Founding principal of Roshni Nilaya Dr Olinda Pereira is no more
Mangaluru: Former principal of School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, and noted social worker Dr Olinda Pereira passed away at 95 on Sunday.
Dr. Olinda, a PhD holder of Mysore University, is the founder Vishwas Trust.
She has served as a Director and has taught in many prestigious institutes in India and abroad. She, as a professor, taught thousands of graduates. She was active in women's activism. Dr. Olinda also served as a member of the National Women's Committee in 1979.
She was conferred with various prestigious awards, including the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize for her humanitarian and social service.
Funeral on June 1
The body of Dr. Olinda Perera has been kept for public viewing at the auditorium of Roshani Foundation in Valencia here. The final rites will be performed at cemetery in Valencia at 3.30pm on the June 1.
In the wake of coronavirus, public will not be allowed to attend the funeral. The body will be kept for public viewing till 7 pm today and from 7 am to 3 pm tomorrow.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
