Gold and foreign-origin cigarettes seized by the customs department.
MANGALURU: In one of the biggest hauls in the recent past, officers of Mangaluru Customs on Thursday seized 2.41kg gold valued at Rs 1.1 crore from a female passenger flying from Dubai to Mangaluru International Airport.
Kapil Gade, deputy commissioner, Customs Mangaluru said that the smuggler has been identified as Mohammed Ali Sameera, resident of Kasaragod in Kerala. She tried to smuggle gold by concealing it in both her inner garments including sanitary pads and socks.
Gold of net weight 2.41kg was seized. Foreign-origin cigarettes were also seized from her possession, said Gade.
rheas are the largest flightless bird of South America
MANGALURU: The Pilikula Biological Park has additional attractions, with arrival of two pairs each of white rhea and brown rhea, along with three swamp deer, said H Jayaprakash Bhandary, director of the park.
Bhandary said that rheas are the largest flightless bird of South America. Swamp deer are also called barasingha, and found in the Indian subcontinent.
The swamp deer is an endangered species, and has arrived from Thiruvananthapuram Zoo, Kerala, in an animal exchange programme.
They were received in exchange for three King Cobras and two pairs of Whitaker’s boa sent to Thiruvananthapuram Zoo, Kerala from Pilikula Zoo.
Cleanliness drive in Mangaluru
MANGALURU: A group of 150 volunteers has scooped up nearly 14 tonnes of garbage after cleaning the banks of river Netravati. The river cleaning drive near Netravati bridge was initiated by Hasiru Dala and Anti Pollution Drive Foundation (APDF), in association with various organisations, last Sunday, the first day of the campaign.
The cleanup drive was planned meticulously as it required some action to pick up the waste strewn down a slope that meets the river. Ropes and hooks were used to zip down the slope and haul up the waste. Modified bags made out of old fishing nets were used to store the collected waste and pull it up. Most of the waste consisted of diapers and sanitary disposables, meat, household mixed waste, construction waste, thermocol, broken crockery, dead animals and electronic items. The waste was picked up by vehicles of Antony Waste Handling Cell for transfer to the actual dumpyard.
A delegation of villagers submitting memorandum to Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja on Sunday.
MANGALURU: Villagers of Dharmastala and surrounding villages demanded that permission should not be granted for the construction of new hotels and guest houses within two kilometers radius of Sri Kshetra Dharmastala.
A delegation of villagers led by Dharmastala gram panchayat vice president Shrinivas Rao submitted a memorandum to chief minister B S Yediyurappa through Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja on Sunday.
The government should take necessary steps to ban construction of private hotels and guest houses in surrounding areas of Dharmastala temple, villagers urged.
“Dharmastala temple, which has a history of eight centuries and a part of district’s heritage, also has been hailed as a centre for religious harmony. Thousands of devotees visit the temple and offer prayers to the deity of Manjunatha. The temple town has been recognised nationally as a clean religious shrine in the countr
Dakshina Kannada district health and family welfare officer Dr Ramachandra Bairy being felicitated at Kasturba Medical College in Mangaluru on Saturday.
MANGALURU: Enforcing lockdown is economically suicidal as only the rich can manage in life, said Dr M K Sudarshan, Chairman, Karnataka Covid-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).
He was delivering the first Dr B S Sajjan Endowment Oration on the theme ‘Public Health Leadership in Covid-19 Pandemic’ organised by the department of community medicine of Kasturba Medical College (KMC) on Saturday.
He said that there is no need for lockdown if people follow the Covid-19 guidelines properly.
“Though lockdown has helped in the clinical management of Covid-19 effectively, it is the last measure that the government should think about in case of the second wave of the pandemic. People should wear masks even after getting the vaccine doses. Covishield and Covaxin are being administered under an emergency use authorisation. Data i