Udupi, September 17: Excise officials on Friday disposed off over 9000 leters of illegal spirit stored in 270 cans, recovered in a case registered last year to the Alevoor river near Kalmanje.
The value of the disposed spirit is estimated at Rs 10 lakhs.
Deputy Commissioner MK Somaiah, Deputy Superintendent Gurumurthy, Inspector Sowmyalatha headed the disposing operation.
Mangaluru, Jan 11: CISF officials detained a passenger at Mangaluru International Airport here and seized from him currencies of foreign countries worth about Rs five lakh here on Saturday.
Official sources said that the passenger, identified as Shahul Hameed Theruvath, was supposed to take the Spice jet flight SG 059 for Dubai.
During the X BIS screening process, CISF officials noticed some suspicious image in Shahul’s hand baggage.
The thorough check of bag revealed foreign currencies of various countries worth Rs 5.48 lakh. The seized currencies were 76 US dollars of 100 denomination, Chinese Yuan, Malaysian Ringgits and Turkish Lira of smaller denomination. The currencies that were in his possession did not have any legal permission.
The personnel handed over the foreign currency recovered and the passenger to Customs officials for further inquiry.
Bengaluru, May 5: Karnataka Education Minister, S Suresh Kumar on Monday announced that the SSLC exams will be held as soon as possible, the officials have been asked to be prepared.
The guidelines have been given by the Primary Education Minister to all Deputy Directors of Education departments.
"Sanitisers, masks, screening, and all guidelines will be followed at exam halls," said Kumar in a statement.
Meanwhile, Karnataka has reported 651 COVID-19 positive cases so far, said State Health Department said on Monday.
Mangaluru, Mar 26: The district Wenlock hospital in
the city will be turned into a dedicated hospital for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, Dakshina Kannada district-in- charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said on Thursday.
Addressing reporters here, he said the 250-bed super speciality wing at Wenlock would be converted to a dedicated hospital to treat coronavirus patients in view of the prevailing situation.
The 20-bed Ayush block will be used for the treatment of suspected cases.
The patients currently being treated for various other ailments at the hospital will be shifted to private hospitals within three days.
The expenses for their treatment will be borne by the government, he said.
The 705 beds available at the hospital wards will be used for coronavirus cases in a phased manner.
The patients visiting the outpatient ward will be directed to go to nearby medical colleges for treatment, he said.
A total of 140 children being treated at the regional advanced paediatric care centre at the hospital will be shifted to nearby medical college hospitals.
The centre will also be used for covid-19 treatment.
Poojary said at present five COVID-19 patients and 140 suspected cases are being treated at the Wenlock hospital.
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