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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
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Masha Allah Isaq Bhai Ahlan Wa Sahlan

Ahmed Bava
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Masha Alla

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

Ahmed
 - 
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
 - 
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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Bengaluru, Apr 27: A 57-year-old man died of COVID-19 in Kalaburagi on Monday taking the fatalities due to the virus in Karnataka to 20.

"One more person died due to COVID-19 in the state. The 57-year-old person was tested positive for coronavirus on April 21," Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar tweeted on Monday evening.

The minister said he was admitted to the Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences with respiratory problem.

He was also suffering from severe liver related ailments.

"With this five deaths have taken place in Kalaburagi district due to the virus," the minister added in his tweet.

The first COVID-19 death in the country was reported from Kalaburagi in March.

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March 3,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 3: Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that the party's protest will continue until the Speaker will allow them to discuss BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yathnal's recent comments on freedom fighter HS Doreswamy.

"Our protest in the well of state assembly will continue until Speaker allows us to discuss about Basanagouda Patil Yatnal," Siddaramaiah said.

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Yathnal, on February 25, called Doreswamy a fake freedom fighter and a Pakistani agent while addressing the media. His comments triggered a controversy drawing sharp remarks from Congress and other parties.

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February 13,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 13: Jnandev Kamath, former President of erstwhile Mangalore Stock Exchange Limited died late last night in a private hospital in the city.

He was 65 and is survived by his wife and two daughters.

Jnandev Kamath was an alumnus of SDM College of Law and Business Management. 

He was one the founding members of Mangalore Stock Exchange Limited. He was an avid sportsman, an accomplished cricketer, a champion rallyist and golf coach. 

He often played for Pentlandpet Sports Association (PPSA) in his younger days.

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