9 Muslim' men, 4 women missing from Kasaragod, suspected to have joined IS

July 9, 2016

Kasaragod, Jul 9: At least 13 Muslims from Kasaragod district, who have been missing for a month now, are suspected to have joined the IS, a terror group based in Middle East.

Their relatives said they had received messages from them that they had reached their final destination — the Caliphate' that the IS projects to establish. They are suspected to have gone in groups via Dubai or Sri Lanka.

“Those missing include nine men, four of their wives, a child and an infant. Three of the women are pregnant. One of the missing is the manager of a local school; he and his wife had recently converted to Islam. All are in their 20s,” said Abdul Salam from Padanna.

His nephew, Haseesudeen, 23, is also suspected to be part of this group. State and Central intelligence agencies have begun probing the veracity of this information.

Kasaragod's CPI (M) MP P. Karunakaran, Trikkarippur's MLA K. Rajagopal and Kasaragod district panchayat member V.P.P. Mustafa called on CM Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday.

Couple from Palakkad missing

Kasaragod MP P. Karunakaran, who brought the issue of the 13 missing Kerala Muslims to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's attention said: This is serious. I submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister. I have also messaged Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh urging him to take up this issue. Besides these people from Kasargod, a couple from Palakkad have also gone missing now.”

A senior intelligence officer, who confirmed being privy to this information, however declined to confirm the apprehensions about the IS link.

“We can't confirm that they have indeed joined the IS. There have been many complaints about youths who went to the Gulf having gone missing. We can't just assume that they all have joined the IS, though Kerala is a fertile ground for radicalisation,” he said.

When contacted State Police Chief Loknath Behera said there was no “actionable intelligence.”

“The information is not right. I spoke to the SP Kasaragod. The police have no such information as of now,” he said.

But Abdul Salam, whose nephew is suspected to be in the missing group of 13, and who is bringing together the families at Padanna and Trikkarippur, said that many of these youths had frequented radical training programmes at a farm house at Tirur in Malappuram.

“Haseesudeen used to say that he wanted to study religion in Egypt. We suspect that there could be more youths from the State who went that way,” he said.

Incidentally, the Union government had alerted Kerala that a dormant radical module with links to Islamic State militia may plan to recruit fighters for strife-torn Syria and Iraq.

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May be Bajarangdal terrorists kidnapped them

Helo dear friends,who is the real terorist? who did naga saki hirosima blast? who is the hitlor? (the father of RSS)who is the sadwi? (the mother of RSS) Isrel and jewis trying to spoil islam names.ISIS is born from isrel,Bopanna your name also telling you are real bopa and kotian you are the cancer of the socity you sould clean your heart other way your cancer will grou up and will impact brain....

UmmarSahil,

Explain how the Banu quraish were cheated by Mohammad
What is taqiiyya mean

Haha Mohammed ...sadhvi killed those guys who don't say bharath mata ki jai ..moreover she is just accused ..not culprit .. Haha...we don't give damn for the people killed who don't say Bharath mata ki jai...as viren and bopanna said 72 virgins + rape madodakke yazidi women sigthare antha hogirbahudu ...haha...anyways as a die hard nationalist ...we must say death to Islamic state ...death to jihadist forces ...death to kashmiri terrorists ....bholo Bharath mata ki ...hara hara modi ...long live Zionist regime ...

@ viren kotian & bopanna

dont talk nonsense if u dont know about quran ,

u people talk useless about islam & holy book.

first study about yourself and ur holy book then u blame on others.

bopanna and koti anna..if you are free, try to read holybook QURAN,
then you will come to know what is QURAN. Islam only spreads peace but some non muslims are converting to muslim just to spoil name of ISLAM- muslims.

Bopanna viranna by the way how is your Mother Prajnya Sadvi the bomb specialist and terrorst no.1 doing in the jail.
Those who go against India or killing Indians will follow Saadvini. Dont worry.

Until koran is there nothing can be done to help these muslim community. All that book teaches is violence and hatred for the Kuffar. Rape and pillage of innocents. Telling lies - Kittman, Taqiah etc etc. Zakir Naik will explain all this to any Muslims here who would not want to defned the quran.

I hope that all these young people who left India for ISIS quickly get a bullet through their empty Madrassa educated heads and quickly attain jannat where they will get 72 virgin sows waiting for them

The true followers of the religion of piece piece kabab finally reached their ultimate goal. Madrasa education konegoo saarthaka aayithu. 72 virgins are only one gun shot away for them. by the they what women will get??? what they have to do with 72 virgins???

I think they might have gone to relative home.

I think in future if children will not come to home on time may all say they joined iss

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UAE court issues worldwide freezing order on BR Shetty’s assets

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July 25,2020

Dubai, Jul 25: The founder of NMC Health, BR Shetty, has had a worldwide freezing order placed on his assets at the request of a lender that claims he has defaulted on a loan of more than $8 million (Dh29.4m).

The order was granted to Credit Europe Bank (Dubai) last month ahead of a claim filed at the DIFC Courts against Mr Shetty, New Medical Centre Trading and NMC Healthcare.

The lender said in its claim they “are jointly and severally liable” for the repayment of money initially secured through a credit agreement in December 2013 and renegotiated in December last year. Credit Europe Bank is an Amsterdam-headquartered institution specialising in trade and commodities finance with operations in nine countries.

The credit agreement was guaranteed by two security cheques which the bank said in its claim were signed by Mr Shetty – one drawn on his personal account and another on the account of New Medical Centre Trading – that have been "dishonoured upon presentation due to insufficient funds".

The bank claimed Mr Shetty “has now fled the jurisdiction of the UAE to India” and that there was a risk of his “substantial” assets in the Emirates being dissipated.

The assets frozen include properties in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, as well as shares in NMC Health, Finablr, BRS Investment Holdings and other companies. It allows for up to $7,000 per week to be spent on “ordinary living expenses and reasonable sum[s] on legal advice and representation”, a DIFC Courts document granting the freezing order shows.

Credit Europe Bank declined to comment when contacted by The National, stating it does not comment on ongoing litigation proceedings. Representatives for Mr Shetty and for NMC Healthcare, which is now being run by administrators Alvarez & Marsal, also declined to comment.

NMC Healthcare was founded by Mr Shetty in 1975 and grew from a single hospital into the UAE’s biggest privately-owned healthcare operator, which employed 2,000 doctors and 20,000 other staff. The company was listed on the London stock exchange and at its peak was valued at £8.58 billion (Dh40bn). However, its shares slumped after short seller Muddy Waters Research issued a report in December 2019 alleging the company had inflated its cash balances, overpaid for assets and understated its debts. This led to a string of damaging revelations by the company, including the fact that its debt was materially higher – at $6.6bn – than the $2.1bn on its balance sheet. NMC Healthcare was placed into administration in April by its biggest creditor, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, but its UAE businesses continue to trade as a going concern.

Mr Shetty said in a statement issued in April that he has been a victim of fraud committed by "a small group of current and former executives” at companies owned by him. He said bank accounts were created in his name and transactions were made without his knowledge, and that loans, cheques and bank transfers were also fraudulently guaranteed in his name using his forged signature.

In response to the claim filed by Credit Europe Bank (Dubai) at the DIFC Courts, Mr Shetty says he did not personally guarantee loans made to NMC Trading or NMC Healthcare and that the signatures used on cheques guaranteeing the loans are forgeries. His defence cites the opinion of “Dr Al Bah, an independent, experienced and qualified forensic document examiner”, that someone other than Mr Shetty signed the lending agreements and cheques.

An application by NMC Trading and NMC Healthcare to the DIFC Courts to have the claim against it heard in private for fear of triggering claims by other lenders – the group owes money to around 80 local, regional and international lenders – was dismissed, given that the appointment of administrators at the group and allegations of fraud at the company are already in the public domain.

Both companies have indicated to DIFC Courts that they intend to contest the claim against them.

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give money to RSS now to kill muslim....GOD will turn the table for moran like you BR,...shamed of tulu guy cheated the UAE govennment...not root in hell

amount should be 8 billion dollar and not 8 million dollar

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Udupi fishermen catch Australia deep sea ‘spanner crab’

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January 30,2020

Udupi, Jan 30: Fishermen in Udupi’s Malpe have netted ‘spanner crab’, a rare variety of deep sea crab, mostly found in Australia and Hawaiian coast.

Hundreds of onlookers were surprised to the see the catch when it was brought to Malpe harbour by the fisherman Prashanth Kunder and others on Tuesday evening.

Dr Shivakumar Haragi, Assistant Professor at Karnatak University, PG Centre Department of Marine Biology, Karwar identified this crab variety as ‘spanner crab’ and the scientific name of this crab is Ranina Ranina.

Ranina Ranina is mainly nocturnal as it remains active during night and is found buried in sand during the day .It is easily distinguished from other crab species in its habitat due to its red carapace and elongated midsection.

Resembling a frog in its shape, this crab species is found mainly in Africa, Hawaiian coast and also in the Great Barrier Reef, located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Its lifetime is seven to nine years and each crab weighs around 400-900 grams.

Prashanth Kunder and his associates have also netted a rare fish variety called yellow-edged lyretail. Another unique variety fish netted by Prashanth is epinephelus flavocaeruleus.

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Yediyurappa consolidates to stay the course in Karnataka amid covid crisis

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August 2,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 2: Within a year of returning to power for the fourth time as Chief Minister in Karnataka, septuagenarian B.S. Yediyurappa has consolidated his position in the ruling BJP to stay the course till the next Assembly elections in mid-2023.

"A combination of factors helped Yediyurappa to consolidate and stay the course for the remaining term of his office to ensure the saffron party retains power in the state though he is unlikely to stake claim for the chief minister's post again as he would be 80 years old by 2023," a party source told news agency here.

Since the 77-year-old seasoned politician assumed office on July 26, 2019, the first year has been tumultuous for him, as he had go through a "trial by fire" what with the party's mighty high command and detractors testing his patience in the face of natural calamities like drought, floods and the Covid pandemic.

The first 7-8 months of the term were spent in tackling drought and floods, winning 12 of the 15 by-elections in December to secure a majority for the ruling party in the lower house and expanding the cabinet in February.

Even as Yediyurappa was settling down to seriously govern after presenting the state budget for fiscal 2020-21 in early March, the coronavirus outbreak overwhelmed him, as the pandemic spread and wreaked havoc, disrupting life, livelihood, economic growth and development.

"While the emphatic victory in the by-elections ensured the government's stability till the assembly term up to mid-2023, the second cabinet expansion on February 6 posed a challenge to Yediyurappa, as he could induct only 10 of the 12 MLAs who defected from the Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and won the by-elections, triggering a revolt in the party by the loyalists left out of the ministry," the source recalled.

Though Yeddiyurappa has been leading the battle against the virus from day 1 and initially succeeded in controlling it from spreading during the extended lockdown till May 31, reopening the state under Unlock since June has undone the gains, as positive cases shot up to 1,29,287 so far, including 73,219 in Bengaluru after 53,648 recovered from across the state till date, while 2,412 succumbed to the deadly disease since March 9.

"For a state of 7 crore population, the data reveals that the pandemic has been fought on war-footing to contain it from spreading in all the 30 districts, although there are no signs of it going away till a vaccine is found. The chief minister has been trying to balance unlocking the state and containing the infection," a member of the health task force told IANS.

With six cabinet posts in the 34-member ministry being vacant, filling them will be a daunting task for Yediyurappa, as at least 20 legislators, including 5-6 newly elected turncoats and party's veterans are lobbying to become ministers at any cost.

By appointing 20 party legislators as heads of state-run board and corporations, nominating 5 as members of the state legislative council, including JD-S defector A.H. Vishwanath in July and getting 2 Congress defectors R. Shankar and M.T.B. Nagaraj elected as MLCs in June with 2 others, Yediyurappa ensured that these lawmakers would not be in the reckoning for the 6 cabinet posts, as dozen MLAs are already pitching for them.

Nagaraj and Vishwanath lost in the December 5 by-elections, while Shankar was not given a ticket to contest in the by-poll but was assured of making him an MLC with another disgruntled member C.P. Yogeshwar, who lost in the 2018 May assembly polls to JD-S leader and former chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy of the 14-month-old JD-S and Congress coalition government from May 23, 2018 to July 23, 2019.

Resignations of 17 rebels, including 14 from the Congress and 3 from the JD-S led to the fall of the coalition government, as Kumaraswamy lost the majority in the 225-member assembly on July 23, 2019 in their absence.

Though Yediyurappa led the party to win 105 seats in the 2018 assembly elections and formed a government on May 17, 2018, he resigned 3 days later on May 19, 2018, as he fell 8-9 seats short of the halfway mark (113) for a simple majority in the lower house.

In a post-poll alliance, the JD-S and the Congress formed the coalition government to keep the BJP out of power in May 2018, after the assembly elections gave split verdict and the Congress lost power then.

"The record victory of the ruling party in the May 2019 general elections, when 25 of its 27 contestants won out of 28 Lok Sabha seats from the state, reinforced the popular belief that Yediyurappa is the party's mascot in winning elections and an unquestionable leader of the politically dominant Lingayats in the state," the source pointed out.

When Yediyurappa left the BJP and floated a regional outfit (Karnataka Janata Party) in January 2013, he delivered a body blow to the BJP in the May 2013 state assembly polls, as the votes got split and was defeated by then Congress.

"Besides the party's high command, everyone in the party's state unit, including leaders and cadres are aware of Yediyurappa's popularity across the state, as has the wherewithal to connect with masses and win elections," the source added.

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