Poovamma wins 400m gold in Kolkata meet

September 12, 2011

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Mangalore, September 12: Olympian M.R. Poovamma won the gold medal in the 400m race at the 51^st National Open Athletics Championship in Kolkata on Sunday.

Machettira Raju Poovamma, who lives in Mangalore clocked 53.87 seconds and beat her rivals Delhi's Delhi's Alka Rani (55.53s) and ONGC's Anu Mariam Jose (55.70).

Although Poovamma was part of the team that represented India in the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, she did not get a chance to participate in the 400X4m relay.

She is presently training at the camp in Patiala to participate in the London 2012 Olympics. She is coached by District Sports' Schools athletics coach Vasanthakumar

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Priest from Udupi kills self in Mumbai after learning about coronavirus lockdown extension

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April 15,2020

Mumbai, Apr 15: A 35-year-old man, who worked as a priest in suburban Kandivali, allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday afternoon, hours after learning that lockdown to contain coronavirus has been extended.

The deceased was identified as Krishna Pujari, native of Udupi in Karnataka, who was attached to Durga Mata temple in Iraniwadi area of Sanjay Nagar.

Pujari, who lived with three other priests, was waiting for the lockdown to end as he wanted to go back to his hometown, a police official said.

When he learnt that the lockdown has been extended till May 3, he was terribly depressed and allegedly hanged himself in kitchen, the official added.

No suicide note has been found, he said.

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Man arrested for alleged links with gangster Ravi Pujari

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June 3,2020

Mangalore, Jun 3: One man was arrested by the Crime Branch of city police from Mangalore for allegedly having links with gangster Ravi Pujari, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Patil said on Wednesday.

According to the police, the man identified as Ghulam has been sent to 10-day police custody.

"During the investigation of a case related to Ravi Pujari, it was found that one Ghulam is a close associate of Pujari and had helped him in extortion and other illegal activity. Ghulam was arrested from Mangalore. He was produced before a court and sent to 10-day police custody," Patil said.

The senior police officer said that further investigation is on in the matter.

Pujari, who was wanted in several cases including ones related to heinous crimes like murder and extortion, was brought to Bengaluru earlier this year from Senegal. He had reportedly gone underground two decades ago and had allegedly been carrying out illegal activities from abroad.

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Mangaluru: Thousands travel from Ullal to join anti-CAA protest in Kasba Bengre

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January 21,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 21: Thousands of people today boarded boats from Ullal's Kotepura to join a massive protest against the amended Citizenship Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Kasba Bengre, here.

People traveling through boats and steamers decorated with national flags, raised slogans during their journey through the river.

The innovative mode of transportation was used by the protestors to reach the venue, as it not only saved time but was also more convenient for the fishermen, a large number of people from this community joined the protest.

The protestors docked their boats at the shore and reached the venue chanting slogans of azadi.