Mangaluru : Mangaluru International Airport will offer passengers from the region improved connectivity to Southeast Asia, with the introduction of a direct flight to Singapore by Air India Express. From January 21, 2025, onwards, Singapore will become the first international destination that any airline will operate from Mangaluru, apart from the Middle East and Saudi […]

Udupi :  Harish Bangera who was detained in Saudi Arabia following charges of blasphemy, landed in Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on August 18. Harish Bangera a 34-year-old man from Kundapur taluk in Udupi district, was an air-conditioning technician with a company in Dammam. He landed in trouble in 2019 following a post in his […]

Mangaluru: A chartered fligh from Saudi Arabia arrived Mangaluru International Airport on Tuesday, June 11 with 175 people. The flight and other arrangements were made by Altaf Ullal and Basheer Sagar, directors of Saco Company. The flight left Dammam at around 6:20 pm on Wednesday and reached here on Thursday at 1:15 AM. “The flight was hired […]

Dubai: Saudi Arabia reported 472 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 4934, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday. According to the ministry of health the number of recoveries today are 44 cases, making total of recoveries in the kingdom 805. The ministry also confirmed 6 deaths […]

Mangaluru: One more coronavirus infected woman was discharged from KMC hospital, Attavara one April 12, Sunday. The 70-year-old diabetic woman, who had tested positive was being treated in isolation, informed the medical superintendent at the hospital. The woman, with travel history to Saudi Arabia and was admitted to the KMC hospital here on March 20 with […]

Udupi: The wait for the mortal remains of Shirva-based nurse Hazel Jyotsna Mathias, who died under mysterious circumstances in Saudi Arabia may finally be over. Reportedly, a NOC (No Objection Letter) has been obtained from the Saudi Embassy and all processes in connection to the repatriation of her body have been completed. Hazel’s mortal remains […]

Mangaluru: A Surathkal resident was killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail on Tuesday, September 4. The deceased has been identified as Zakir, a native of Brahmavara and a resident of Krishnapura Chokkabettu here. Zakir was employed in Saudi Arabia for the last 15 years. It is gathered that he had visited the […]

Udupi: A nurse from Kuthyaru near Shirva who was employed at a hospital in Saudi Arabia, died under mysterious circumstances. The deceased has been identified as Hazel Jothsna Quadros(28), wife of Ashwin Mathias from Kuthyaru. Jothsna was working at the Al-Mikwa General Hospital run by the government of Saudi Arabia for the past six years. […]

Karkala: Missing person, Abdul Rahiman (79) from Karkala here was found at Saudi Arabia. Rahiman had gone missing on the wee hours of Tuesday April 17, just a day after his arrival in Saudi to visit his son. It has been learnt that Rahiman arrived at Saudi to meet his son on April 16. On […]

Mangaluru: Congress leaders have begun influencing NRIs by holding pre-election campaigns in Saudi Arabia, even as election campaign in Dakshina Kannada is yet to pick up. A mega Congress Convention by the Youth Congress NRI Cell to unite party men ahead of the Assembly elections was held at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia recently. Minister for Food, […]