Mangaluru: President of India Ramnath Kovind on Thursday arrived at Mangaluru International Airport at 6:45 pm from Mysuru as a part of his three-day visit to Karnataka.

The President arrived in the city and headed towards the Circuit House where he will stay overnight.

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On Friday the President is scheduled to reach Mangaluru Airport at 10:30 am and will take a flight to Shringeri Helipad at 10:55 am. He will attend an event in Shringeri and will return to the city at 4:55 pm on Friday and will leave for Delhi at 5:10 pm from the Mangaluru Airport.

The President is accompanied by his wife and daughter on the visit.

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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.