Mangaluru police crackdown on 'fake' media IDs, stickers
Mangaluru, Mar 21 (PTI): Mangaluru Police Commissioner Anupam Agarwal directed the traffic police to identify and take action against the misuse of fake media identity cards and stickers on vehicles.
Responding to a representation submitted by the Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalists’ Association on Friday, which called for strict measures to curb such misuse, the Commissioner assured swift action.
The association also stressed the need to ensure the safety of journalists while they perform their duties.
Recent incidents of fake media ID misuse have been reported in the city.
Notably, a fake media ID card was found in a vehicle involved in multiple accidents near Kodialbail on Thursday night.
According to the association, several vehicles displaying fake media and press stickers have been spotted in the region, raising concerns about their potential use for illegal activities.
The association urged authorities to conduct thorough checks on vehicles using fake media stickers and to ensure that genuine journalists can carry out their work without fear or hindrance.
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Trump says Islamic State group leader was killed in joint US-Nigerian mission
Washington (AP): President Donald Trump said US and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday.
Trump announced the joint operation in a late-night social media post that offered few details. He said Abu Bakr al-Mainuki was second in command of the Islamic State group globally and “thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing.”
The US viewed Al-Mainuki as the key figure in IS organising and finance, and believed he was plotting attacks against the United States and its interests, according to an official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to share sensitive information.
Born in Nigeria's Borno province in 1982, al-Mainuki took the helm of the IS branch in West Africa after the group's previous leader in the region, Mamman Nur, was killed in 2018, according to the Counter Extremism Project, which tracks militant groups.
Al-Mainuki was based in the Sahel area, the monitoring group said, adding that it is believed that he fought in Libya when IS was active in the North African nation more than a decade ago. He was sanctioned by the US in 2023.
Trump in December directed US forces to launch strikes against the Islamic State group in Nigeria, though he released little detail then about the impact.
Nigeria has been battling multiple armed groups, including at least two affiliated with IS.
The Friday night operation was the latest instance in a string of covert missions abroad that Trump has announced this year, starting with the stunning overnight raid in January to capture and remove Venezuela's then-leader Nicolás Maduro and whisk him to the US, followed nearly two months later by the launch of strikes that kicked off the war with Iran.
