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IndiGo to connect Mangaluru directly with Hyderabad and Chennai soon

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November 22, 2017

Mangaluru, Nov 22: Low cost airline IndiGo has decided to launch flight services on the Chennai- Mangaluru and Hyderabad-Mangaluru sectors on December 21 with aircraft from Avions De Transport Regional (ATR).

With a view to venturing into regional connectivity, IndiGo signed an agreement with ATR for 50 aircraft and took the delivery of its first ATR 72-600 in Toulouse, France, on Friday. This aircraft landed in Delhi on Monday.

Of the 50, 21 will be delivered by early 2019, Tom Anderson, senior vice-president, programs and customer service, said. Guillaume Huertas, head of sales-South Asia of ATR, said the ATR 72-600 aircraft, with a capacity of 50 seats, have modern cabin interiors and consume 40% less fuel than jets. “Also, all ATR models are well below ICAO noise certification limits,” he added.

The airline plans to cover many tier II and tier III cities through its services which include, Chennai- Rajmundhry, Hyderabad- Rajamundry, Bengaluru-Tirupati and Hyderabad-Tirupati.

Aditya Ghosh, president of IndiGo, said, “This will bring in competitive pricing in the market and passengers will greatly benefit. For instance, the initial pricing on these routes will be ₹1,499.”

The expansion plan has come in the backdrop of the regional connectivity scheme (RCS) of the Centre. “It is mere coincidence that we have acquired new ATR aircraft and are beginning regional connectivity at a time of RCS. This regional expansion plan of ours was not meant to align with RCS,” Mr. Ghosh added.

IndiGo, which did not participate in the first round of RCS bidding, has bid for the second round. Sources say this means that apart from the above routes, IndiGo will put to use the additional ATR aircraft for the RCS scheme as well when the second round process gets over and operations begin.

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March 28,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 28: A man from Kerala was among the terrorists affiliated to Islamic State (IS) who allegedly attacked a Gurdwara in Kabul earlier this week in which 27 people were killed.

The IS has claimed that one of the suicide bombers was Abu Khalid al-Hindi.

According to sources, investigation agencies on Friday have identified him as 29-year-old Mohammed Sajid Kuthirummal of Padne in Kasargod. He was among the 14 persons, who left from Kerala to join IS in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.

"IS had released the name Abu Khalid al-Hindi through its media agency soon after the attack. The photograph of him holding a rifle was also published by IS in their propaganda magazine Al Naba. From that, we have identified the person as Mohammed Sajid Kuthirummal. We are investigating the matter and in touch with the investigating agencies in Afghanistan for tracking his trail," sources told ANI.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe had earlier revealed that Mohammed Sajid was recruited by Abdul Rashid Abdulla of Chandera, who was killed in Afghanistan last year.

Sajid worked as a shop keeper in a gulf country and returned to Kerala. Based on a complaint by Sajid's father Mahamood, the FIR was registered at Chendara Police Station, Kasaragod in 2016 regarding Sajid joining IS and leaving for Afghanistan.

He was among the 14 member team that left from Kerala to join IS in Khorasan Province' in Nangarhar.

ANI had earlier reported that two of these members Ayesha alias Sonia Sebastian and Fathima alias Nimisha who were in IS had expressed their interest in returning to Kerala. Out of 14, seven including Sajid is dead.

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Abdul Gaffar Bolar
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Saturday, 28 Mar 2020

First, investigate truly who is behind this? Then hang all of them. 

 

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July 27,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 27: Former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday took strong exception to the BJP's celebration over completing one year in office and alleged that people are suffering due to anti-people policies of the state government.

In a tweet on Monday, he said that since the last six months pension due to physically challenged, old age and Widow pensions were not paid. He urged the Government Issue emerge order to release pension amounts immediately. It was shameful on the part of the Government to keep the pension amount being kept pending.

This government has no eyes and ears and claiming only challenging years and transparent government, what examples required for them, he questioned.

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February 3,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 3: After neighbouring reported the second confirmed case of dreaded Coronavirus, the government of Karnataka today ordered high alert across border districts including Dakshina Kannada.

Apart from Dakshina Kannada, district administrations in Kodagu, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru that share boundary with Kerala have been put on high alert over the movement of people with suspected cases.

In a statement released on Monday, the Health and Family welfare department said that these districts have been directed to immediately report to the State Surveillance Unit (SSU) if they come across any suspected cases of people infected with Coronavirus.

Currently, about 51 people who returned from Coronavirus-affected regions have been identified and 46 are under home isolation across Karnataka.

So far, 44 samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune for analysis and out of which 29 samples have revealed negative results. Yet, the state government has put in all possible measures to check the spread of the virus in any part of the state.

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