M'lore: International Film Festival from Thursday

January 16, 2012

Mangalore, January 17: The city based Sahamatha Film Society will be organising an International Film Festival from January 19 to 22 at the auditorium of SDM College of Business Management, here.

The inauguration of the festival will be at 4 PM on January 19. G S Bhaskar , FTII, Film Director will inaugurate the festival. Dr Devraj K, Principal and Director, SDM College of Business Management will be the chief guest. The function will be presided by Sadanand Suvarna, Theatre and Film Director.

The closing ceremony will take place on January 22, Sunday at 5 pm. Fr Richard Rego, HoD of Media at St Aloysius College will be the chief guest and it will be presided by Govind Belgaumkar, City Editor, The Hindu. The films which will be screened at the festival are , “ Kubi Mattu Iyala” directed by Sadanand Suvarna (1992); “ Adaminte Makan Abu” directed by Salim Ahmed(2011); “Kanchivaram”, directed by Priyadarshan (2008), “Rain Coat” directed by Rituparna Ghosh(2004); “Me Shivajirao Bhosle Boltoy”, directed by Santosh Manjrekar (2009); “IIPostino” , directed by Michael Radford(1994); “Baran”, directed by Majid Majidi(2001); “The Violin” , directed by Francisco Vargas (2005); “The Cuckoo” ,directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin(2002).

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Mangaluru police have arrested a 27-year-old NRI on his return from Saudi Arabia in connection with an Instagram post allegedly containing derogatory and provocative remarks about the Hindu religion, officials said on Monday.

The accused, Abdul Khader Nehad, a resident of Ulaibettu in Mangaluru, was working in Saudi Arabia when the post was uploaded, police said.

A suo motu case was registered at the Bajpe police station on October 11 after an allegedly offensive post circulated from the Instagram account ‘team_sdpi_2025’. Police said the content was flagged for being provocative and derogatory in nature.

During the investigation, technical analysis traced the Instagram post to Nehad, who was residing abroad at the time, a senior police officer said. Based on these findings, a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued against him.

On December 14, Nehad arrived from Saudi Arabia at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, where he was taken into custody on arrival. Police said further investigation is underway.

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A 34-year-old fruit and vegetable trader in Mangaluru has reportedly lost ₹33.1 lakh after falling victim to an online investment scam run through a fake mobile app.

Police said the scam began in September, when the victim received a link on Facebook. Clicking it connected him to a WhatsApp number, where an unidentified person introduced a high-return investment scheme and instructed him to download an app.

To build trust, the fraudster asked him to invest ₹30,000 on September 24. The trader soon received ₹34,000 as “profit,” convincing him the scheme was genuine. Over the next two months, he transferred money in multiple instalments via Google Pay and IMPS to different scanner codes and bank accounts shared by the scammers. Between September 24 and December 3, he ended up sending a total of ₹33.1 lakh.

When he later requested a refund of his investment and promised returns, the scammers demanded additional payments, claiming he needed to pay a “service tax” first. Even after he paid a small amount, no money was returned, and the scammers continued pressuring him for more.

A case has been registered at the CEN Crime Police Station.

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