Alva's Virasat from January 10; Dr Padma Subrahmanyam to receive Virasat Award

December 28, 2012

Mangalore, December 28: Alva's Virasat, a four-day national cultural festival featuring classical music concerts, classical and folk dances will begin at Shobhavana, Moodbidri from January 10.

Addressing a press meet Dr Mohan Alva, Chairman of Alva's Education Foundation who is hosting this cultural extravaganza, said that dances by Malaysian and Odisha troupes, special fusion concerts of Indian and Western classical music will be the highlights this year.

Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade will inaugurate the programme while Nitte Education Trust Chairman N Vinay Hegde will preside.

A musical concert 'Raaga lahari' will be held on the day of inauguration. Renowned musician M Balamuralikrishna will render Carnatic vocal music accompanied by Pandit Ronu Majumdar on flute, Abhijith Banerjee on tabla, Vidwan Ghatam Karthik on ghatam.

Grammy Award winner Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhat on 'Mohan Veena,' Ustad Anwar Khan will present Rajasthani folk music along with Pandit Pratviraj Misra on tabla and Pandit Deepak on Violin.

On second day, will have fusion of east-west melodies where Dr Mysore Manjunath (Violin), Vakla Zimpell from Poland (Saxophone), Pandit Rajesh Vaidhya (Veena), Ustad Fazal Qureshi (Tabla), Vidwan Arjun Kumar (Mridangam) and Vidwan Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam) will perform.

On the same day, as many as 60 artistes from Konark Natya Mantap will present various forms of classical and folk dances of Odhisha including Odissi, 'Shanka dwani nrithya,'and Sambalpuri dance at 8.10 p.m.

Dr Raja and Dr Radha Reddy and team from Hyderabad will perform Koochipudi on January 12. This will be followed by 'Diya dance,' 'Gotipua' and 'Chao' dance by 60 artistes of Konark Natya Mantap.

On the last day, there will be musical night which will be attended by Kannada playback singers Vijayaprakash and M D Pallavi.

Dua Space Dance Theatre of Malaysia will perform a fusion of traditional and modern dance of Malaysia.

Virasat Award

This year, danseuser Dr Padma Subrahmanyam will be conferred with the prestigious Alva's Virasat Award.

Varna Virasat

Dr Alva said that Varna Virasat will be held as a prelude to Alva's Virasat from January 4 to 13, at Shobhavana from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Artists from Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhyapradesh, Punjab will be participating.

The Alva's Varna Virasat Award will be conferred on senior artist from Mumbai Devdas R Shetty, at the valedictory of the camp, on January 13.

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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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Think Before You Post! Mangaluru Police Crack Down on Provocative Instagram Accounts

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December 5,2025

Mangaluru: In a significant step to curb online hate and intimidation, Mangaluru City Police have registered a suo motu case against multiple Instagram accounts accused of circulating alleged provocative and threatening content.

While monitoring social media activity on Tuesday, Kankanady Town PSI Anitha Nikkam identified the Instagram handle ‘team_targetttt_900’ for posting a hate message alongside images of lethal weapons. Another account, ‘team_nagara_900’, allegedly shared a threatening post targeting activist Bharath Kumdelu, tagging additional pages such as KARAVALI-OFFICIAL.

Several other accounts — including ‘immu_bhai.fan’, ‘target_boy_900’, ‘kings_of_manglore’, ‘team_target_boys.900’, ‘arshad_mangalore’, ‘target_ka19_ullal’, ‘team_target__’, ‘troll_tigersz_900’, ‘tr_group_900’, and ‘team_target_900’ — are also under scrutiny for spreading similar inflammatory material, police said.

Authorities have urged citizens, especially young social media users, to report suspicious pages and avoid engaging with groups that glorify violence or threaten individuals. Online hate can quickly escalate into real-world harm, and police stress that sharing or promoting such content can attract legal consequences.

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