Expatriates urged to utilize voting opportunity for Assembly polls

March 2, 2011

Kasargod, March 1: The Indo Arab Confederation organized a campaign to enroll the maximum number of expatriates and their families in the voters' list for the upcoming assembly polls here on Tuesday. A help desk was also setup to offer them support and advise in this regard.

The Indo Arab Confederation called upon the expatriate voters to utilise the opportunity graciously allowed by the election commission.

KATA vice-president N A Sulaiman said the expatriates who are in their native places at the time of polling can cast their votes provided they have their photo ID card with them and name enrolled in the voters' list.

The campaign was inaugurated by M P Shafi, a NRI global award winner and an expatriate of Quarter by presenting his application to the Deputy Tahasildar V Ravindran at the collectorate.

Sulaiman said the expatriates vote can change the balance in the constituencies where the candidates have been elected with a thin majority. The expatriate's votes can make a huge change in the election verdict, he added.

The Gulf Malayalees would take collective stand to vote for the political parties which take up the various issues of the expatriates.

C T Ahammedali MLA presided over the function. Indo Arab Confederation chairman Attakoya Pallikkandy and general secretary Hassainar Talangara addressed the expatriates.

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Udupi: 2 youths arrested for sharing confidential Indian Navy Vessel data with Pakistan

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According to a complaint filed by the CEO of Udupi Cochin Shipyard, Malpe—an institution under the Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways—the prime accused, Rohit (29), was working as an insulator through subcontractor M/S Shushma Marine Pvt Ltd. He had earlier served at Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi, Kerala, where naval ships are under construction.

Udupi SP Hariram Shankar said the accused had unlawfully shared, via WhatsApp, confidential identification numbers of Navy-related ships and other classified details while working in Kerala, allegedly for illegal gains.

After joining the Malpe shipyard unit, Rohit reportedly continued collecting sensitive information through a friend in Kochi and circulated it to unauthorised individuals, violating national security protocols and potentially endangering India’s sovereignty, unity, and integrity.

Based on the complaint, Malpe Police registered a case under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Sections 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923.

A police team led by Karkala Subdivision Assistant Superintendent of Police Harsha Priyamvada—along with PSI Anil Kumar D, ASI Harish, and PC Ravi Jadhav—conducted the investigation and arrested the two accused, identified as Rohit (29) and Santri (37), both residents of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh.

The duo was produced before the court, which remanded them in judicial custody till December 3. Further investigation is in progress.

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