Drug cartel:Cong leaders trying to tarnish my image, says former Mayor

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August 9, 2011

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Mangalore, August 9: Expressing anger over pointing fingers at his son in a recently reported college girl's drug addiction and attempted elopement case, former Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation K Ashraf alleged that certain Congress leaders in the region have been trying to tarnish his image using this issue.

He said that there was no truth in the allegation that his son Arif was responsible for the drug addiction of a Pre University Student of St Aloysius College, whose parents recently had thwarted her plan to flee to Mumbai.

“I had come to know that my son had developed close friendship with a girl. Once she had given a call to my son's mobile, when I was at home in the night. I myself had picked the call and requested her to leave his friendship and explained the social situation of this area. When she brushed aside my advice and refused to reveal her father's name I had warned her of filing a complaint with police. A few minutes later her father himself had called back and I had requested him to give some good advice to his daughter,” recalled Mr Ashraf.

The former Mayor said that he has got his son admitted at a College in Mumbai in last June and he is staying at a relative's home there. “Later, whenever that girl involved in some misdeeds, her father started to visit our house and quarrel with me. However, I advised him to keep his daughter in his control. It can be recalled that the same girl had been caught red handed when she was along with two other girl students in Manipal. A few days ago when all those three girls escaped from their houses, again her father came to my house and asked my son's mobile number. At that time I recorded the conversation between him and me and I have provided it to the police as a proof” he said.

It can be mentioned that the teenage girl, who is a resident of Bajal and student first year PUC, was caught red handed at Kankanady Railway Station by her parents while she was waiting for train. It was confirmed that she had booked a Mumbai ticket. The parents succeeded in convincing their daughter to return home and kept her literally under house arrest.

The girl who began experiencing withdrawal symptoms became a nervous wreck forcing her parents to admit her to a hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile members of Sri Ram Sene and Bajrang Dal demanded the Mangalore City Police to take action against former Mayors son accusing him of luring the girl into drug addiction. The also urged the police to take appropriate measures to destroy the drug lobby targeting young minds in college campuses.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) D Dharmayya has said that they have information about the drug lobby and investigation is on.


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July 15,2020

Kochi, Jul 15: Alisha P Shaji, a commerce student from Kerala's Kochi scored 499 out of 500 in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class 12 results declared on Monday, wants to pursue a career in economics.

While talking to news agency on Tuesday, she said that she never joined coaching classes.

"I was surprised after knowing the unexpected result. I never expected this, I expected close to 98 per cent. I had five subjects to write but I could attempt only three as two were postponed. I am sad that I could not attempt them, but I am happy that I scored 100 in those subjects. In future, I want to pursue a degree in economics," she said.

"My friends, family and teachers are very supportive and I am thankful to them. I never went to tuitions. I used to study four to five hours a day," she added.

Alisha further said that she wants to give the message that it is okay to start late, but continuity is key to achieve good results.
CBSE on Monday had declared the results for Class 12 examinations 2020.

As per CBSE, with 88.78 per cent pass percentage this year for Class 12, the pass percentage has increased by 5.38 per cent. Last year, the pass percentage was 83.40 per cent. 

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May 26,2020

Mangaluru, May 26: In the wake of mounting case of covid-19 in the coastal Karnataka, the police department has decided to sanitise the police stations in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.

The superintendents of police in both the districts have been instructed to take necessary steps for sanitisation of stations in a phased manner, according to Devajyoti Ray, inspector-general of police (Western Range).

Meanwhile, the top cops of Uttara Kannada and Chikkamagaluru that forms part of the Western Range have been asked to take a call on doing so. “Hebri police station in Udupi was sanitised as part of this process and not because of any positive case emerging from staff there,” he said.

Allaying fears over stations being sealed down over positive case among station staff, Karnataka police chief Praveen Sood said this is a temporary measure and stations do not become non-functional.

“It is just that, for a mandated period police station will function from different premise when the station is being sanitised,” he said.

Noting that policemen are quarantined as precautionary measure, he said additional staff can be drafted from other stations or districts if need for it arises.

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Tuesday, 26 May 2020

COmmissioner harshs brain must be sanitized for comunal hatrate...he is one of the third class police offercer from DK..

Venu Gopal
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020

Will sanitisation kill communal virus too?

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January 29,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 29: Days after some youths allegedly threatened to 'behead' local MLA and former Karnataka minister U T Khader during a pro-CAA rally here, the Dakshina Kannada district unit of the Congress on Wednesday urged the police to register a case against the culprits.

A video of the incident that went viral on social media showed the youths raising slogans that they will "cut off his limbs and chop off his head if necessary" during the rally organised by the BJP in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act on Monday.

Addressing reporters here, District Congress Committee president Harish Kumar demanded that the police register a case on their own against the youths. He said if prompt action was not taken against the youths seen in the video, the Congress will launch an agitation before the office of the Commissioner of Police.

When asked by reporters about the video, Khader had on Tuesday brushed aside the threat, saying he had not taken it seriously. The MLA had also said he did not file a complaint with police as he had concern for the families of the youths.

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