Mangaluru: A WhatsApp forward message has caused panic among the people of Mangaluru and Coastal Karnataka as it claims that Mangaluru International Airport has been closed down for operations for two days.

Mangaluru: A wet runway and over-speeding were the likely cause of the Air India Express flight veering off the taxiway after landing at the Mangaluru International Airport, airport sources said Monday.

Udupi: A woman from Neelavar in Udupi district was duped of Rs 3.55 lakh by an online fraudster who sent a fake coupon in the name of a company saying she had won a prize of Rs 12 lakh for a purchase made online.

Mangaluru: Minister UT Khader urged the Union Civil Aviation Ministry to take the incident of slipping of flight from the runway in Mangaluru airport seriously and conduct a high-level probe into it.

Mangaluru: A 200-year-old public well at Hiriyadka in Udupi district caved in, police sources said Sunday.

Mangaluru: An Air India flight on Sunday veered off the taxiway after landing at the Mangaluru airport. After veering off its direction, the IX384 Air India Express got stuck in the grass at the airport.

Udupi: "As per the new law enacted last year in the state, neither the police nor the hospital authorities should harass those who admit accident victims to hospitals. If the police made them witnesses forcefully, the police can be booked under this Act", said Udupi SP Nisha James.

Mangaluru: A student drowned in a swimming pool at a resort near Moodushedde on Saturday night.