Mangaluru gets state-of-the-art AstroTurf football stadium
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District In-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, who inaugurated a state-of-the-art AstroTurf football stadium near Nehru Maidan in the city on Wednesday, said that greater facilities would be provided to sportspersons at the stadium in the days to come.
Rao and Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker UT Khader enthusiastically displayed their football skills on the occasion.
MLCs Dr. Manjunath Bhandari and Ivan D’Souza, MESCOM Chairperson Harish Kumar and District Football Association President DM Aslam were among those present during the inauguration.
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Ahead of good Friday, SWR announces special train between Yesvantpur-Kannur via Mangaluru
Bengaluru: Ahead of the upcoming Good Friday festival weekend, the South Western Railway has announced a one-trip special train service between Yesvantpur Junction and Kannur via Mangaluru Junction.
According to an official released from the SWR, Train Number 06551 Yesvantpur–Kannur Express Special will depart Yesvantpur at 11.50 am on April 2 and is scheduled to arrive Kannur at 3.00 am on April 3.
In the return direction, Train Number 06552 Kannur–Yesvantpur Express Special will leave Kannur at 8.45 am on April 3 and reach Yesvantpur at 9.30 pm the same day.
The special train will halt at Kunigal, Channarayapatna, Hassan, Sakleshpura, Subrahmanya Road, Kabaka Puttur, Bantawala, Mangaluru Junction, Kasaragod, Kanhangad and Payyannur.
The train composition will have two AC two-tier coaches, six AC three-tier coaches, seven sleeper class coaches, four general second class coaches.
