Niyaz Panakaje
MANGALURU: When he was admitted to class one, Niyaz Panakaje’s parents were too poor to give him books and a bag. But the little boy was not disheartened, instead, he went over to a neighbour and offered to work as a domestic help to fund his schooling.
Since then, he has been juggling odd jobs to stay on course. The journey ended on a high note on Saturday when Niyaz, now 29, was awarded PhD in commerce for his paper, Role of cooperative banking in socio-economic development of rural Muslim communities A study in DK district of Karnataka), at the 39th convocation of Mangalore University.
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MANGALURU: The Mangaluru city police have seized nearly 68 vehicles, including 64 two-wheelers, for violating the night curfew imposed by the government on Saturday.
The police had set up 42 checkpoints across the city, and motorists were stopped at prominent junctions, and allowed to go only after producing valid documents after 10 pm. The clamping of night curfew in the city witnessed traffic snarls at many places, and commotion prevailed at a few places, when people were not allowed to move after 10pm.
While many questioned the police for not allowing them to return to their homes, those working on night shifts expressed their anger, when they were stopped even after showing their identity cards.
Mohammed Akif
MANGALURU: A 12-year-old boy was found dead 500 metres from his house in Mangaluru on Sunday morning, about 10 hours after he left home saying he wanted to meet a friend. Police suspect the boy may have been a victim of the now-banned PUBG videogame.
Police have picked up a 17-year-old boy for questioning in the case. It is suspected that the boys were playing the game together after an accidental meeting at a mobile store in Mangaluru three months ago. It could not be confirmed if the boys were playing PUBG or one of its many variants flooding the cyberspace after the original game was proscribed last year.
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MANGALURU: The body of a 42-year-old security guard of a stranded dredger was found in the sea off Guddekopala near Mangaluru on Monday, police sources said. The deceased Shankar is of north Karnataka origin. He joined work only a few days back, the sources said.
The company, which owned the vessel, had deployed private securitymen to guard the stranded dredger Bhagavathi Prem, they said.
The dredger got stranded in the sea two years ago.
Shankar had gone missing since midnight Sunday, the sources said.
Two other security guards were in the dredger.
The exact cause of the death is yet to be ascertained.