past several decades he was residing in Mangaluru city. By establishing Salma Bava Foundation, he has helped hundreds of children from poor families in coastal Karnataka.

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Jalal UK
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Friday, 15 Feb 2019

A rare human being. In spite of all his social service, philanthropic activities and social media engagements, he spent most of his time with his family members. His demise is a big loss to all who know him.

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May 15,2020

Bengaluru, May 15: There is no trace of community spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka due to the strict measures taken by the State Government, Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said on Friday.

All those tested positive for the virus here have arrived from other states and are currently being treated in quarantine centres, he tweeted.

Over 25 per cent of the COVID-19 positive cases, which were detected in the state, were related to those who had either come from abroad or other states, and only about 7 per cent cases were associated with the influenza-like diseases, his tweet further read.

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May 25,2020

Bengaluru, May 25: The 36-hour marathon lockdown call given by Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, passed off peacefully with people opting to remain inside their houses and cooperate with the state government to fight against spread of deadly Covid-19.

Though the call was only for 24 hours from 7 am (Sunday) to 7 am (Monday) another 12 hours was added to it as the night curfew was already in force from 7 pm on Saturday and the next day (Sunday) it continued till Monday up to 7 am.

Autorickshaws and bus service were off the road giving a tough time to people arriving from neighbouring places reach home that too during the night. Adding to their woes was heavy rain that lashed the city for more than two hours on Sunday evening flooding the streets.

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June 9,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 9: A 42-year-old founding director of an engineering consultancy firm lost Rs 65,000 to online fraudsters who posed as representatives of a mobile service provider and lured him with the offer of a fancy number recently.

Asif (name changed) received a text message on May 19, informing him that a platinum number, 9099999999, was available and interested people could dial a mobile number to avail it.

“Asif, who runs a mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) engineering consultancy near Shivajinagar, decided to get the fancy mobile number. He called the number and the receiver said they would generate an invoice for his request. After a fake invoice for Rs 64,900 was generated, Asif paid the money through online transaction that day. Asif waited for two weeks for the SIM card with the fancy number to reach him,” an officer said.

East CEN Crime police registered a case of cheating under section 420 of IPC and sections under the Information Technology Act after Asif lodged a complaint on June 6.

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