Traditional boat fishermen stag massive protest
Udupi: Thousands of traditional boat fishermen staged a massive protest at DC office in Manipal condemning the non-supply of Kerosene.
As many as 5,000 fishermen participated in the protest which was staged under the aegis of Kundapur Taluk Traditional Fishermen Association.
Addressing the protestors, Naveenchandra, leader of Kundapur Taluk Traditional Fishermen Association, said that there were 4,514 country boats in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, and Uttara Kannada districts. Together these boats required 1,355 kilolitres (KL) of kerosene every month. But this had not been released for last three months - December, January, and February.
MLA Gopal Pujari, Shrinivas Poojari, Somashekhar Kharvi, Manju Bellad, Madan Kumar, Raghupati Bhat and others were present.
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Air India Express introduces late-night Bengaluru–Mangaluru service
International services at M’luru cancelled on March 7
Mangaluru: Air India Express will introduce a late-night daily flight service on the Bengaluru–Mangaluru–Bengaluru sector starting March 10, 2026.
According to the sources, flight IX 5971 will depart from Bengaluru at 9.25 pm and arrive in Mangaluru at 10.40 pm. The return flight, IX 5972, will depart from Mangaluru at 11.10 pm and reach Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, at 12.20 am.
The additional service will operate daily and will remain in effect until March 28, 2026.
Meanwhile, Air India Express has cancelled all its scheduled international flights from Mangaluru International Airport (IXE) on March 7 due to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
The Bengaluru–Mangaluru sector already has multiple daily services. Apart from Air India Express, IndiGo also operates flights on this route.
