Mangalore abuzz with Eid-eve revelry, last-gasp shopping

September 10, 2010

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Mangalore, September 9: With the proclamation of Eid, the city as well as the suburban pockets including Jeppu, Ullal, Kallapu and Thokkottu woke up to a new spell of frantic activity, with the festivities of the morning on top of everyone's mind.

People had to step up their preparations for the festival by a notch as hardly any time was left for last-minute purchases, including grocery, cloth, sweets and vegetables. The fancy stores in Hampankatta were virtually mobbed by women, with children also vying for their share of the pie!

The masjids had been decked up with lighting and buntings, while the hoardings of greetings were seen erected across the city. The one hoarding erected near Thokkottu, in which four Christian friends had extended greetings to their Muslim brothers stood out from the rest.

Kudroli buzzed with activities ever since the Maghrib prayer as Royal Friends had begun their annual Fithrah distribution and needy people had swarmed the venue within seconds.

The roads were decorated with lights while masjids in Kasaigalli, Kandatpalli, Jeppu, Kallapu and Kudroli were lit up giving them an entirely new look.

The replicas of crescent and star attracted curious onlookers on JM Road, while there was a beeline of customers near Saleem Store and the adjacent meat shop.

Hampankatta and central market areas were also awake late into the night, facilitating last-minute festival buying and other related activities.

Tailoring shops were also seen swarmed with customers, while outlets in Empire Mall and Bharat Mall extended their closing hours to attract upmarket customers.

The burkha-clad women moving from one shop to the other in search of festival dresses and footwear was a common sight in and around Hampankatta from the morning.

Even in places like Kankanady, shops remained open in Shalimar Complex, Mangalore Gate and Kuneel Complex, making nth-hour business.

Buying Kurtas, topis and perfumes were also a common sight across the downtown Mangalore, while women were seen huddled inside their homes applying mehandi.

Children seemed to enjoy the hype a lot with many young kids vrooming in cycles with friends on toe. Qawwalis were being played through loudspeakers in places like Kudroli and Bunder.

People were also busy exchanging advance Eid Mubaraks even amidst their last-gasp purchases, while the mobiles kept buzzing with in-bound texts carrying greetings from the known and the unknown friends.

But a sudden burst of rain just after midnight, dampened the spirits of the hard-core revelers a bit, but with more important tasks lying ahead, it was just the kind of break they actually needed.

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March 19,2024

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Mangaluru: The Mangalore International Airport (MIA) will connect to a new domestic destination with the introduction of a non-stop flight to Tiruchirappalli International Airport in Tamil Nadu. 

The non-stop service, once-a-week, will operate on Wednesday (from TIA) and Thursday (from MIA), starting April 3. Air India Express will operate the flight.

The flight is expected to help those taking up a pilgrimage to Vailankani shrine.

Sources from the AIE said that the airline carrier decided to fly non-stop between the two southern Indian cities as a flight to Jeddah, which will start from April 3, arrives from Tiruchirappalli International Airport. 

“It is a ferry or positional flight from TIA to MIA. Instead of flying empty, the management has decided to run it as a commercial flight. This will help both passengers and the airline. The airline will deploy Boeing 737-800 aircraft with a 186-seater all-economy configuration on this route. 

The same flight, after landing in MIA, will further fly to Jeddah,” a source said. 

The flight IX 1498 will depart every Thursday at 5am from MIA to TIA. The TIA-MIA flight IX 1499 departs at 12.50pm. It is a one-hour nonstop flight. The same flights will also operate nonstop between Jeddah and MIA. 

The non-stop flight IX 499 will depart MIA at 2.50pm and reach King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah at 6.25pm. The IX498, will depart from Jeddah at 7.25pm and reach MIA early at 3.40am.

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March 19,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 19: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that the Congress will split in three months after the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and its impact will be visible on the Siddaramaiah-led state government.

"Due to internal squabbles, the state government will not last long," the BJP leader said.

Talking to reporters on Monday, he said the sitting MP from the Gadag-Haveri constituency, Shivakumar Udasi, has done a lot of development work and implemented the Central government's schemes effectively.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi will surely become the PM for the third time. The overall response has been good in the Gadag-Haveri Lok Sabha constituency," the former Karnataka chief minister said.

Asked if he was contesting the election in a half-hearted manner in the Gadag-Haveri seat, Bommai said "such a question does not arise when the party's high command gives instructions".

He said he would respect his opponent and not take anyone lightly. 

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March 27,2024

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Hassan: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has announced that his son, former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will contest from state's Mandya parliamentary seat as NDA candidate.

Deve Gowda told reporters on Tuesday that the decision to field Kumaraswamy, who is also JD(S) state president, in Lok Sabha polls from the Mandya seat was taken amid mounting public demand. "People are demanding that Kumaraswamy should contest from Mandya. In the core committee meeting as well, all members suggested that he should contest from Mandya," Deve Gowda said.

The former Chief Minister's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy had lost to independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh from Mandya in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The JD(S) supremo further said that the name of senior leader Mallesh Babu has been finalised from the Kolar seat.

Deve Gowda's grandson and former Karnataka Minister H. D. Revanna's son sitting JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna will be contesting as the NDA candidate from the Hassan seat.

Earlier in the day, Kumaraswamy in a media briefing indicated that he would contest from Mandya amid mounting public pressure on him.

Congress has fielded Venkatarame Gowda popularly known as ‘Star Chandru’ from the Mandya seat dominated by Vokkaligas. Star Chandru is a close associate of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.

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