Fifth cruise vessel of season calls on Mangalore port
Mangaluru, Feb 8: MS Nautica,' the fifth cruise vessel of the current season called on New Mangalore Port here.
Carrying 550 passengers and 400 crew members, the 180.5 m vessel has 30,277 gross tonnage and has a draft of 6 m, said a release from New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA) on Wednesday.
The vessel came from Muscat to India en route to Male (Maldives) and called on Mumbai and Mormugao ports earlier.
Offering a traditional welcome, NMPA arranged their medical screening, immigration and customs counters, 15 coaches of buses, including two shuttle buses for tourists visiting local markets around Mangaluru, taxis, and tourist vans.
The cruise passengers also availed benefits of meditation centre set up the by the AYUSH department inside the cruise lounge. Clothes and handicraft outlets were also kept open for them.
The tourists later visited places of tourist interest in and around Mangaluru while NMPA presented them souvenirs when they embarked the vessel that sailed out of NMP towards Kochi in the evening, the release said.
NMPA today welcomed 5th cruise ship “MS NAUTICA” of the current cruise season carrying 550 passengers 400 crew members. Traditional welcome was given to the cruise passengers while they were disembarking the ship. @shipmin_india @Indportsassn @SDCL_India pic.twitter.com/5Wgtb8B1iq
— New Mangalore Port Authority (@NewMngPort) February 7, 2023
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ED raids in case against former Punjab Police DIG Bhullar, linked entities
Chandigarh (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted searches at multiple locations in Punjab as part of a money laundering probe against former state police DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and entities linked to him, officials said.
They said about 11 premises in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Patiala, Nabha and Jalandhar linked to the accused, his associates and suspected benamidars (the owner in whose name a benami property is held) are being covered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case registered against Bhullar on allegations that he sought illegal gratification through a middleman for settlement of a criminal case, along with detection of assets disproportionate to known sources of income.
The searches aim to trace further proceeds of the alleged crime, identify benami assets and gather evidence related to money laundering, ED officials said.
Bhullar, who was serving as the deputy inspector general (DIG) of police (Ropar Range), was arrested by the CBI in October 2025 after a scrap dealer alleged that bribe was demanded from him through an intermediary to settle a case.
