No Ola, Uber service in Mangaluru, Udupi: Minister DC Thammanna
Belagavi, Dec 18: Transport Minister DC Thammanna said that the court has given stay order for the Ola and Uber companies to start taxi service in Mangaluru and Udupi.
Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in the Assembly, BJP member Raghupathi Bhat said that Ola and Uber companies have got permission by depositing Rs 50,000 on June 20, 2016 to start their services in Bengaluru. They have to get permission from local authorities to start their services in any cities. But in Mangaluru and Udupi cities, the companies have decided to begin their services without getting permission, he said.
Responding to it, the Minister said that the permission taken for Bengaluru was being extended to other cities. But in Mangaluru and Udupi, local taxi drivers have been protesting against Ola and Uber service. Even the court has also given stay order to start the service. Till the dispute is solved in the court, the government would not allow the companies to start their services in Mangaluru and Udupi, the Minister promised.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
