Urwa police arrest two, recover looted Rs. 1.75 crore cash
Mangaluru, November 5: Urwa police bursted a robbery case and seized Rs 1.75 crore cash, car and arrested two accused here on Monday.
The arrested have been identified as Abdul Manan (29) of Talapady BCRoad, Raziq of Padeel and remaining four accused were absconding, police said.
About incident
On October 23, a person called Manjunath Ganapathi Palamnakara had come from Mumbai in a private bus and slighted at Lady Hill bus stand. While crossing the road, two miscreants stopped him and kidnapped in a car, looted him of cash and two mobile phones and fled, according to a complaint lodged by him at Urwa police station.
The Mangaluru police commissioner has formed special teams which succeeded in bursting the case and arresting the accused. The police recovered Rs 1.75 crore cash including Rs 1.40 crore cash of 2000 denomination and Rs 30 lakh of 500 denomination and a car used to kidnap the victim.
The car belonged to Vaishnavi jewellery shop owner Santhosh. The six accused had robbed while bringing the amount from Mumbai.
CCB inspector Shamasundar, staff Chandra Shekhar, Ramanna, Raja, Chandra Addur, Chandrahas Sanil, Seenappa Poojary, Rajendra and Urva police inspector Ravish S Nayak and staff participated.
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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.
