Bantwal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wherever he goes expresses ‘Mani Ki Baat’. But for us, words of Karnataka people are “Man Ki Baat”, said Congress President Rahul Gandhi.

Gandhi was addressing a public gathering and Congress workers at a campaigning programme for upcoming Assembly elections on Friday at Golden Maida in BC Road of Bantwal taluk.

“We do not break promises. We have fulfilled the promises that we had made earlier. In coming days also we will act the same way. Mr. Modi speaks about Basavanna’s principals but supports corrupts from backside. First Mr. Modi must read and understand the teachings of Basavanna,” Gandhi said.

Speaking at the occasion, CM Siddaramaiah said “corrupts are united to loot Karnataka. But Congress will once again come to power by rejecting the communal BJP.

this context, Congress leaders Veerappa Moily, KC Venugopal, BK Hariprasad, Vishnunathan, Harish Kumar, B Janardhan Poojary , Chandraprakash Shetty, UKMunu, Dhananjaya Adampangaya, Ibrahim Kodijal, Janardhana Chandimithar, Mrs. Mamata Gatti, Manjula Maave, Hemanatha Shetty, Diranaj Auriga, Baby Kunder, Madhava Mave, Sudarshan Jain, Usman Karopadi, Maiilappa Salian, Mrs. Bachchan, BK Khader, Ramakrishna Alva, Mohammed Nandanbettu, MS Muhammed, Padmashekhar Jain, Abbas Ali, Sanjeeva Poojary, Padmanabha Rai, Lukman, Mallika Shetty, Jayanthi Poojary Lavita Ramesh, Jagadish Koyla, Sadashiva Bangera, Shaheed Vedi and other were present.

Congress candidate B Ramanath Rai, Shakuntala Shetty, UT Khader, Raghu Sulya, JR Lobo and Moideen Bava were present on a special stage. Balakrishna Alva compered the program.

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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.