Houses damaged, car set on fire as DYFI-IUML activists clash in Kasargod

November 9, 2012

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Kasargod, November 9: A tense situation prevailed in Kasargod district following violent clashes between activists of Democratic Youth Federation of India and Indian Union Muslim League, near here.

Stones were pelted at four houses and a car was set on fire in the wee hours of Thursday following the sudden recurrence of violence at Uduma-Mangad area.

The four damaged houses belong to M Indran Nayar, Shyamala, Samshuddin and Vinod. Glass panes of windows have been shattered. The car, which was partially burnt to ash, belonged to one M Mohammed Kunhi.

From the past few days, the region has been prone to instances of violence. The recent clashes broke out in the wake of alleged attack on a local leader of DYFI.

On Wednesday, a group of miscreants allegedly waylaid the motorbike of the president of Baare unit of DYFI Sudheesh (26) and attacked him.

A case has been registered at Bekal police station on the matter. The police have tightened security to curb the violence.

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Mangaluru: Four of the six scheduled flights cancelled on the first day

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May 25,2020

Mangaluru, May 25: Four domestic flights that were scheduled to operate from Mangaluru International Airport today have been cancelled.

A total of six flights were scheduled to depart Mangaluru Airport today.

Among them, two flights to Mumbai, one to Chennai and one to Bengaluru were cancelled due to lack of passengers and other reasons, sources said.

The remaining two flights – both to Bengaluru – are expected to take off with limited passengers later in the day.

Domestic flight operations resumed in the country today after a gap of two months. All flight operations had ceased when the nationwide lockdown was imposed in March.

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Irrespective of infected or not, all KSRTC passengers to be stamped henceforth

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June 30,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 30: To instill confidence among its commuters, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has decided to put stamp on hand of all passengers before they are allowed to board the buses.

In a statement issued here on Tuesday, The decision was taken in the wake of a sudden jump in the number of COVID-19 cases reported from Bengaluru.

The round stamp is, however, different from 'home-quarantine' stamp applied to infected and they were not allowed to travel. Officials said that the measure is aimed at reassuring passengers that those travelling with them do not have symptoms. The left hand will be stamped with an ink which can be washed away by the time they reach home.

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VBM repatriation flight from Dammam lands in Mangaluru

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June 21,2020

Mangaluru, June 21: The first ever repatriation flight from Saudi Arabia’s Dammam Karnataka’s Mangaluru under Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) today brought home around 165 stranded passengers.

The IndiGo flight took off from Dammam International Airport at 11 a.m. (Saudi time) and landed at Mangaluru International Airport at 6:30 p.m.

The stranded passengers included pregnant women, senior citizens and those who are in need of emergency medical treatment are on board.

The passengers were screened at the Airport before being despatched for institutional quarantine in special buses.

Even though a few charter flights arranged by a couple of NRI entrepreneurs have already repatriated hundreds of stranded people from Dammam to Mangaluru, the government of India had not operated any repatriation flight under VBM on this sector so far.

Saudi Kannadigas Humanity Forum (SKHF), an NGO which came into existence to help the stranded Kannadigas in Saudi Arabia during covid-19 lockdown had been successful in persuading the government of India operate a flight on Dammam-Mangaluru sector under VBM.

SKHF has also set up an online portal for those who were in need of emergency repatriation. In today’s flight around 100 passengers have obtained seats through SKHF.

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Sir i also want to travel india lucknow from saudi arabia dammam and i already issued exit visa by my company but my company tell me you buy tickets and go after that i ask to someone travel agents for booking but they says currently not open booking after that i told my company's about that all situations but they didn't take any action so please sir give me authentic information how to book a flight ticket thank you.