Foreign currency worth Rs 25.18 lakh seized at Mangaluru International Airport
Mangaluru, Feb 9: Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) have seized foreign currency notes worth Rs 25.18 lakh from the illegal possession of two passengers in the last two days.
The passengers were attempting to smuggle the foreign currency notes out of the country, a customs release here said on Wednesday.
US dollars 10,000 was seized from a passenger from Kasaragod in Kerala, who was attempting to smuggle it out by an Indigo flight to Sharjah.
In the other incident, a passenger from the city was attempting to carry 90,000 UAE dirhams in the form of currency notes in a bag. He was bound for Dubai by an Air India flight when he was arrested and the foreign currency confiscated.
These currencies were being carried illegally without any documents to prove their genuineness.
In both these cases, currency notes totally worth Rs 25.18 lakh were seized and cases were registered against them, the release said.
Officers of Mangaluru Customs seized foreign currencies worth USD 10,000 (equiv. to ₹7.40 lakhs) & 90,000 UAE Dirham (equiv. to ₹17.77 lakhs) on two smuggling attempted cases at MIA on 07.02.2022 & 08.02.2022 respectively. Offense cases registered. @cbic_india @blrcustoms pic.twitter.com/YyOzLtvmz6
— Customs-Mangaluru (@Cusmglr) February 8, 2022
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
