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

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.

gold This, 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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The guilty should be punished stringently.

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First COVID-19 relapse in Karnataka: 50-yr-old man tests positive after recovery

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May 13,2020

Belagavi, 13: In a shocking development, Karnataka has reported its first COVID-19 relapse with a 50-year-old Tablighi Jamaat convention attendee in Belagavi testing positive days after being discharged.

The State health officials confirmed that P-298 from Kudachi, who had recovered and was discharged, has suffered a relapse. He has been re-admitted to a designated hospital in Belagavi.

The patient was initially admitted on April 15 and recovered, testing negative twice on April 30 and May 1. The tests were done at the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Bengaluru, and the National Institute of Traditional Medicine (NITM), Belagavi.

Despite recovering, his treatment continued in the ICU for other comorbidities, especially cardiac issues. He was discharged on May 4 and quarantined at an institutional facility in Kudachi.

However, he developed symptoms again and was tested for COVID-19 again on May 5 at NITM, Belagavi. The result came back positive. He was re-admitted to a hospital, and on May 6 a second test was done at the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences. Again, he tested positive.

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Air India's repatriation flight from Muscat brings 63 passengers to Mangaluru

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May 20,2020

Mangaluru, May 20: The Third Vande Bharat Mission flight carrying 63 repatriates from Muscat landed at Mangaluru International Airport at 8.35 pm on Wednesday. It was piloted by Mangalurean captain Michael Saldanha.

More than half of the passengers from Muscat alighted in Bengaluru where the flight landed first. Remaining 63 passengers came to Mangaluru.

After landing, all the passengers were given health kits, food and mobile SIMs, and arrangements were made to change their currency at the airport.

A health department team screened each passenger, after which emigration formalities were completed. Their throat swab samples will be tested for Covid-19 on Thursday.

Union fertiliser minister D V Sadananda Gowda tweeted on Wednesday that the next Vande Bharat Mission flight is scheduled on Friday from Doha to Mangaluru. The flight will land at Mangaluru at 9.55 pm.

The third repatriation flight from Dubai to Mangaluru is scheduled on Saturday. It will first land at Bengaluru and later fly to Mangaluru. However, there are no flights from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to Mangaluru.

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