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Southern railway trains to have unreserved coaches from May 1

MANGALURU: Unreserved coaches will be restored in some trains in the Southern railway from May 1 as they existed during the pre-Covid-19 period.

The Times of India · Apr 30, 2022

Gita not a religious book like Quran, Bible: Karnataka minister

MANGALURU: The Bible and Quran are religious books, but Bhagvad Gita is not, said minister for primary and secondary education B C Nagesh. After laying the foundation for Government PU College building in Mangaluru on Wednesday, he spoke on the controversy surrounding a Bengaluru minority school teaching the scriptures.

The Times of India · Apr 27, 2022

Karnataka CM to visit Jain temple after attending PM’s video conference from Mangaluru

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai would be on a day-long visit to Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada district on April 27

The Hindu · Apr 26, 2022

Mangaluru: Tipper truck runs over 6-year-old

MANGALURU: A six-year-old boy died after he was run over by a tipper truck in Bajal-Kattapuni, Mangaluru, on Wednesday.

The Times of India · Apr 21, 2022

Karnataka: 3 college staff arrested for harassing woman assistant professor in Mangaluru

MANGALURU: Three persons, including a lecturer and a correspondent of a college, were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly trying to tarnish the reputation of a 58-year-old woman assistant professor.

The Times of India · Apr 20, 2022

Karnataka: Mangaluru's St Agnes — the first women’s college on west coast of India — turns co-ed; will admit 20-30% boys

MANGALURU: The century-old St Agnes College — the first women’s college on the west coast of India as well as the first Catholic women’s college in the country — has officially announced that it will open its door to boys from the next academic year (2022-23).

The Times of India · Apr 19, 2022

Karnataka: Jail for man who threatened DK Shivakumar

MANGALURU: The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) in Sullia has sentenced an electricity consumer to two years of simple imprisonment and imposed Rs 5,000 penalty for abusing and threatening then energy minister DK Shivakumar over phone in 2016.

The Times of India · Apr 19, 2022

Five labourers from Bengal die in Mangaluru fish plant

MANGALURU: Five labourers from West Bengal working with a fish processing unit in Mangaluru Special Economic Zone died in an accident in the factory’s wastewater tank on Sunday evening. Three of them died on Sunday night and the other two at a hospital in Mangaluru on Monday morning.

The Times of India · Apr 18, 2022

Gold seized at Mangaluru airport

MANGALURU: Customs at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) have seized 24ct gold of net weight 199g, and valued at Rs 10.6 lakh from a male passenger hailing from Kasaragod in Kerala, on Monday.

The Times of India · Apr 18, 2022

Five labourers die in mishap at fish processing factory in Mangaluru

When one labourer fell into a waste collection tank at the factory, seven of his colleagues tried to rescue him

The Hindu · Apr 18, 2022