Drugs worth Rs 55 lakh seized at KIA; 2 nabbed

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March 24, 2019

Bengaluru, Mar 24: In one of the biggest drugs haul at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) here in recent times, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) nabbed two men who tried to smuggle out over Rs 55 lakh worth contraband, including cocaine, hashish and amphetamine, from Bengaluru to Doha. They had concealed the substances inside lunchboxes and a quilt.

Sources with the NCB’s Bengaluru zonal unit identified the smugglers as Noushad Mannakkamvalli, 24, from Malappuram, Kerala and Muhammed Nousheer, 29, from Kodagu, who were booked on an Friday evening Oman Air flight to Doha, Qatar. “Following information about large quantities of contraband being smuggled, we deployed our team in the departure area,” said a senior NCB official.

The team checked passengers, especially those taking flights to Doha and Dubai. “The duo had entered the security check area when our team intercepted them. Their answers were inconclusive and raised more suspicion. Their check-in bags were recalled for an inspection,” he added.

Drugs in quilt, lunch box

NCB sleuths found a quilt which appeared to have been stitched up. They cut it open to find 4.5kg of hashish worth nearly Rs 50 lakh packed inside. They also found two lunchboxes containing 955gm of amphetamine worth Rs 4 lakh and 30gm cocaine worth over Rs 1.5 lakh.

The duo, suspected to be regular gold smugglers from the Gulf, are believed to be active in drug smuggling from Bengaluru to Doha and other parts of the Gulf. A probe is on to check the source of drugs and if a bigger racket based in Bengaluru is involved in the smuggling from Bengaluru to Doha.

NCB arrested the men on Friday and the contraband and items used to smuggle them were seized. The duo were booked under the NDPS Act and sent to prison on Saturday afternoon.

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Left out of Karnataka cabinet, miffed Umesh Katti meets J P Nadda

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February 12,2020

New Delhi, Feb 12: Senior Karnataka BJP leader Umesh Katti, who has been left out of the latest cabinet expansion, on Wednesday met party president Jagat Prakash Nadda over the issue.

On Tuesday, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa allotted portfolios to 10 newly inducted ministers. The leader was sulking after he was left out from the cabinet.

According to sources, Katti urged JP Nadda to consider his seniority in the party and give him a ministerial berth.

Earlier, Yeddyurappa had announced that Umesh Katti would be given a place in the state cabinet, but his name was dropped from the list of ministers at the last moment.

According to sources, Umesh Katti also urged Nadda for a Rajya Sabha berth for his brother Ramesh Katti.

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Karnataka CET exams to be held on July 30, 31

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May 13,2020

Bengaluru, May 13: The Karnataka Common Entrance Test (K-CET) 2020 will be held on July 30 and 31.

The test, earlier as scheduled to be held on April 22, 23 and 24, was postponed due to COVID-19 crisis and the nation-wide lockdown.

Now, considering the dates for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) dates announced by the Union government, the state government has announced the revised dates on Wednesday.

Higher Education Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan announced this in a press conference. The test will be held online, the minister said.

For CET 2020, over 1.90 lakh students registered for admission to undergraduate engineering, B Tech, Architecture, Agriculture and veterinary science courses.

Home quarantine for repatriated pregnant women, children, senior citizens if they test covid-19 negative

The Union Health Ministry has revised its discharge guidelines for COVID-19 patients, stating that only those with severe illness need to be tested (through a swab test) and a negative report needs to be obtained before discharge.

The latest guideline adds that other categories of patients, including very mild, mild, pre-symptomatic and moderate cases, need not be tested before discharge.

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Karnataka records 122 new Covid-19 cases in 19 hours; total 2,405

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May 27,2020

Bengaluru, May 27: A 69-year-old woman from Yadgiri became the 45th COVID-19 related fatality in Karnataka, where 122 fresh cases have been reported, taking the total number of infections in the state to 2,405, the health department said on Wednesday.

With 45 deaths and 762 discharges, there are 1,596 active coronavirus cases in the state, the department said in its mid-day bulletin. It said, the deceased woman, a returnee from Maharashtra was brought dead to designated hospital in Yadgiri on May 20 and tested positive for COVID-19.

Fourteen patients have been discharged in the state so far on Wednesday. Of the 122 new cases, 108 are returnees from neighboring Maharashtra, three from Tamil Nadu, and one each from Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Delhi. While two are returnees from foreign countries- one each from UAE and Nepal.

Remaining four cases are contact of patients earlier tested positive.

Among the districts where new cases were reported, Kalaburagi accounted for 28, Yadgiri 16, Hassan 15, Bidar 13, Dakshina Kannada 11, Udupi 9, Bengaluru Urban 6, five each from Uttara Kannada and Raichur, Belagavi 4, Chikkamagaluru 3, two each from Bengaluru Rural and Vijayapura, and one each from Ballari, Mandya and Tumakuru.