CD photographer injured in cracker burst at CREDAI convention; Minister visits hospital

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August 25, 2012

Mangalore, August 25: A photographer of 'Coastaldigest.com' and 'Coastal Mirror' sustained eye injuries due to cracker burst on the stage at TMA Pai Auditorium in the city on Saturday.

The incident occurred when photographer Suresh Vamanjoor had been covering the inaugural ceremony of 'StateCon 2012' convention of Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI), which was inaugurated by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar.

Crackers filled with coloured paper bits exploded with force at the very spot where the group of media photographers was capturing the official inauguration by Mr Shettar.

Although the burst took all the photographers by surprise, two among them were unlucky to sustain injuries. While Mr Vamanjoor sustained eye injuries, Sudharkar Yermal of 'Vijaya Karnataka' Kannada daily also sustained minor injuries below his ear.

Mr Vamanjoor was immediately rushed to an eye hospital in Ballalbagh and later shifted to Government Wenlock Hospital.

As soon as the news reached, Minister for Karnaraka Urban Development Suresh Kumar and Deputy Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly N Yogish Bhat visited the hospital and assured to take action against the concerned people.

Mr Vamanjoor told the minister that the burst had taken place even after he and other photographers had asked the event manager not to do so.

The minister, who was also present in the inaugural ceremony of the CREDAI convention, said that he had not been aware of the cracker burst plan. He requested the doctor on-duty at Wenlock Hospital to send him the details by Monday.

Both the photographers filed a complaint with Barke Police Station against the organisers.

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Charmadi Ghat closed for vehicular movement over landslide fears

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July 26,2020

Belthangady, Jul 26: The forest department officials on Sunday banned traffic in Charmadi ghat section as a precautionary measure following information that landslide and uprooting of trees may take place due to heavy rain which has been lashing the ghat section since last one week.

The officials said that a tree was likely to be uprooted in the 6th and 7th cross of the ghat section therefore the entry of vehicles were banned and this has resulted in a traffic jam.

It is said that despite lockdown many vehicles have been playing in the Ghat section.

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Mangaluru: 160 acre land sanctioned for Coast Guard Academy at Kenjar

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January 31,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 31: Karnataka Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar on Friday announced to sanction 160 acres of land at Kenjar in the Taluk for setting up the Indian Coast Guard Academy.

The land was allotted from the land bank of Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB).

Mr Bhaskar made the announcement at the commissioning of the high-speed interceptor boat C-448 of the Indian Coast Guard at New Mangalore recently.

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166 stranded in UAE reach Mangaluru

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June 23,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 23: A charter flight carrying as many as 166 people including a child stranded in United Arab Emirates today reached Mangaluru.

The flight was chartered by M Friends Charitable Trust, Mangaluru and My Community Foundation with the sole intention of helping the repatriation of stranded passengers such as pregnant women, elderly people and those who are in need of emergency medical care.

The flydubia flight FZ4617 took off from Dubai at 2 p.m. and landed at Mangaluru International Airport at 7:22 p.m.

The passengers who arrived from UAE hail from different parts of coastal Karnataka and passengers themselves had borne the ticket fare for their travel.

M Friends president Haneef Haji Goltamajalu has thanked representatives of My Community Foundation and M Friends Trusty Ashraf Abbas Kunjattur, M Friends NRI leader Haneef Puttur, general secretary Rasheed Vittla for their efforts in chartering the flight.

In the last three weeks, 13 special flights with around 2150 passengers from various Gulf countries had landed at Mangaluru airport.

Already, throat swab samples of 1814 passengers, who had arrived in Mangaluru, have been tested and 239 people with international travel history have tested positive and the samples of 1,575 passengers have tested negative so far.