Y Mohammed Kunhi, Shafi Saadi among five new members nominated to State Wakf Board

August 21, 2011

Mangalore, August 21: The exercise to reconstitute the Karnataka State Board of Wakfs was completed on Saturday with the State Government nominating five members to the Board.

Already, six members had been elected to the eleven-member Board from different electoral colleges.

The Board now comprises MP K Rahman Khan, Bangalore (elected from MP constituency), Qamrul Islam, Gulbarga, and Tanveer Sait, Mysore (both MLA's constituency), R Abdul Reyaz, Bangalore (from Bar Council constituency), Dr Mohammed Yousuff, Bangalore, and Syed Shah Khusro Hussaini, Gulbarga (both from Muthuvalli constituency), besides the members nominated by the Government.

The Government nominees include Yenepoya Mohammed Kunhi, Secretary of Yenepoya Educational Institutions, Mangalore, N Noor Basha, Joint Secretary Ghousiya Education Minority Society, Bellary, Mr N K M Shafi Saadi, Principal Secretary of Saadiya Educational Foundation, Bangalore (Sunni scholar category), Syed Mohammed Ibrahim, Bangalore (Shia scholar category), and H S Ismathulla Khan, Additional Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Bangalore.

The Chairman of the reconstituted Board will be elected from among the members. The date for the election of the Chairman has not been decided yet.

It may be mentioned here that the State Government had superseded Board in November 2009 charges of alleged financial irregularities. The then Minister for Haj, Wakf and Minorities Welfare Mumtaz Ali Khan had cited continuing irregularities in the functioning of the Board as the reason for superseding it.

However, the process to reconstitute the Board began following High Court directions to the effect on June 20, 2011.

According to a notification from the Government, the eleven members, including the elected and nominated ones, will hold office for a period of five years.

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Mangaluru Tees Off Big: Golf Excellence Academy to Open at Pilikula

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February 1,2026

The coastal city of Mangaluru is gearing up for a major sporting milestone with the launch of a Golf Excellence Academy at the Pilikula Golf Club (PGC), scheduled to open on May 31. The initiative aims to position Mangaluru firmly on India’s national golfing map.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday during PGC’s first-ever floodlit Pro-Am tournament, club captain Manoj Kumar Shetty said the project is being funded by UAE-based philanthropist Michael D’Souza and is currently in the design phase. Experts from leading golf academies across the country are expected to visit Mangaluru to help shape the training programme and infrastructure.

The academy will train 20 young golfers at a time, with a long-term vision of producing national-level players from the region. Until now, PGC relied on an in-house coach, but the recent renovation of the course and the introduction of floodlights have opened new possibilities for expanding the sport.

Shetty said discussions are underway with two reputed coaching academies, whose heads are expected to visit PGC shortly. “A dormitory for trainers is already under construction. We are inviting academies to assess the facilities and suggest changes so we can build a truly world-class Golf Excellence Academy,” he said.

Professional golfer Aryan Roopa Anand noted that the floodlit course would be a game-changer for young players. “Students can now practise after school hours, even up to 8 or 9 pm, without compromising on academics,” he said.

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