Give info on naxals, win gifts'

Mangalore, August 8: The DK police have pasted wall posters in the crowded public places, by making an announcement of providing attractive gifts to those who give them information about the naxals.

One such wall poster has been fixed in the KSRTC bus stand in Bejai.

The wall poster reads: “Gifts worth lakhs of rupees will be given to those who can provide information on naxals which would in turn help in arresting the naxals who are acting against the law.” The wall poster consists the photos of 19 naxals.

The department has announced of offering Rs 5 lakh prize money for providing information about top seven naxals namely B G Krishnamoorthy from Bukkadibail in Sringeri, Prabha alias Sandhya from Hosagadde in Theerthahalli, Latha Lokaiah alias Shayamala Sringeri, Kanyakumari alias Suvarna from Mudigere, Vikaram Gowda alias Srikanth from Koodlu and A S Suresh alias Mahesh from Mudigere.

While the Department will offer Rs 1 lakh prize money for providing information on Savitri, M Vanalakshmi, Bharathi, Manoj Chattisghada, Kalpana, Nirmala, Nanda Kumar, Sundari, Sirimane Nagarju, Jayanna, Ravindra, Srimathi and C M Noor Julphikar alias Sridhar.

Land and mobile phone numbers too are published in the wall poster for the public to contact and communicate messages to the police.

Along with publishing wall posters, the Anti-Naxal Squad from Ramasamudra in Karkala which is in-charge of DK, Udupi, Chikmagalur and Shimoga districts has committed an error in the wall poster by mentioning 'Mangalore district' and 'Karkala district'.

Posters part of 'Operation Black Thunder'

Western Range Inspector General of Police (IGP) Alok Mohan said that wall posters are published as part of 'Operation Black Thunder.'

“We had publicised such posters earlier too, but now we have expanded the activity. We are receiving good response from the people,” Alok Mohan informed.

The IGP has also assured of keeping the details of the messengers or informants a secret in view of the safety of the messengers or informants.

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DK in-charge minister presents CM’s MSP plea to Prime Minister in Mangaluru

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November 28,2025

Mangaluru, Nov 28: Karnataka Health Minister and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday handed over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the severe distress faced by farmers due to crashing crop prices.

PM Modi arrived at the Mangaluru International Airport en route to Udupi, where Gundu Rao welcomed him and submitted the letter. The chief minister’s message stressed that farmers are suffering heavy losses because maize and green gram are being bought far below the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The state urged the Centre to immediately begin procurement at MSP.

According to the letter, Karnataka has a bumper harvest this year—over 54.74 lakh metric tons of maize and 1.98 lakh metric tons of green gram—yet farmers are unable to secure fair prices. Against the MSP of ₹2,400/MT for maize and ₹8,768/MT for green gram, market rates have plunged to ₹1,600–₹1,800 and ₹5,400 respectively.

The chief minister has requested the Centre to:

• Direct NAFED, FCI and NCCF to start MSP procurement immediately.
• Ensure ethanol units purchase maize directly from farmers or FPOs.
• Increase Karnataka’s ethanol allocation, citing high production capacity.
• Stop maize imports, which have depressed domestic prices.
• Relax quality norms for green gram, allowing up to 10% discoloration due to rains.

The letter stresses that MSP is crucial for farmer dignity and income stability and calls for swift central intervention to prevent a deepening crisis.

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