Security beefed up in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikkamagaluru for Feb 20 polls

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February 17, 2016

Mangaluru, Feb 17: Ahead of Zilla and Taluk Panchayat elections, the security has been beefed up in the three districts of Western Range—Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikkamagaluru—wherein voters will throng to polling booths on February 20.

Alok Mohan, Additional Director-General of Police (Law and Order), told media persons in the city on Wednesday that police had taken all necessary measures to avoid any untoward incident during polling and to check misuse of money, liquor and other things to influence voters.

He said that among the 2,737 polling booths set up in the three districts, 732 are sensitive and 268 are hyper sensitive booths. Out of the 362 booths set up in the limits of Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate 134 are sensitive and 42 are hyper sensitive booths.

There are 154 booths in Maoist-affected areas in three districts in the Western Range including 61 in Dakshina Kannada and 54 in Udupi.

Mr Mohan said that elaborate security arrangement will be in place in the surroundings of the sensitive, hyper sensitive polling booths. Armed police personnel will be deployed at the Maoist affected areas. However, he made it clear that there are no intelligence inputs on movement of Maoists in the 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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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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