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Gold worth Rs 10 lakh seized from Dubai passenger at Mangaluru Airport
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April 24, 2021
Mangaluru, Apr 24: Customs officials of Mangaluru International airport seized 196 grams of gold worth nearly Rs 10 lakh from a male passenger who arrived from Dubai.
Officials said on Saturday that the passenger identified as Abdul Raheem Eriyal Jafar, hailing from Po Kudlu, Kasargod, Kerala, landed at Adani Mangalore International Airport on Friday night and he was taken into custody.
The accused had concealed the mercury coated gold strips in Kitchenware, Gas lighters, MP3 Player and Earphone carried in checked in baggage.
Kannada writer, grammarian, lexicographer Prof G Venkatasubbiah passes away at 107
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April 19, 2021
Bengaluru, Apr 19: Centenarian, Kannada writer, grammarian, editor, lexicographer and critic Ganjam Venkatasubbiah passed away during the early hours of Monday due to old age complications. He was 107.
He breathed his last at 1:15 am. Dignitaries from various fields have condoled his death.
He is primarily known for his contribution to the world of Kannada lexicography and is renowned as a walking encyclopaedia of the Kannada language and culture.
He compiled 12 dictionaries, authored four seminal works on dictionary science in Kannada, edited over sixty books and published several papers.