Mangaluru: Former member of the Karnataka Konkani Sahithya Academy, H.V Shivananda Shet (60), died at Shimoga after a short illness. The deceased is the son of Vasudeva S Shet Honnavar and Mrs. Kamakshi Vasudeva Shet, a former member of the Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Akademi He survived by his wife, two daughters, and a son. He was […]

Mangaluru: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths seized five kg of gold valued at Rs two crores at the Air Cargo Complex in Mangaluru on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, officials of DRI from Bengaluru and Mangaluru during a co-ordinated effort busted a unique modus operandi of smuggling of gold through the Air Cargo Complex […]

Mangaluru : The Customs officials recovered 483.57 grams of gold, valued at ₹ 18.47 lakh, from a passenger at the international airport here on Tuesday, November 18. The passenger is said to have concealed the gold, which is in paste form, in his rectum. The Customs sleuths said that the passenger was checked soon after he […]

Mangaluru : Over 250 grams of gold valuing Rs 9.65 lakhs and cigarettes were seized from two passengers at Mangaluru international airport here, customs officials said. In the first incident, a passenger who arrived by an Air India Express flight from Dubai was having 252.98 gm of valuing Rs 9.65 lakhs that was hidden in […]

Mangaluru : Customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) on Sunday April 21st seized 1,10kg of gold with an estimated worth of Rs 35.52 lakh. Customs officials found 462.97gm of gold with a passenger who arrived from Doha via Air India Express flight. 641gm of the precious metal was also found on another person and […]

Mangaluru : Customs at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) on Tuesday seized 447.61 grams of gold from two passengers who arrived on board international flights from Dubai valued at Rs 14.09 lakh. While 395.26 grams of gold in paste form was seized from a passenger who had hidden it in his rectum, the officials seized 52.35 […]

Mangaluru: A lorry driver Mohammad Ali has won appreciation for his exemplary honesty. He has returned a vanity bag with 15 sovereigns of gold to its rightful owner. Ali who was at Charmady on Tuesday was walking on the roadside near the post office early morning when he spotted the bag. On checking he found […]

Mangaluru : The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, regional unit, Mangaluru sleuths seized 12 tola bars of gold and one sheet of gold weighing 1515.270 gram, from an international passenger, who arrived Mangaluru International Airport from Dubai. The value of the seized gold is Rs 47 lakh. Acting on credible intelligence that one international passenger by […]

Mangaluru : The Customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport have seized about 1.5kg of gold valued Rs 45 lakh concealed inside four emergency lanterns from a passenger arriving from Dubai, here on Friday. According to highly placed sources from MIA, the passenger hailing from Kasaragod, aged about 30, arrived in Air India Express flight about […]

Karkala: The police have recovered the Rs. 1 lakh worth gold ornaments that was stolen and sold by the murder accused Mohammed Riyaz after committing the murder of Florine Machado (54), a resident of Ayyappa Nagar in Kukkundur village. The accused had stolen the gold ornaments of the victim after committing her murder. On July […]