Mangaluru: 2 youngsters arrested in graffiti terror case

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December 5, 2020

Mangaluru, Dec 5: The Mangaluru City police have cracked the sensational pro- terror graffiti case with the arrest of two people. City police commissioner Vikash Kumar Vikash told reporters on Saturday, that two people who had written pro- terror graffiti on the wall of a building in the East police station limits and on a wall in the North police station limits have been identified as Mohammed Shariq, 22 and Mazz Muneer Ahmed, aka, Mazz, aka Muneer, 21, a third-year engineering student studying in the City and working for an online food delivery company for the past one and a half month. Both hail from Thirthahalli and are known to each other. Shariq was working as a salesperson at a cloth store owned by his father in Thirthahalli. Mazz Muneer lived in an apartment on Arya Samaj Road.

"Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had written first on the dilapidated wall under the Mangaluru North police station limits, which they felt was never noticed by anybody. They could not get any kind of publicity out of it. After a week or so, they made an extra bit of effort and chose a prominent location where everyone could see, “Vikash Kumar Vikash said.

The graffiti on a wall at the Mangaluru East police station limits came to light on November 27. Several officers and teams led by DCP (crime and traffic) Vinay A Gaonkar, DCP (Law and Order) Hariram Shankar, ACPs, inspector CCB and his team, Inspectors of Kadri police station and Mangaluru North police station and teams worked on the case.

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RuTAGe smart village centres in DK, Udupi to being technology closer to rural communities

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January 20,2026

Mangaluru: In a major step towards strengthening rural innovation, the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India is supporting the establishment of RuTAGe Smart Village Centres (RSVCs) across the country through collaborations with academic institutions, civil society organisations and philanthropic partners.

As part of this national initiative, Nitte (Deemed to be University) will set up the first RSVCs in the region at Nitte GP in Udupi district and at the Nitte Health Centre, Sevanjali Trust, Farangipete, in Dakshina Kannada district. The centres will be inaugurated on January 21. In South India, the programme is being implemented by the Section Infin-8 Foundation (SI-8).

Speaking to reporters on Monday, SI-8 founder-director Vishwas US said experts from Nitte University and SI-8 would work closely with farmers, students, youth and local entrepreneurs to adapt and deploy technologies tailored to local needs.

Project head Prof Iddya Karunasagar, representing Nitte DU, said the RSVCs at Nitte and Farangipete would serve as demonstration hubs for a wide range of agriculture, energy, skill-development and assistive technologies. These include solar dryers for fruits, vegetables and crops; soil-testing solutions; power weeders and women-friendly farm tools; wind-powered devices for rural artisans; grain storage systems; grass-cutting and tree-climbing equipment; and liquid fertiliser production using cowshed waste.

SI-8 CEO Aravind C Kumar said the centres would also provide access to digital and knowledge-based platforms such as ISRO applications, government scheme portals, market linkage tools and gamified learning resources, along with assistive technologies for persons with visual impairments.

Highlighting the broader impact of the initiative, Principal Scientific Adviser Prof Ajay Kumar Sood said it demonstrated how applied research could bridge the rural–urban divide and help create self-reliant, technology-enabled villages.

The initiative has been made possible through philanthropic support from Dr NC Murthy of ACM Business Solutions, LLC, USA. Dr Sapna Poti, Director (Strategic Alliances) at the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, said the long-term objective is to build self-sufficient, technology-driven communities capable of generating sustainable livelihoods on their own.

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