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The situation has gone from bad to worse'

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March 3, 2011

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Mangalore, March 3: When Chetana Jagadish, a student in Mysore, telephoned her father at Marsa El Brega in Libya on Wednesday, she could hear the gunfire. She, however, was happy that her father, Jagadish Kumar, who works with the Sirte Oil Company “is safe”. About 65 people working for Sirte are Indians and are trapped there.

“Colonel Qadhafi's men walked into the oil company premises and replaced the flags of the rebels today,” said Manjaya Shetty, an engineer with the company, who came here on vacation much before the hostilities began. He is in constant touch with his brother-in-law T. Rajaram Melanta who also works for the company.

Marsa El Brega is about 250 km away from Benghazi, the second largest city in Libya, which has a port. Benghazi was the first to come under the grip of rebels.

Mr. Shetty said the situation had gone from bad to worse in the last 24 hours.

Mr. Melanta's wife, Sapna, and son, Harshavardhan (15), are settled in Pune. They are in touch with Mr. Melanta and Mr. Shetty seeking information on his safety and evacuation from Libya. According to Mr. Shetty, the European countries, China and the Philippines had evacuated a large number of their nationals, but India was able to bring back only about 3,000 of the 18,000 nationals there. He urged the Government to evacuate Indians on a war-footing.

He believes that as many as 5,000 people are trapped in Benghazi. Mr. Shetty said family members of those working for Sirte could call him on 9901323091 to make a concerted effort to put pressure on the External Affairs Ministry to take quick action.

His efforts to reach out to elected representatives were futile, Mr. Shetty added.

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February 12,2020

Belagavi, 12: Even though the investigation into the four abandoned country pistols that were recovered by the Karnataka police on the outskirts of Waghawade village in Belagavi taluk last weekend did not make any headway, the police are verifying if the weapons had been used by the assassin of Gauri Lankesh for training.

Four country pistols were found abandoned on the outskirts of Waghawade on Sunday. Locals informed that the police had taken the weapons for inspection.

Prima facie it appeared that the weapons were rusted and had not been used for long. Cases had been registered against unidentified persons and investigations were in progress.

After reports that the weapons could have been used for training by the assassin of Gauri Lankesh in the forests in Khanapur, a few kilometres away from the spot wherein they were found, police have been looking into this angle too.

Sources said the condition of the weapons indicated that they have not been used for decades but to allay doubt all aspects were being looked into.

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May 15,2020

Mangaluru, May 15: The second evacuation flight from Dubai to Mangaluru is expected to bring nearly 180 stranded UAE Kannadigas on May 18.

Air India Express B737-800NG aircraft will take off from terminal 2 of Dubai International Airport at 1.30 pm UAE time and land in Mangaluru International Airport at 6.30 pm local time, sources said.

Mangaluru Airport had witnessed chaos when the first repatriation flight arrived on May 12. Now many passengers of the first flight tested positive for the covid-19.

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August 7,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 7: Following the incessant rain for last few days and subsequent landslides reported at various places along Charmadi Ghat, the movement of vehicles been banned for two days. 

Charmadi Ghat road connects Dakshina Kannada and Chikkamagaluru districts on National Highway-73. The fresh landslides caused cracks on the road and uprooted many trees. 
Officials have closed Charmadi as well as Kottigehara check posts as a precautionary measure.

Belthangady tahsildar Mahesh J confirmed that multiple landslides have hit Charmadi Ghat road.

"The road has been closed for vehicular movement as the officials are at the spot to clear landslide debris. As a precautionary measure, vehicular movement has been banned as there are chances of further landslides," he said.

Hundreds of commuters who were stuck on various stretches of the ghat following a landslide between Maleyamaruta and Alekan falls in Chikkamagaluru district have been rescued.

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