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Meet Zubair from Puttur who fought off Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in Kashmir

February 17, 2018

29-year-old Zubair, who hails from in Bajathoor village of Puttur taluk in Dakshina Kannada district has become talk of the town after he exhibited his valour in an operation against Lashkar-e-Taiba militants at Karan Nagar in Kashmir recently.

CRPF director-general on Friday honoured the brave Zubair with a ‘Commendation Disc and Certificate’ for his role in the crucial operation against the terrorists.

At least two suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba militants were killed in the encounter at Karan Nagar in Srinagar that lasted for more than 30 hours.

The encounter between militants and security forces had begun on Monday, February 12, after the ultras hiding inside a building tried to attack a CRPF camp. Zubairr from the 49th Battalion CRPF, was part of the operation that successfully carried out by forces against the militants.

“The reason for the grant of Commendation Disc and Certificate – For displaying thorough professionalism and unparalleled dedication, devotion and valour in eliminating the terrorists during the Karan Nagar encounter dated 12/2/2018,” reads the Commendation Disc & Certificate singed by CRPF director general Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar.

Zubair, who joined the CRPF in 2013, was initially posted in Hyderabad and later served in Latur in Maharashtra. He has been serving in Srinagar as a soldier for the past two and a half years. After his primary education in Haleneranky Government Higher Primary School, Zuber did his high school and PU education from Sri Ramakunjeshwara PU College near Uppinangady. Later, he did his BBM from St Philomena’s College in Puttur.

"In my childhood I wanted to become a police officer, but I was not selected in my two attempts. However, I cleared army selection in the first attempt itself. It is my fortune to serve the Indian army," said Zubair, who got married a few months ago. He is expected to visit his hometown next month.

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A Kannadiga
 - 
Saturday, 17 Feb 2018

M/s. Ananth Kumar Hegde and Vinay Katiyar must have got answer to their question "What Muslims are doing in India".

Abu Muhammad
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Saturday, 17 Feb 2018

WAW!! Puttur again in news.

Jay Prakash Puttur Alias Anna – (Wanted in Goa blasts in 2009.Red Corner Notice is issued against him by CBI.) Bombed his motherland chanting NAMSTE SADA VATSALE MATRBHOOMI...

 

zubair Puttur - faced bombs and bulltes chanting JAI HIND, saved the nations from enemies of India by eliminating them.

 

The former is a RSS nationalist Desh Bhakt and the latter is son of a Muslim (whose Desh Bhakti is always doubted). This is the difference between a Muslim and ....

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May 22,2020
Bengaluru, May 22: Evacuation planes from Male in Maldives and Doha in Qatar landed in Bengaluru with returnees from Karnataka after they were stranded for two months due to suspension of international flights since March 23 and the extended lockdown, an official said on Friday.
 
"An Air-India flight (#0266) with 152 passengers from Male and its subsidiary Express flight (IX-0822) with 177 returnees and 5 infants from Doha landed here safely at 6.50 pm. and 9.05 pm respectively," an airline official told media persons in Bengaluru.
 
Both the flights are first from their respective countries to Bengaluru, bringing in returnees to the southern state in the second phase of the Vande Bharat mission, being carried out to evacuate Indians stranded the world over.
 
"As per the standard operating procedure and guidelines of the state health department, all the passengers were screened with thermal device and tested to ensure they were asymptomatic before leaving the airport," a nodal officer said.
 
The returnees were given a spare mask to wear all the time and a sanitiser to wash their hands.
 
"The luggage of all passengers was screened and disinfected before handing over to them after they completed formalities such as filling the self-declaration form and downloading of the Quarantine App for contact tracing later,” said the official.
 
The passengers were ferried from the airport in state-run buses in batches for 14-day institutional quarantine in hotels and resorts across the city.
 
The flights were the 6th and 7th flights to Karnataka, of the national carrier and its Express arm, which are operating the service to repatriate thousands of Indians, including distressed workers, migrants, students, senior citizens and tourists, stranded overseas.
 
Five flights have flown about 650 returnees till date from May 18-21 under the mission's second phase to Bengaluru and Mangaluru on the west coast. The passengers have been brought from Dubai in the UAE, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Muscat in Oman, Dammam in Saudi Arabia and San Francisco in the US.
 
The remaining flights to Karnataka will land in Bengaluru and Mangaluru over the next 12 days till June 3 from 9-10 more destinations the world over.
 
In the first phase of the mission from May 7-17, the airline and its arm flew 6 flights to the state from May 11-15, bringing in 800 passengers, including 623 to Bengaluru and 177 to Mangaluru from London, Singapore, San Francisco and Dubai.

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July 3,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 3: Over 35 acres of land in nine villages on the outskirts of Bengaluru have been earmarked for burial and cremation of bodies of COVID-19 victims after concerns were raised over the safety of funerals being held in burial grounds located in residential areas.

Deputy Commissioner of Bengaluru Urban District GN Shivamurthy issued an order setting apart about 35.5 acres in the villages under four Taluks of Bengaluru North, Bengaluru South, Anekal and Yelahanka.

The order directed the respective Tahsildars to register these chunks of land as reserved for burial grounds and not to use for any purpose.

According to the sources in the district administration, Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu and Revenue Minister R Ashoka had directed the officials to identify places on the city outskirts to dispose of the bodies of COVID-19 victims.

Mr Sriramulu had on Wednesday said COVID-19 victims will not be laid to rest in burial grounds in the city and separate places will be earmarked on the outskirts in the backdrop of safety concerns raised by public.

He had also warned against unscientific disposal of used Personal Protection Equipment kits worn by the families of the victim for the final rites, referring to reports about such instances.

In some places, people have also expressed concern over bodies of those who died of the coronavirus being buried in their neighbourhood.

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May 28,2020

Udupi, May 28: The India Meteorologic Department (IMD) on Thursday warned fishermen in coastal belt of Karnataka against venturing out into the deep sea between May 31 and June 4.

The Department stated that depression is expected to occur in the south-eastern part of Arabian Sea and the nearby areas and it would be dangerous for the fishermen of Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep to go out towards the deep sea.

The Department officials said that they would provide information on development in weather conditions. In the backdrop of the current weather forecast, however, the fishermen in the western coastline were advised against venturing into the sea.

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