First Haj flight from Mangaluru takes off

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August 4, 2016

Mangaluru, Aug 4: The first flight from the coastal city for Haj season 2016 took off on Thursday morning at the Mangaluru International Airport. The special Haj flights will continue till August 7.

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Every day A-320 type Air India flight will take off from the Airport carrying around 150 passengers, who will land in Madinah via Sharjah. There were 152 passengers on board the inaugural flight which took off at 11:05 a.m.

The pilgrims, who had gathered at the old terminal building at Bajpe last evening, boarded the buses arranged by the Haj committee today morning and reached the Airport by 9: 15 a.m.

R Roshan Baig, minister for urban development and Haj, also visited the Airport at 9:30 to send off the pilgrims. MLAs Mohiuddin Bava, JR Lobo, Haj management committee chief Y Mohammed Kunhi, District Wakf Advisory Committee president S M Rasheed Haji were present.

As many as 628 pilgrims from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan districts are boarding Haj flights from Mangaluru this year.

Also Read: Show the world that Islam is peace: Minister tells Mangaluru Haj pilgrims

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Ahmed Bava
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Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Masha Allah Isaq Bhai Ahlan Wa Sahlan

Ahmed Bava
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Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Masha Alla

Al Mighty Allah accept all our good deeds In Sha Allah HAJJ MAKBOOL and MABROOR

Ahmed
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Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Stop Selfie... dont make a selfie camp there. forget dunya and concentrate on your ibaadat...
May ALLAH make your path easy and accept your ibaadat and Hajj.

SYED
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Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

MAY ALLAH ACCEPT THE GOOD DEEDS FROM ALL HAJIS.

MAY ALLAH BRING ALL PEOPLE WHO WENT FOR HAJJ BACK HOME SAFELY. AAMEEN.

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June 15,2020

The Centre’s step-motherly attitude towards Kannadigas stranded in the Gulf countries in general and Saudi Arabia in particular has prompted the Kannadigas to resort social media campaign once again.

A couple of weeks ago, Twitterati had launched a campaigned to bring back Kannadidags stranded in Saudi Arabia. A variation of the hashtag #SaudiKannadigasNeedFlights trended today. 

Trend Setters India, which has taken the twitter campaign initiative, had urged the Kannadigas around the world to join the twitter storm at 4 p.m. IST on June 15, to exert pressure on the authorities concerned. Around 7 p.m. the hashtag began trending with thousands of tweets.

Millions of Kannadigas are working in Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. They contribute greatly to the Indian economy.

Even though government of India has launched Vande Bharat Mission for the repatriation of Indians stranded across the world, it has operated only a few flights from Saudi Arabia to Karnataka so far. Thousands of Kannadigas including pregnant women, elderly people, those who have lost jobs and those who need emergency medical care are still waiting for repatriation flights from Saudi Arabia to Mangaluru and Bengaluru.
 

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July 13,2020

Mangaluru, July 13: A week-long lockdown will be imposed in Dakshina Kannada from the night of July 15, according to district in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary.

The decision was taken in a meeting of elected representatives in the presence of Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh. The DC is expected to issue guidelines for the lockdown soon. 

In a video message, Poojary said that during the video conference, chief minister B S Yediyurappa asked the administrations and elected representatives of the respective district to take a call on re-imposing lockdown to check the mounting coronavirus cases. 

“We have decided to impose a week-long lockdown from the night of July 15. Hence, people should buy all necessary things for a week before the beginning of lockdown,” he Mr Poojary. 

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July 28,2020

Mangaluru, July 28: A screenshot of a death threat message against IAS officer Sindhu B Rupesh, the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, is now going viral on social media.

The threat comes in the wake of the Deputy Commissioner’s warning against attack on cattle traders by anti-social elements ahead of Eid al-Adha. 

It is learnt that a discussion was held about DC’s warning in a pro-Hindutva WhatsApp group. The death threat was issued in the same group in Tulu language. 

A police officer said that if the deputy commissioner doesn’t lodge a complaint, the police will file a suo motu case in this regard.

Also Read: Sindhu B Rupesh transferred; Dr Rajendra K V is new DC of Dakshina Kannada

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