Mangaluru: Police arrest main accused in cocaine sales network
Mangaluru, October 31: The CCB police arrested a main accused who supplies cocaine from Goa to the local peddlers.
Hailed from Kasaragod and settled in Goa Candolim Dokle Anavaddo, Ajmal Pulikkal (44) was the accused.
In August, the Mangaluru CCB police arrested five accused on charges of having cocaine at Maroli in Mangaluru city East police station limits and recovered Rs 70,000 worth cocaine, three cars, cash and mobile phones from them. But the main accused Ajmal who has been supplying the drug to these accused was absconding. Acting on a tip off, the CCB police arrested the accused. He was facing a case on having fake passport at Ullala police station in 2008.
CCB inspector Shanthaveera and staff, Mangaluru city East police station inspector Maruti Nayak and staff participated in the operation.
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Dhyan Chand lifetime award to be replaced by Arjuna lifetime
New Delhi, Oct 24: The sports ministry on Thursday announced the discontinuation of the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement from this year onwards and the introduction of the Arjuna Award Lifetime in its place in a bid to "rationalise" the various sporting honours of the country.
Instituted in 2002, the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Award, named after hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand, is given to individuals in disciplines that are part of the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, among others.
In 2023, the award was given to former shuttler Manjusha Kanwar, ex-hockey exponent Vineet Kumar and kabaddi player Kavitha Selvaraj.
"The various schemes for sports awards have been rationalised wherein Arjuna Award (Lifetime) has been introduced in place of Dhyan Chand Award. To recognise the efforts of coaches at grassroots/development level, they are now eligible for the Dronacharya Award," said a ministry statement.
"The Arjuna Award (Lifetime) has been introduced and will be given for life time contribution to sports development.
"Further, to recognize the Khelo India scheme, the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy will be given to the University for Overall Top Performance in Khelo India University Games," it added.
The last date for applying for the national sports awards for 2024 is November 14.
