Mangaluru: Hyderabadi Food Festival kicks off at Hotel Ocean Pearl; to be open till March 10
Mangaluru: A 15-day Hyderabadi Food Festival organised by Coral Multi Cuisine Fine Dine Restaurant by Hotel Ocean Pearl kicked off on February 25, Tuesday, providing a wide range of variety of Hyderabadi cuisine and food for the food lovers.
Located at Navabharat Circle, Kodialbail in the city the food festival will offer a wide range of cuisine and variety of dishes for the food enthusiasts for 15 days during the lunch and dineer hours.
The food festival will offer variety of food and dishes in both Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian cuisine and assures people of food being ‘Strictly Halal’.
“To bring the international cuisine to the people of Mangaluru and Dakshina Kannada, we organise food festivals of different cuisines every now and then. The foodie community likes it. So this time we have organised this Hyderabadi Food Festival. This will allow the food lovers to taste the cuisine of Hyderabad. We are offering Biryani, Dessert, Kebab and other variety of dishes from this delicious cuisine” Girish, Vice President of Ocean Pearl Group of Hotels told Vartha Bharati.
Girish also asserted that the motive behind organising food festivals every year was to promote positivity among people who look for peace and stress-free time away from all their worries for some time. He further added that the worrying conditions of the market is also a factor that prompted them to organise this food festival so that people can enjoy time away from their worries and stress.
“We want to provide good food to people so that people can come in with their families and enjoy quality time and quality food. That is why we organise such food festivals” Girish said.
“Hyderabadi cuisine is dominantly full of street food that food enthusiasts love to eat. Also, these dishes are not available anywhere in and around Mangaluru, so this is an opportunity for the people of Mangaluru to come and enjoy one of the most sought after cuisines of India” he added.
Asked about which cuisines he plans to bring to Mangaluru as a part of coming food festivals, Girish hinted that the hotel will go with international cuisine and people might get to taste quality food from Mexican or Italian cuisine in coming days.
Haleem, Murgh Malai Korma, Hyderabadi Dum ka Murgh, Vegeterian Main Course, Dessert, Bagare Baigna, Murgh Nizami Seekh, Noorani Subz Seekh, Aloo Nazaqat, Gosht Shikampuri Kebab, Margisi Kofta, Dalcha Gosht are some of the significant Hyderabadi dishes that will be available at the food festival.
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Karnataka Transport Dept uncovers alleged ₹37 lakh tax evasion involving Lamborghini in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Officials of the Karnataka Transport Department have uncovered an alleged tax evasion case involving a luxury Lamborghini Huracan Evo in Bengaluru. The evasion was carried out with forged documents which were allegedly used to evade over ₹37 lakh in road tax and penalties, officials said on Monday.
According to a report published by The Indian Express, an anonymous email was received by the transport department on December 12, 2025, which alleged that using fabricated documents, H1 Car Care had fraudulently registered the high-end vehicle at the Kasturinagar Regional Transport Office (RTO). The additional commissioner (Enforcement) ordered an inquiry after photographs of the allegedly forged paperwork, attached to the email were examined.
A police complaint was filed by Senior Motor Vehicle Inspector Ranjith N at the Kodigehalli police station. The complaint noted that the Lamborghini, bearing registration number KA-03-NX-0016, was originally purchased by Harsha Infra Cons Pvt Ltd from a Lavelle Road showroom on June 1, 2022, for ₹3,00,68,729.
The vehicle was temporarily registered at the Electronics City RTO from June 2 to July 1, 2022. Later the company sought permission to register it at a Regional Transport Office in Hyderabad, Telangana.
Investigators discovered that the accused had allegedly created fraudulent documents. He stated that H1 Car Care purchased the same vehicle in September 2025, about three years after it was sold and registered to Harsha Infra Cons. The alleged purchase price was shown as ₹3,00,58,729.
An official quoted by TIE said that the forged documents reused the same invoice number that had originally been issued to the first buyer, which is illegal. Investigators called an authorized Lamborghini dealer during verifications, who confirmed that the vehicle was sold to Harsha Infra Cons. The dealer further claimed that the invoice dated September 1, 2025, was reportedly issued to H1 Car Care, however it was never generated by the showroom and seemed to be faked.
After reviewing the paperwork, the Kasturinagar RTO determined that the fake papers were utilized to achieve the illegal registration. Officials informed that the vehicle was also undervalued to evade road tax and penalties amounting to over ₹37 lakh accumulated over the three-year period.
Following confirmation of the forgery, senior transport officials ordered the immediate seizure of the vehicle. The Lamborghini was traced on February 7 and seized from Sahakarnagar, where it was found linked to premises associated with H1 Car Care.
