Mangalore : The football tournament  for the Independence Cup organized by the Dakshina Kannada District Football Association concluded on August 15. In the Higher Primary category, Morning Star School, Bajpe, emerged winners in both girls and boys section. In the High School level, St. Joseph’s School, Bajpe and  B.E.M. School, Ullal, bagged first place in girls and boys section respectively.

In the P.U. category, St. Aloysius P.U. College ‘A’ and ‘B’ bagged the first and second place respectively. In the Degree college finals, St. Aloysius College ‘A’ defeated Meridian College ‘A’ team. Vamanjoor’s St. Joseph’s Engineering College bagged the first place in the Professional College category by  defeating Canara Engineering College.

Ganesh  Rao, Chairman of Karavali Group of Colleges presided over the valedictory function.

President of Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mohammed Amin was felicitated on the occasion. Faatis, a student of Bharathi English Medium (B.E.M.) Schoo, Ullal  who represented Karnataka State at the national level in football in the Under-14 category, was also felicitated.

K.P. Acharya, General Manager of Karnataka Bank Jayaram Hande, Managing Partner of Vishwas Bawa Builders Rauf Puthige, Director of A.K. Group of Industries A.K. Niyaz, and Director of Yojana India Ltd. Devadas Boloor were the chief guests.