Mangaluru: 11-day Panambur beach festival from Dec 20

December 6, 2014

Mangaluru, Dec 6: District-in-Charge Minister B Ramanath Rai on Friday released the logo of the Panambur beach festival scheduled to start on December 20. The eleven-day-long beach festival will include food festival, and traditional cultural programmes by the cultural troupes of Kala Mandalam in Kerala and Gujarat.

Mr Raid said that the organisers are trying to get permission for holding a cruise service during the festival.

The cruise with dine if permitted will be an added attraction to the festivities. Food festival with the mouth watering dishes from Kerala, Gujarat, Uttara Kannada, Malnad along with coastal district will be another attraction.

Yathish Baikampady of Beach Utsav Committee said that there will be beach volleyball, cricket, throwball, kabaddi, sand art, kite flying and other competitions to enthral the visitors. To promote the beach festival, a cap and T shirts have also been released. The T-shirts and caps will be prepared on demand through social networking sites.

The cost of the cap is Rs 50, T-shirt is Rs 200 and cotton T-shirt Rs 250. Rai said that during the Karavali utsav exhibition, about 15 stalls have been earmarked for the government departments to showcase their strengths. A cultural procession will be held prior to the inauguration of Karavali Utsav.

In a separate press release, Karavali Utsav Procession Committee has invited applications from various folk teams to participate in the Karavali Utsav procession from Nehru Maidan to Karavali exhibition grounds on December 19 at 3 pm.

The procession will pass through Nehru Maidan-Hampankatte, Karnad Sadashiva Rao Road, Manjeshwara Govinda Pai Circle (Navabharath Circle), P V S Circle, M G Road.

Senior litterateurs, achievers, tableaux, Daff,' Gombe kunita, Yakshagana, Kolata, Mangalavadya, Tiger dance, and other troupes representing the culture of theland will take part.

Those who wish to take part in the procession should register their names with details like name of the organisation representing, name of the folk trouop, number of participants to Secretary, Karavali Utsav Procession Committee, Tahsildar office, Mangalore on or before December 13. For details contact: Navaneetha Malava at 9343570441.

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QR-code tips power Mangaluru's major drug bust: 25 arrested in 2 weeks

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December 16,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 16: The Mangaluru City police have significantly escalated their campaign against drug trafficking, arresting 25 individuals and booking 12 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act between November 30 and December 13. The crackdown resulted in the seizure of a substantial quantity of illicit substances, including 685.6 grams of MDMA and 1.5 kg of ganja.

The success of this recent drive has been significantly boosted by the city’s innovative, QR code-based anonymous reporting system.

"The anonymous reporting system has received an encouraging response. Several recent arrests were made based on inputs received through this system, helping police tighten the noose around drug peddlers," said the City Police Commissioner.

The latest arrests contribute to a robust year-to-date record, underscoring the police's relentless commitment to combating the drug menace.

Up to December 14 this year, the police have registered a total of 107 cases of drug peddling, leading to the arrest of 219 peddlers. Furthermore, they have booked 562 cases of drug consumption, resulting in the arrest of 671 individuals.

The scale of the seizure for the year reflects the magnitude of the problem being tackled: police have seized 320.6 kg of ganja worth ₹88.7 lakh and 1.4 kg of MDMA valued at ₹1.2 crore. Other significant seizures include hydro-weed ganja worth ₹94.7 lakh and cocaine worth ₹1.9 lakh, among others.

The Commissioner emphasized a policy of rigorous enforcement: "We ensure that peddlers are caught red-handed so that they cannot later dispute the case or claim innocence."

To counter the rising trend of substance abuse among youth, the Mangaluru City police have rolled out uniform guidelines for random drug testing across educational institutions.

As part of the drive, tests were conducted in approximately 100 institutions, screening an estimated 5,500 to 6,000 students in the first phase. 20 students tested positive for drug consumption during the initial screening.

Students who tested positive have been provided counselling and are scheduled for re-testing in the second quarter. The testing will also be expanded to students not covered in the first phase. In a move to ensure strict implementation, police personnel were deployed in mufti in some institutions. Reiterating a zero-tolerance stance, the Commissioner confirmed that random testing will continue, and colleges have also been instructed to conduct drug tests at the time of admission to deter substance abuse from an early stage.

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