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2.5 kgs gold worth Rs 70 lakh seized from airline staff at Mangaluru Airport

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July 15, 2016

Mangaluru, Jul 15: Sleuths of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have seized 2.5-kgs of gold from two employees of Spice Jet at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) at Kenjar here on Friday.

goldThis, DRI sources say, is one of the largest seizures of gold at MIA in the recent past. The value of the gold seized, sources state is around Rs 70 lakh and was seized from the airline employees when they arrived here from Dubai via Mumbai.

The DRI officials refused to divulge further details of the case, including names of the accused airline staff asserting that the procedure was still not complete.

"We will come out with full details including the modus operandi of the case and other details of the case tomorrow," a DRI official, not willing to be named for he is not authorised to speak to the media, said. The official however confirmed the quantity of gold seized from the accused.

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Rajesh Sequira
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Sunday, 17 Jul 2016

The guilty should be punished stringently.

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July 14,2020

Kasaragod, Jul 14: Kerala State Excise department officials confiscated hawala money to the tune of Rs 2.85 crore from a person hailing from Mangaluru.

According to sources, the officials of the Kumbala Range Excise had noticed the huge baggage containing hundreds of bundles of unaccounted currencies when they intercepted a vehicle at the border check-post at Thoominad in Manjeshwar early on Tuesday morning.

The accused Shamsudheen, who was trying to transport the illegal money into Kerala has been arrested and handed over to the Manjeshwar police authorities for further action, sources added.

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February 29,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 29: The state general assembly (SGA) of Karnataka unit of the Popular Front of India was held from February 27 to 29, 2020 at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district wherein new functionaries were elected for the next two years.

Yasir Hasan was elected president of the state unit of the organisation while Nasir Pasha was elected general secretary. Ayub K Agnady, Mohammed Sharief and Shahid Nasir were elected vice president, secretary and treasurer respectively.

The state executive committee members are: Abdul Khader, Abdul Majeed, Sharief Kodaje and Mohammed Tafseer.

The SAG commenced with the hoisting of flag by outgoing president Muhammad Saqib on February 27. The three day meeting analyzed the growth and activities of the PFI for the past two years. It was observed that the organization has received positive acceptance among the society.

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July 13,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 13: Karnataka Minister CT Ravi has tested positive for COVID-19. However, his wife and staff members have tested negative.

"Yesterday, I along with my wife Pallavi and my staff members underwent COVID-19 test. Fortunately, my wife Pallavi and all my staff members are tested negative. Third umpire's result for me has confirmed that I'm COVID Positive. However, I'm feeling absolutely fine," Ravi tweeted.

"For now, I'll continue to work from here and undergo treatment. Very soon, I'll get cured and come back to work with you all," he added.
So far, Karnataka has reported 36,216 COVID-19 cases, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 

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Mangalore
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Monday, 13 Jul 2020

Wishing a Good health to Minister CT Ravi and May God cure him soon..

 

Same time, I would like to suggest minister to get admitted in same Govt hospital to get common man treatment..So, he can knows all pros and Cons of Govt COVID facilities...

 

 

Get Well soon ...

 

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