Heavy rain: Schools, Colleges to remain closed for Saturday in Udupi and Uttara Kannada Districts
Udupi/Karwar: Udupi Deputy Commissioner, G Jagadeesh on Friday evening declared holidays to all colleges and schools in the District for Saturday October 26 owing to heavy rain that is expected to continue on Friday due to which the three coastal Districts of Karnataka have been put on red-alert by the authorities.
Earlier on Friday Jagadeesh had declared holidays to all colleges and schools in the District for Friday. With the latest order Saturday is set to be the second consecutive day in the District when all educational institutions have been asked to declare holiday.
Similarly, Uttara Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Harish Kumar also declared holidays all schools, colleges and anganwadis across five Coastal Taluks of the District (Karwar, Ankola, Kumta, Honnavar and Bhatkal) on Saturday.
DDPI of Uttara Kannada has also issued notices to all the BEOs of the District to postpone the exams that were scheduled for Saturday.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
