Mangaluru: Dinesh Gundu Rao, the new minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada district, will visit and tour the district on June 11.

Dinesh was appointed as the minister in-charge of the coastal district along with 31 other in-charges earlier in the day.

He will be arriving in Mangaluru for the first time after being appointed as the minister in-charge and will return to Bengaluru on the same day night to participate in a government program.

Dinesh will arrive at Mangaluru Airport at 8:35 AM on June 11 and later in the day will launch the 'Shakti' project at the government KSRTC bus stand in Bejai at 12:30 PM. Following the inauguration, he will hold discussions with officials from district administration to review the progress of the district. According to the schedule, he will leave for Bengaluru by flight at 9:50 pm.

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New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested five of a family for allegedly assaulting a police officer and snatching his service pistol during a raid in the Sultanpuri area, an official said on Wednesday.

The accused are Rajender (50), his sons Ritik (24), Sachin (29), Abhishek (26), and his daughter Komal (22). 

The incident occurred on September 2, when a team from the Anti-Narcotics Task Force arrested Alka, wife of Rajender, for possession of heroin, police said.

During the raid, Alka's family members attacked a police officer with sticks and bricks and snatched his service pistol, mobile phone, and wallet. However, the officer managed to recover his service pistol, they said.

Police said that an FIR was registered and an investigation was launched.

Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the accused, absconding since the incident, from a flat in Raghubir Nagar in Delhi.