Excise department raids: illegal spirit worth Rs.11 lakh seized
Mangaluru: The team of excise officials, who conducted a raid at the place where illegal liquor was stored and seized 7,805 liters of alcohol and two vehicles. Officials estimated the value of the seized spirit at Rs 11 lakh.
The accused Joes Sebastian has been arrested. Based on specific information, received by joint commissioner Shailaja A Koti, the excise department team successfully raided a house on JM road and seized alcohol and vehicles.
The team, which was led by Excise Superintendent Vinod, consisted Mangaluru Excise Deputy Superintendent Amarnath, SS Bhandari, Shiva Prasad, Chetan Kumar, Satish Kumar Kudroli, Suneet, Shobha, and others.
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CM Siddaramaiah to withdraw all cases against pro-Kannada activists
Bengaluru, Jan 27 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on Monday that all cases registered against pro-Kannada activists will be withdrawn.
The CM was addressing a gathering at the unveiling of the 25-feet-tall bronze statue of Bhuvaneshwari, the goddess who represents the Karnataka state identity, on the premises of the Vidhana Soudha.
The statue of Bhuvaneshwari, which was sculpted at an approximate cost of Rs 21.24 crore is 41-feet-tall including the pedestal, and weighs around 31.5 tonne.
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While speaking at the event, although he acknowledged that one must love and embrace all languages, the CM said, in Karnataka, Kannadigas should follow the culture of speaking and interacting with “their brothers and other speakers” in Kannada.
“Instead of speaking incorrectly in other languages, we should speak our own language. In all our neighbouring states, the language spoken by the people of the respective state is sovereign. This should be practiced here, too,” said Siddaramaiah.
Insisting that everyone in the state should develop respect for the Kannada language, culture and art, the CM called for more learning and teaching of reading and writing Kannada.
“Only then will Kannada become the sovereign language,” he added.
