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Sharjah ruler arrives in Kerala on five-day visit

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September 26, 2017

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 26: Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, supreme council member and ruler of Sharjah, arrived to a warm reception here on Sunday on a five-day visit to Kerala.

Mr. Al-Qasimi, who arrived in a private jet at 3.15 p.m. at the invitation of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, was greeted with Thalappoli and Pancharimelam at the technical area of Thiruvananthapuram international airport. Mr. Al-Qasimi, later, inspected a Guard of Honour accorded to him by the Kerala Police.

Mr. Vijayan; his wife Kamala; Ministers K.T. Jaleel, Kadakampally Surendran, K.K. Shylaja, and Ramachandran Kadannappally; Mayor V.K. Prashant; Chief Secretary K.M. Abraham; Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Nalini Netto; Private Secretary to the Chief Minister M.V. Jayarajan; State Police Chief Lokanath Behera; District Collector K. Vasuki; and District Police Chief P. Prakash were present to receive Mr. Al-Qasimi. Later, Mr. Al-Qasimi and dignitaries proceeded to a hotel at Kovalam where he will be staying.

“Still fondly remembers his warm hospitality and the good words he expressed about Malayalis & Kerala during my visit to Sharjah last year (sic),” the Chief Minister said in a Facebook post.

Mr. Al-Qasimi will call on Governor P. Sathasivam at 10.55 a.m. on Monday and later meet Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues at the Raj Bhavan. After lunch with the Governor, he will return to the beach resort where the State government will organise a cultural fiesta in his honour in the evening. He will take part in the dinner being hosted by the Chief Minister. On Tuesday morning, he will call on the Chief Minister at his official residence in Cliff House. Later, he will participate in a convocation ceremony being organised by the Calicut University at 11 a.m. in Raj Bhavan where the Governor will confer the DLitt. degree on him. He will deliver a lecture in the evening in the city.

Mr. Al-Qasimi will proceed to Kochi on a private visit on September 27 and will return to the Emirate in the evening.

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January 23,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 23: Bajpe Police on Thursday registered yet another case against the prime accused in Mangaluru International Airport case, Aditya Rao.

According to the police, a complaint was received from the officials of Indigo flight that they had to delay their flight scheduled to take off for Hyderabad at 1615 hrs after receiving a hoax call from Aditya, threatening of bomb.

They also asserted that the passengers were de-boarded from the flight and the luggages were brought back to security check again.

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May 16,2020

Bengaluru, May 16: The Karnataka government is expected to take a call on Monday on holding the Secondary Level School Certificate (SSLC) or class 10 examination, which were postponed due to COVID-19 lockdown.

Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar said there was a possibility that the state government may come out with a timetable on Monday. "We are holding a meeting regarding the SSLC examination," he told reporters here.

He also said there would be discussions on how to conduct the exams and precautionary measures to be taken in view of COVID-19.

"We have to make arrangements for masks, sanitisers and thermal scanners. We will set up a thermal scanner for a health check-up. We have to make separate seating arrangements for those having health issues. All these issues will be discussed on Monday," Kumar said.

The SSLC exams were supposed to commence from May 27 but due to the lockdown, it was postponed for an indefinite period.

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March 18,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 18: In the backdrop of the breakdown of the COVID-19 virus across the state, the ongoing Budget session of the Karnataka Assembly, which is scheduled to end of this month, is likely to be cut short by one week.

According to official sources, the state government, which had shut down all the congregating places including Malls, Theatres, Marriage Halls and banned all the public functions, is in favor of the cutting short the ongoing Assembly session, to give focus on keeping a tab on the COVID-19 disease.

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