Cleanliness: Mangaluru civic body gets Union Ministry's special mention
Mangaluru, Sep 29: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has bagged special mention from the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs in the Indian Swachhata League competition held for cities and local bodies.
Mangaluru has been shortlisted for special felicitation in the category of cities with a population between 3 lakh and 10 lakh, MCC sources said.
The competition, held under Swachh Bharath Abhiyan campaign, saw more than 1,850 city and local bodies taking part in it. The award is given to cities striving to realise the idea of a waste-free environment.
Roopa Mishra, joint secretary to the Ministry, informed the MCC that the award would be conferred on September 30 at the Talkatora stadium in New Delhi.
In the League, cities got an opportunity to detail their novel activities at the national-level. Participation of the youth, novel ideas in implementing activities and the improvement in urban cleanliness as a result of the activity were the guidelines on the basis of which the national winners were decided, the sources said.
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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
