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ANF in DK well equipped to tackle Naxal menace: DGP

June 28, 2012

dgp Mangalore, June 28: The police department is well-equipped in handling all sorts of crimes in Karnataka including communal violence said Lalrokhuma Pachau, Director General of Police, Karnataka state.

Mr.Pachau was interacting with media persons at a press meet held at the Police Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Thursday.

The police department has separate dedicated wings such as the special branches, intelligences branches, law and order etc which makes its approach a compact one in handling crimes, Mr. Pachau said.

Stating that eight taluks in Dakshina Kannada have been affected by naxal activities, Mr.Pachau said that with the ANF, the police is well equipped with weapons and other necessities to tackle the menace.

Speaking on the occasion A M Prasad, Addl DGP (crime), said that in the last 10 years the police department in the region had grown like anything. “Following the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the coastal police line has been strengthened. We have a dedicated Anti-Terror squad. The new Commissionerate model in Karnataka has been very successful and other states are now emulating the CoP system of Karnataka”, he said.

Responding to a query on surrender of naxals, Pratap Reddy, IGP (Western Range) said that only when the police feel confident enough, do they reveal the Naxal surrenders to the media. “The attempts to get them to surrender are always going on but only when we feel confident that the surrender process would be successful do we reveal it to the media”, he said.

On a query about keeping an eye on the habited and inhabited islands in the region, Mr. Reddy said that the police department keeps coordinating with the Coast Guards Department and is keeping an eye.

Seemanth Kumar Singh, Commissioner of Police, Mangalore, and Abhishek Goel, SP, DK, were also present.

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: With rains in several parts of Karnataka amid Covid-19 pandemic, state Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Thursday asked the people to maintain caution and contact the Health department helpline in case of any symptoms.

"There is heavy rain in several districts of the state's coastal, Malnad and north interior regions. People have to observe utmost caution during these rains amid corona infections. In case of any symptoms like fever, cough and cold immediately call the health department helpline 104," Sudhakar tweeted.

As of August 5 evening, cumulatively 1,51,449 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 2,804 deaths and 74,679 discharges.

Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban tops the list accounting for 64,881 cases.

Regarding Bengaluru, Sudhakar said, there are 4,276 beds across 11 Covid care centres in Bengaluru.

"As of today morning, 936 of them i.e., 27.79 percent are vacant. Out of the 3,346 patients, 306 patients are due for discharge today," he said in another tweet.

Aimed at availing beds at Covid-19 hospitals for symptomatic patients and those in need, the government had decided to shift all asymptomatic patients to Covid care centres.

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January 12,2020

Mangalore, Jan 12: Thieves reportedly stole around 70,000 cash from a MESCOM ATP machine located at Chembugudde in Thokkottu, Police said here on Sunday.

Police said that the theft took place in the MESCOM sub-division office at Chembugudde. It was said that the thieves broke open the room where the MESCOM customers bill payment machine was located and stole 70,000 rupees cash from the ATP machine.

This machine had nine lakh rupees cash. The amount was reported to have been transferred at around 1500 hrs on Saturday.

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January 24,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 24: Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh on Friday said that a specialised task force to manage natural disasters would soon be constituted in all talukas of the Dakshina Kannada district, an official statement said here.

She further said in a meeting of the District Disaster Management Authority that during the floods last monsoon there was a shortage of boats to rescue stranded residents from flood-hit areas. Hence, more boats would be procured for the Home Guards and the Fire and Emergency Services.

She also instructed officials to make sure that schools have their own disaster management plans and also advised them to carry emergency materials kit, used during a natural disaster, in their vehicles.

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