Foot-path hawkers stage hunger-strike in front of MCC

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July 25, 2011

Mangalore, July 25: Street-side and foot-path venders of the city along with their sympathisers on Monday staged a day-long hunger strike in front of the Mangalore City Corporation seeking fulfillment of their various demands including appropriate facility for the evicted vendors.

The protesters pledged to continue their 'struggle for justice' under the banner of 'Beedi Badi Vyaparasthara Horata Samiti'

Speaking on the occasion, M G Hegde, State General Secretary, Janata Dal (Secular), lashed out at MCC, whose civic tiger squad has continued to evict venders and seize their commodities in important areas of the city.

Criticizing the negligence of the State Government towards street-side and foot-path vendors, he said that MCC has been following the state government in its policies against the poor.

Pledging to continue their collective struggle to restore the rights of victims of civic tiger, Mr Hegde said those who evicted the street vendors will be evicted from their office soon.

Activist and Professor Rita Noronha said that selling fruits, vegetables and other commodities in the bustling areas of the city is the right of foot-path vendors and the MCC has no right evict them.

Expressing concern over the aggressive policy of City Corporation towards street vendors, she said that it is the responsibility of the civic body to provide proper facilities to them.

CITU leader Sunil Kumar Bajal, Karnataka Pranta Raita Sangha leader K Yadav Shetty, DYFI activist Yogish Jeppinamogaru and Corporator Appilata were among the protesters.

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Two Kerala Customs officers involved in gold smuggling removed from service

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February 25,2020

Feb 25: Two Customs Preventive officers allegedly involved in gold smuggling cases in Kerala were removed from service, a top official said in Kochi on Monday.

Sumit Kumar, Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), Kochi, said that he took action against Radhakrishnan B, Superintendent of Customs, and Rahul, Inspector of Customs, who were allegedly involved in gold smuggling cases in the state.

Radhakrishnan was involved in attempted smuggling of gold weighing 24998.61 grams having a market value of over Rs 8 crore through Thiruvananthapuram international airport on May 13, 2019, Kumar said.

Rahul was involved in attempted smuggling of gold weighing 11,035.54 grams valued at over Rs 4 crore through international airport on August 19, 2019, the Customs Commissioner added.

Radhakrishnan is currently lodged in Central prison, Thiruvananthapuram after the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau under the Union Finance Ministry issued detention order under COFEPOSA (Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974).

Rahul, against whom detention order under COFEPOSA was issued, is absconding.

"Two Customs officers of the Customs Preventive Commissionerate, Kochi, who were involved in gold smuggling cases were removed from service by Sumit Kumar, Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), Cochin," an official release said.

Kumar said that both the cases were booked and investigated by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and while show cause notice under Customs Act 1962 has been issued against Radhakrishnan, investigation is under progress in the other case.

"Both the officers were removed from service, after due process of law under Rule 19 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965," the release said.

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346 stranded NRIs from Dammam, Sharjah reach Mangaluru

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July 19,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 19: Two flights with 346 stranded Kannadigas from Sharjah and Dammam landed at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) on Saturday night.

MIA officials said on Sunday that the chartered flight from Dammam landed with 178 stranded people, while an Air India flight from Sharjah landed with 168 stranded passengers under the 'Vande Bharat Mission'.

All the passengers on their arrival underwent health checkup and were sent for seven days institutional quarantine. They will undergo swab tests during the quarantine period, health officials said.

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Mangaluru: Over 1500 students, teacehrs to take part in ABVP state conference

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February 6,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 6: Over 1500 students and teachers are expected to take part in a three-day State-level conference of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishat (ABVP) starting on Friday here.

Reception Committee chairman K.C. Nayak and secretary Shantharama Shetty told reporters here today that Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayana would inaugurate the conference at the Kudmul Ranga Rao Town Hall.

The former ABVP national president and former Nagaland Governor P.B. Acharya would preside over the programme that would be attended by Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor P.S. Yadapadithaya, ABVP national organising secretary Ashish Chauhan and others.

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In this conference students will be taught about how to attack on universities and how to spread the communal agenda of ABVP.