Mangaluru: Customs officials at Mangaluru international airport seized 1058 gram gold dust worth Rs 31, 31,689 and arrested Kasaragod native, Mohammed Rafik Moideen on Sunday. The accused is being questioned by customs officials’ in connection with illegal transportation of the yellow metal. The accused reached Mangaluru airport from Dubai carrying gold dust illegally. The customs […]

Mangaluru: BJP national president Amit Shah arrived at Mangaluru International Airport early hours in the morning on October 3. Amit Shah to attend a padayatra at Payannur in Kerala state on Tuesday. Shah was scheduled to land at Mangaluru International Airport at 6 pm on Monday October 2, but the flight was delayed by more than […]

Mangalore: Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) laid out a 3-day dasara cultural festival for passengers using MIA starting with raag rang sugam sangeeth on Tuesday, following it up with sursagar fusion band flute concert on Wednesday and rounding it up with vibrant tiger dance and bharathanatyam on September 28. Dasara is first such cultural stop for passengers […]

Mangaluru : The City police on Friday arrested a woman in connection with the ‘suspicious power bank’ seizure case reported at Mangaluru International Airport on September 19. The accused Parvathi Bai, 50, who hails from Maharashtra, was arrested for selling duplicate power bank in the city. Police sources said that she has been procuring duplicate […]

Mangaluru : The Airports Authority of India on Monday commissioned the Phase I of the parallel taxiway (or track) at the international airport here. The Phase I track is 1,200 m in length. Air India, AI 680, Mangaluru-Mumbai flight, was the first to use the track. The fire engines of the airport gave a water […]

Mangaluru: A Kochi-bound Air India flight from Mumbai with 58 passengers and crew on board made an emergency landing at the airport here on Monday due to a technical obstacle. “The Air India flight coming from Mumbai and heading towards Kochi made an emergency landing at 7.50 PM at Mangaluru airport due to a technical […]

Mangaluru: The officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested a man after he was found with bundles of foreign currency concealed in tea and confectionery packets at Mangaluru International Airport on Thursday night. A press release said foreign currency, comprising US Dollars, Saudi Riyals, UAE Dirham and Australian Dollars, all adding up to Rs […]

Mangaluru : The Customs officers at Mangalore International Airport seized contraband valued over Rs.57.60 lakhs in 12 instances of smuggling in January. In the first instance of smuggling, gold in the form of English alphabet “E” shaped silver coloured plates totally weighing about 759.200 grams valued over Rs.21.56 lakhs were found ingeniously concealed in the […]

Mangaluru: Acting on a tip off, officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mangaluru rushed to Mangaluru International Airport on Monday and found huge amount of gold hidden in one of the aircraft’s toilets. It is said that it was an attempt to smuggle the gold of foreign origin into the country through the airport. […]

Mangaluru: “Joining of former minister Somannna to Congress was a rumour. No such talks had been held between us,” said CM Siddaramaiah. Speaking to the reporters at Mangaluru International Airport on Thursday, he said that BJP is following dual policy regarding Yettinahole project. “They are objecting Yettinahole project in DK and they are supporting the […]