Mangalore airport gets air cargo complex; runway will be extended up to 3400 meters

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March 18, 2013

Mangalore, Mar 18: The long standing dream of mangalorean trade fraternity of having an air cargo complex has finally been materialized with Ajith Singh, Union Civil Aviation Minister inaugurating the international air cargo complex at old Mangalore Airport in Bajpe on Monday.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Singh said that the cargo complex covering an area of 1400 sq.mts has the annual holding capacity of 5000 metric tonnes of international import cargo, 13000 metric tonnes of export cargo, 18000 metric tonnes of domestic tin bound cargo and 21000 metric tonnes of domestic outbound cargo.

The Air Cargo Complex is electronically equipped with centralised cargo server at Kolkata, Mr. Singh said. The air cargo services from Mangalore will be linked to cities of Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai. Air cargo complexes already exist in Coimbatore and Trichy and now Mangalore has also been given an air cargo complex. It can handle valuable and sensitive cargo and has standard storage facilities including cold storage, the Minister added.

Future of airport

Shedding light on the future projects to be undertaken at Mangalore International Airport, Mr. Singh said that the runway will be extended up to 3400 metres, fit for operation of Boeing 747. 285 acres of land is required for the purpose which is to be provided by the state government. The approximate cost of the entire operation is Rs.250 crore of which Rs.100 crore have already been sanctioned. The project is in planning stage, the Minister said.

Direct flight services between Mangalore and Dammam will also begin soon, he said.

M Veerappa Moily, Union Petroleum Minister, recalled the early days of Mangalore Airport when the first prime minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had arrived here in the first ever aircraft to land on Mangalorean soil. Times have changed and Mangalore has grown into a huge commercial centre, Mr. Moily said.

Common User Terminal Equipment (CUTE) services were also inaugurated on the occasion.

Jayaprakash Hegde, Member of Parliament, Oscar Fernandes, Rajya Sabha MP, MLAs Abhayachandra Jain and UT Khader, J T Radhakrishna, Director, Mangalore International Airport, Ramanath Rai, District Congress President, were also present.

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‘Profit’ trap: Mangaluru trader duped of ₹33.1 lakh in online App scam

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A 34-year-old fruit and vegetable trader in Mangaluru has reportedly lost ₹33.1 lakh after falling victim to an online investment scam run through a fake mobile app.

Police said the scam began in September, when the victim received a link on Facebook. Clicking it connected him to a WhatsApp number, where an unidentified person introduced a high-return investment scheme and instructed him to download an app.

To build trust, the fraudster asked him to invest ₹30,000 on September 24. The trader soon received ₹34,000 as “profit,” convincing him the scheme was genuine. Over the next two months, he transferred money in multiple instalments via Google Pay and IMPS to different scanner codes and bank accounts shared by the scammers. Between September 24 and December 3, he ended up sending a total of ₹33.1 lakh.

When he later requested a refund of his investment and promised returns, the scammers demanded additional payments, claiming he needed to pay a “service tax” first. Even after he paid a small amount, no money was returned, and the scammers continued pressuring him for more.

A case has been registered at the CEN Crime Police Station.

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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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