Notice to U T Khader after petition questions computerised PDS coupon

October 4, 2016

Bengaluru, Oct 4: The Karnataka High Court on Monday ordered notices to Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader and the state government on a petition against the new system of food grain distribution.

Akkayamma and other residents of Someshwara Colony had filed a petition questioning the computerised coupon system introduced by the Food and Civil Supplies Department.

They said they were facing hardship in collecting their share of food grain under the coupon system. Since most of the beneficiaries are daily wage workers holding BPL ration cards, they cannot queue up to collect their food grain and leave their jobs.

The government counsel, however, argued before the court that the new system was introduced to weed out bogus cards and to bring transparency in the public distribution of food grain. Justice A S Bopanna ordered the notices and adjourned the hearing until October 24.

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yereg awuya kiri kiri yenk borchi muklena sawu.

i request khader to leave the coupon policy and implement the easiest method to distribute the food grains.

MR UTK, what u know being a good politician u have to understand the situation of bpl card holder, bpl card is given to below poverty line people, so they have to work daily to feed their family in between if they lose two days work for the coupon purpose this will be a terrible experiment.

yahh UT khader's main intention of introducing the coupons is only unemployed people should get the food others wont go up for the queue leaving their work.

yahh everybody facing the same problem, its totally a well planned tricks for the golmal because if this problem arise again and again people will stop to collect the food grains so those can be sold for money outside, dont know how extreme politician will go deep in future, i would like to thank akkayamma for raising the complaint.

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Air India Express brings back Mangaluru–Muscat direct flights from March 2026

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December 15,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 15: Air India Express has announced that it will resume direct flight services between Mangaluru and Muscat from March 2026, restoring an important international air link for passengers from the coastal region.

Airport authorities said the service will operate twice a week—on Sundays and Tuesdays—from March 1. The initial flights are scheduled on March 3, 8 and 10, followed by March 15 and 17, with the same operating pattern to continue thereafter. The flight duration is approximately three hours and 25 minutes.

The Mangaluru–Muscat route was earlier operated under the 2025 summer schedule, with services beginning on July 14. At that time, Air India Express had operated four flights a week before suspending the service.

Officials said the summer schedule will come into effect from March 29, after which changes in flight timings and departure schedules from Mangaluru are expected. Passengers have been advised to check the latest schedules while planning their travel.

The resumption of direct flights to Muscat is expected to significantly benefit expatriates, business travellers and others, further strengthening Mangaluru’s air connectivity with the Gulf region.

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