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Mangaluru: 52 kg ganja seized; kingpin of inter-state drug cartel caught

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August 4, 2016

Mangaluru, Aug 4: The sleuths of the City Crime Branch of Mangaluru Police on Thursday morning seized nearly 52 kg of ganja worth Rs 10.50 lakh from a car near Konaje. One person was arrested in connection with the seizure.

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Mangaluru City Police Commissioner M Chandra Sekhar said that this was one of the largest ganja seizures in recent times in the city. He identified the arrested as Moideen Nawaz (29), a resident of Uppala in Kasargod district.

The top cop said that the arrested youth was a kingpin of a major ganja lobby in Mangaluru and Kasaragod region.

Acting on credible information, the sleuths intercepted a Kerala registered Innova car near Natekal cross under Konaje police limits. 51.7kg ganja was found packed in bundles of sacks hidden in the car. The car worth around Rs 10 lakh was also seized by the cops.

The police said that the ganja was being transported from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh for distribution in Mangaluru and Kasargod regions.

The operation was carried out by CCB inspector Sunil Y Nayak and team under the guidance of Mr Chandra Sekhar and DCPs Shantaraju and Sanjeev Patil.

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observer
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

We need to uproot the terrror from our motherland first. Dalits and minorities are suffeeing on the first place from hindutva right wing fringe elements with the help of central govt.

Rikaz
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Ganja and Bajrangi are also be interconnected....without which they cannot terrorize people....Bajrangis have been inspired by drugs and ganjas....

Viren Kotian
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Dear Sabu Pachrangi (Comment #7)

I have already studied well. next work is digging well for these terrorists.

babu bajarangi
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Naren try to understand. you know the fact, but you cannot tell. you can cheat everyone but you cannot cheat your on soul, mind it, so study well islam,

Mohidin
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Impliment Sharia rule to control rapes and drug mafias. Give him maximum punishment coz he will be killing hundreds by his Ganja buisness.

Naren, you are absolutely right since its all sponsored by Israel and RSS in different names.

Satyameva jayate
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Isis suppliers and RSS consumers.....ha haaa

Sahil
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Nare where were you when some earlier news abou dalit was posted? Hiding under the chaddi?? haha you are so coward guy :D .. Grow up my dear.. Show some guts to comment in all news!

SK
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

VIREN KOTIAN .......Just read todays news....USA presidential candidate TRUMP ( your boss ) said that Hilary clinton is the founder of ISIS..... Got the point..... Every one knows that RSS and ISIS are the two faces of the same coin......Go and relax

Kaancha
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Good catch. thank you police for saving dozens of youth by arresting the kingpin

Viren Kotian
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Drug, ISIS, Islamic extremists all inter-connected.

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August 9,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 9: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has expressed condolences over the death of nodal officer who died while being on COVID-19 duty and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakhs to the family of the deceased.

The deceased has been identified as H Gangadharaiah. As per reports, he died due to a heart attack while on COVID-19 duty.

A government job and Rs 25 lakhs will be provided to the officer's family, according to Karnataka Chief Minister's Office (CMO).

"Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa expressed his heartfelt condolences over the death of H Gangadharaiah, KAS, who was on COVID-19 duty as nodal officer at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC)," Karnataka CMO tweeted.

"CM announced Rs 25 lakhs ex-gratia from Chief Minister's Relief Fund, a government job for a family member and instructed the last rites of Gangadharaiah to be performed with full state honours," the CMO added.

In the last 24 hours, 7,178 new COVID-19 cases (including 2665 in Bengaluru Urban), 93 deaths and 5,006 discharged cases were reported in Karnataka.

The total number of cases rises to 1,72,102 in the state, including 79,765 active cases, 89,238 discharges and 3,091 deaths, as per the State's Health Department.

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April 4,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 4: About 20,000 quintal boiled rice has been distributed among the ration card holders through Public Distribution System, District-in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said here on Saturday.

As people in the district prefer boiled rice over white rice, the government has given approval for distributing boiled rice. From next month, only boiled rice will be distributed in the district at fair price shops.

In the last two days, rice has been distributed among 61,302 cardholders in the district.

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May 7,2020

Bengaluru, May 7: Karnataka Minister for Labour Shivaram Hebbar, on Thursday, ordered issuance of notice to employers who have not paid salary to the workers during lockdown period amid Coronavirus threat in the state.

The Ministry has also directed serving notice to those employers who have reduced the wages of the workers in April '20, official sources told UNI here.

State Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa had appealed to the employers not to retrench any employee from the job because of their failure to attend to work because of Coronavirus which is spreading like wildfire and since they have been asked to remain in the house.

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