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Top cop holds media responsible for tarnishing image of peace-loving Mangaluru

Mangaluru: Police Commissioner T R Suresh has reiterated that constant negative portrayal by mass media and social media has tarnished the image of the coastal city of Mangaluru in spite of the fact that people of this city are peace-loving and friendly.

Speaking at an interactive session organised by Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI)...

Mangaluru is a peaceful city; media focusing only on negative things: Top cop

Mangaluru, Jan 20: Though the crime rate in Mangaluru is very less compared to other prominent cities of India, the coastal Karnataka’s port city is being defamed by certain vested interests through mass media and social media for reasons better known to themselves, said T R Suresh, the Commissioner of Mangaluru City Police.

Speaking at an...

Forget expansion, Mangaluru airport’s runway length now cut by 120 metres

Mangaluru Jan 4: The New Year hasn’t brought good tidings for airlines operating from Mangaluru International Airport. From December 31, the runway length has been reduced by 120 metres. The development comes months after the Airport Authority of India decided to postpone the Airport’s runway expansion plan.

It means that of the 2,450m of runway available, only 2,330m will...

Will Kannur Airport snatch passengers from Mangaluru Airport?

Mangaluru: Even though Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) director V V Rao has rubbished the possibilities of losing passengers to Kerala’s fourth international airport, which is expected to be commissioned within a few months, his counterpart at Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL) has spelt out a greater competition.

If everything goes as expected commercial operations at Kannur Airport would commence...

Concretization without shifting utility lines: MCC warned of criminal case

Mangaluru, Sept 15: The activist of Aam Aadmi Party have threatened to launch a legal battle against Mangaluru City Corporation for failing to shift the utility lines before concretizing the roads in the city.

Backed by AAP, the members MCC Civic Group, an action committee of people on civic issues in the city, staged a protest...

Single screen theatres struggle for survival as multiplexes thrive in Mangaluru

Since the advent of multiplexes there has been a paradigm shift of cinemagoers, thereby decreasing the crowd at single screen talkies. “We do not see college students rushing into theatres the way they did before. We do not have luxurious facilities that multiplexes provide and hence cannot attract the youth these days. Having a single screen is another limitation,” says...

Mangalureans can soon WhatsApp their complaints to City Corporation

Mangaluru, Aug 31: Citizens in Mangaluru can soon send their complaints to Mangaluru City Corporation through WhatsApp. Mayor Kavita Sanil has promised to introduce a dedicated WhatsApp number to receive complaints from the public.

The decision was taken following a particular suggestion from one of the callers, during a monthly phone-in programme. “I will look into it, as it...

No runway expansion at Mangaluru Airport for now

Mangaluru, Aug 21: Even though Karnataka government has set aside Rs 3,399.36 lakh for acquisition of 396.67 acres of land for the expansion of Mangaluru International Airport, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) has reportedly postponed its plan of runway expansion.

In a fresh development, AAI chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra has written to Karnataka Chief Secretary Subhash Chandra Khuntia saying...

Finally, Mangaluru Airport provides a prayer-room for air passengers

Mangaluru, Jul 28: Authorities of Mangaluru International Airport have finally addressed the long pending demand of allocating a room to offer prayers for air passengers, especially Muslims at the new integrated terminal building.

Coastaldigest.com, a couple of years ago, had published a report highlighting the need for such a facility at the Airport as many Muslim...

Many Ayurvedic therapy centres lose licence for doing ‘other things’

Mangaluru, Jul 26: Nearly one and a half dozen Ayurvedic therapy centres in Mangaluru have lost their licences in last few days for allegedly using the premises for “other purposes”.

Mayor Kavita Sanil confirmed that the civic body has cancelled the licence of 17 Ayurvedic therapy centres after those centres were found to be used as massage parlours....