Special prayers at Malpe Masjid for missing Mogaveera fishermen
'Let our brothers return safely'
Udupi, Jan 4: After Friday Namaz, a special prayer was offered at the Malpe Jamia Masjid today afternoon for the safe return of the fishermen who were missing when they had been to fishing 20 days back.
Total eight fishermen who had been to fishing on December 13 at 11 pm, were missing. Neither their boat nor fishermen were found even after continuous search operation.
As humans were brothers, let all fishermen return safely, prayed Imam Imran Ullah Khan Mansoori in his prayer.
The Imam also appealed the people of the Jamat to participate in a protest to be held on January 6 demanding searching of fishermen.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
