Mangaluru News

February 17: The Udupi district administration has plans to develop a 5km bicycle track on the Udupi-Manipal stretch of National Highway 169A. The work on the widening (four-laning) of this stretch is going on currently.  The construction of drains on…

February 16: 11 railway stations under the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway have been accredited with ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System certification. Mangalore Central & Mangalore Junction Railway Stations are among the other railway stations that have received ISO Certification. Pratap…

February 16: Minister for Fisheries, Ports and Inland Transport Kota Srinivas Poojary declared that Matsya Darshini canteens will be set up in 11 districts. An action plan for Rs 50 lakh has been prepared and the  government has sanctioned funds for…

February 15: Flight take off & landing operations of several flights at Mangalore International Airport were affected from 7 am onward because of low visibility due to fog in the city. Many flights which were to land at the city…

February 15: Keith Savio Cutinho and Prashith Shetty of St Aloysius Gonzaga School in Mangalore had participated in the district-level science exhibition ‘INSPIRE Award’ held at Pilikula Shivaram Karanth Nisargadhama, Pilikula. The project off these two students have been selected for…

February 15: Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed a a concession agreement with Adani Enterprise, regarding the management of Mangalore International Airport next for 50 years. The agreement has been signed for two other Airports, which include Ahmedabad and Lucknow. Adani Enterprises…

February 15: Auto Rikshaw Drivers' unions are demanding a hike in the fare, which is likely to rise soon. Even though the unions have called for a hike earlier, the rate has not been increased.  Five years have gone by since the…

February 15: The biggest cricketing event in Mangalore - 'GPL UTSAV' was inaugurated on February 14, Friday by MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Mangalore South Vedavyas Kamath and several other dignitaries. The Puzzolona GPL festival will be held on the 14th, 15th…

February 14: A Kambala jockey has created a new record as the fastest runner in the history of Kambala. Srinivasa Gowda, a Kambala jockey from Moodabidri during the recent season took just 13.62 seconds to cover the distance oh 143 meters at the…

February 14:  Aviation regulator DGCA has suspended two SpiceJet pilots on Thursday for a period of four-and-half months for damaging the runway edge lights of Mangalore International airport while landing a B 737 plane coming from Dubai on October 31 last…