Uttara Kannada Deputy Commissioner SS Nakul transferred, Dr. Harish Kumar to take charge
Major changes in administration and police department in Coastal districts ahead of elections
Karwar: In a major change in the district administration, Uttara Kannada District, Deputy Commissioner was transferred with immediate effect on Thursday.
The state government on Thursday 21 Feb, made a major reshuffle in police department and district administrations ahead of the Lok Sabha elections due in next few months.
Several top officers of police department and district administrations were transferred with immediate effect, as per the orders from the Governor of Karnataka and Government’s Secretariat.
The three coastal districts of Karnataka also witnessed significant changes in both police department and administration, as a part of reshuffle.
Uttara Kannada saw a major change in administration, as its Deputy Commissioner, SS Nakul, known for his soft-spoken yet no-nonsense nature was transferred as the Director of Department of Information Technology and Bio-Techonology, Bengaluru, and will be replaced by Dr. K. Harish Kumar IAS, who was serving as Chief Executive officer of Chamarajanagar Zilla Panchayath.
Nakul, was a Karnataka state topper of UPSC exams in 2010, and had taken charge as the DC of Uttara Kannada district in June 2016.
Other Significant changes
Mangaluru Police Commissioner, TR Suresh, was transferred and was replaced by Sandeep Patil, who was serving as the DIG assistant commissioner of Bengaluru CAR unit.
READ: Mangaluru City Police Commissioner TR Suresh transferred
Udupi District Superintendent of Police (SP) Laxman Nimbargi was also transferred to Bengaluru as Bengaluru Police Wireless SP.
Nisha James, who was serving as the Commander of KSRP fourth battalion in Bengaluru will now take charge as the Udupi district SP.
READ: Udupi SP Laxman Nimbargi transferred
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Israel launches first airstrike on Lebanon since ceasefire, accusing Hezbollah of breaching truce
Beirut, Nov 28: The Israeli military on Thursday said its warplanes fired on southern Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah activity at a rocket storage facility, the first Israeli airstrike a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took hold.
There was no immediate word on casualties from Israel's aerial attack, which came hours after the Israeli military said it fired on people trying to return to certain areas in southern Lebanon. Israel said they were violating the ceasefire agreement, without providing details. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said two people were wounded.
The back-to-back incidents stirred unease about the agreement, brokered by the United States and France, which includes an initial two-month ceasefire in which Hezbollah members are to withdraw north of the Litani River and Israeli forces are to return to their side of the border. The buffer zone would be patrolled by Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers.
On Thursday, the second day of a ceasefire after more than a year of bloody conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon's state news agency reported that Israeli fire targeted civilians in Markaba, close to the border, without providing further details. Israel said it fired artillery in three other locations near the border. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
An Associated Press reporter in northern Israel near the border heard Israeli drones buzzing overhead and the sound of artillery strikes from the Lebanese side.
The Israeli military said in a statement that “several suspects were identified arriving with vehicles to a number of areas in southern Lebanon, breaching the conditions of the ceasefire.” It said troops “opened fire toward them” and would “actively enforce violations of the ceasefire agreement.”
Israeli officials have said forces will be withdrawn gradually as it ensures that the agreement is being enforced. Israel has warned people not to return to areas where troops are deployed, and says it reserves the right to strike Hezbollah if it violates the terms of the truce.
A Lebanese military official said Lebanese troops would gradually deploy in the south as Israeli troops withdraw. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.
The ceasefire agreement announced late Tuesday ended 14 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that began a day after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack out of Gaza, when the Lebanese Hezbollah group began firing rockets, drones and missiles in solidarity.
Israel retaliated with airstrikes, and the conflict steadily intensified for nearly a year before boiling over into all-out war in mid-September. The war in Gaza is still raging with no end in sight.
More than 3,760 people were killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon during the conflict, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The fighting killed more than 70 people in Israel — over half of them civilians — as well as dozens of Israeli soldiers fighting in southern Lebanon.
Some 1.2 million people were displaced in Lebanon, and thousands began streaming back to their homes on Wednesday despite warnings from the Lebanese military and the Israeli army to stay out of certain areas. Some 50,000 people were displaced on the Israeli side, but few have returned and the communities near the northern border are still largely deserted.
In Menara, an Israeli community on the border with views into Lebanon, around three quarters of homes are damaged, some with collapsed roofs and burnt-out interiors. A few residents could be seen gathering their belongings on Thursday before leaving again.
