Mangaluru, June 14: A Twitter campaign demanding official language status for Tulu launched by various Tulu organisations on Sunday received support from politicians and the public in the coastal belt.
Launched with the hashtag #TuluOfficialinKA_KL, the campaign began from 6 AM on Sunday till midnight.
The organisations, including 'Jai Tulunad', took up the campaign to urge both Kerala and Karnataka to declare Tulu as an official language.
Backing the campaign, Dakshina Kannada MP and BJP State president Nalin Kumar Kateel tweeted in Tulu saying, Efforts and talks are on to include Tulu in the eighth schedule. A few technical issues need to be sorted out. All efforts will be made to announce Tulu as official language during our tenure itself."
Former MLC Ganesh Karnik, in his tweet, said, Lets all be proud Tuluvas with our distinct identity, our unique culture, our entrepreneurship and all our all-inclusive live and let live philosophy of co-existence with people speaking many languages.
Tulu language is our mother tongue. Every one of us want Tulu to get official language status, tweeted Vedavyas Kamath, MLA.
Mangalore city north MLA Bharath Shetty, in his tweet, said Tulu, the language of coastal Karnataka, has a rich oral tradition and historical, cultural significance.
Dakshina Kannada district-in-Charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary tweeted saying he supported the demand of the people of Tulunadu to get special status for Tulu.
Tulu is not only a language but also a culture and tradition with a history of its own, he said.
More than 2.5 lakh people tweeted in support of the campaign during the day.
ಒಂಜಾತ್ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ದೋಷಲೆನ್ ಸರಿ ಮಲ್ತ್ದ್ ನಮ್ಮ ಅವಧಿಡ್ ತುಲು ಬಾಸೆಗ್ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಬಾಸೆ ಪನ್ಪುನ ಮಾನಾದಿಗೆ ಕೊರ್ಪಾವ. (2)#TuluofficialinKA_KL #ತುಳುನಾಡು #ತುಳುಭಾಷೆ #TuluTo8thSchedule
— Nalinkumar Kateel (@nalinkateel) June 13, 2021
#TuluOfficialinKA_KL #Tulu #TuluTo8thSchedule
— Capt Ganesh Karnik ?? (@GaneshKarnik) June 13, 2021
One of the most beautiful place on the Arabia coast with vibrant multi linguistic culture, Tulu being a common language spoken by everyone, is an ideal example of co-existence for centuries. A model region developed by self enterprise pic.twitter.com/jmdXx9sy0p
ಸಾರ ಸತ್ಯೋಲು ನೆಲೆ ಆಯಿನ ಪಂಚವರ್ಣದ ಪುಂಚೊದ ಮಣ್ಣ್ದ ಪುಗರ್ತೆದ ತುಳುಭಾಷೆ ಎನ್ನ ಅಪ್ಪೆಭಾಷೆ. ತುಲು ಬಾಸೆಗ್ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಮಾನಾದಿಗೆ ತಿಕ್ಕೊಡು ಪನ್ಪಿಂಚಿ ಆಸೆ ನಮ್ಮವು.#TuluofficialinKA_KL #tulunaad #ತುಳುವಿಗೆ_ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ_ಅಧಿಕೃತ_ಸ್ಥಾನಮಾನ_ಬೇಕು #ತುಳುನಾಡು #ತುಳುಭಾಷೆ #TuluTo8thSchedule
— Vedavyas Kamath (@vedavyasbjp) June 13, 2021
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Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
