26/11 martyr Hemant Karkare's life-jacket found way in dustbin: RTI

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June 25, 2017

Mumbai, Jun 25: Nearly a decade after the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, a new controversy on the sub-standard life-jackets came to light when it was found that the vest worn by slain Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare found way into a dustbin.

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Karkare, 53, the then Special Inspector General of Police heading the ATS was shot dead in the Rang Bhavan Lane next to St Xavier’s College when terrorists Abu Ismail and Mohammed Ajmal Kasab sprayed bullets at a police vehicle killing top officials besides him.

Along with Karkare, Additional Commissioner of Police (East Region) Ashok Kamte and Senior Inspector of Police and Anti-Extortion Cell chief Vijay Salaskar died in the shoot-out that took place when they were escaping police after the mayhem at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.

An application filed under Right to Information Act (RTI) filed by veteran activist Anil Galgali, led to this shocking bit of information that Karkare’s bullet-proof jacket was dumped in a dustbin.

Apparently, the Mumbai police learnt about the lapse a year after 10 LeT men brought carnage to the streets of Mumbai, but chose to keep mum.

Public Relation Officer Suresh Sakpal informed Galgali that the bullet-proof jacket was thrown into a dustbin by a ward boy at Sir JJ Hospital.

Galgali has termed it abject carelessness of the statement stating that the bulletproof vest has been lost and thrown in the dustbin. “There exists a huge question mark on the quality and the standard of the bullet proof jacket. Had the bulletproof jacket worn by Karkare been examined, the whole scam in the purchase of the jackets would have stood exposed,” said Galgali.

It could be recalled here that the death of Karkare had triggered controversy as he had exposed saffron terrorism in India by cracking the case of Malegaon terror attack.

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March 19,2024

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Mangaluru: The Mangalore International Airport (MIA) will connect to a new domestic destination with the introduction of a non-stop flight to Tiruchirappalli International Airport in Tamil Nadu. 

The non-stop service, once-a-week, will operate on Wednesday (from TIA) and Thursday (from MIA), starting April 3. Air India Express will operate the flight.

The flight is expected to help those taking up a pilgrimage to Vailankani shrine.

Sources from the AIE said that the airline carrier decided to fly non-stop between the two southern Indian cities as a flight to Jeddah, which will start from April 3, arrives from Tiruchirappalli International Airport. 

“It is a ferry or positional flight from TIA to MIA. Instead of flying empty, the management has decided to run it as a commercial flight. This will help both passengers and the airline. The airline will deploy Boeing 737-800 aircraft with a 186-seater all-economy configuration on this route. 

The same flight, after landing in MIA, will further fly to Jeddah,” a source said. 

The flight IX 1498 will depart every Thursday at 5am from MIA to TIA. The TIA-MIA flight IX 1499 departs at 12.50pm. It is a one-hour nonstop flight. The same flights will also operate nonstop between Jeddah and MIA. 

The non-stop flight IX 499 will depart MIA at 2.50pm and reach King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah at 6.25pm. The IX498, will depart from Jeddah at 7.25pm and reach MIA early at 3.40am.

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March 13,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 13: Karnataka government has not yet discussed the issue of implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in the State, and the Cabinet will take a call on it, Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Wednesday.

The Centre on Monday announced the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, a move that comes four years after the contentious law was passed and paves the way for citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

"We have not yet discussed it. If the Chief Minister says it has to be discussed and decided in the Cabinet, we will decide it. Whether to accept or reject it has to be decided by the Cabinet," Parameshwara told reporters.

The rules were notified days ahead of the expected announcement of the Lok Sabha elections. With this, the Modi government will now start granting Indian nationality to self-proclaimed persecuted non-Muslim migrants — Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians — from the three countries.

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March 21,2024

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Mangaluru: A man from Dakshina Kannada was duped of Rs 2.5 lakh after he was promised a Poland visa.

In a complaint, a resident of Belthangady, stated that the accused, Manoj, had promised a job for his son in Poland. 

Between May 22 of last year and March 19, he handed over Rs 2.2 lakh in various phases, citing different reasons.

However, since the accused failed to provide a visa or return the money, a case was registered at the Dharmasthala police station under IPC sections 417 and 420.

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