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Mangaluru cooker blast: key accused Shariq gets 10 years in jail after guilty plea

April 27, 2026 8:20 pm

Mohammed Shariq was already wanted in a case registered in Shivamogga over alleged links to an Islamic State module that had tested IEDs.

Mangaluru-Bengaluru Vande Bharat train launch is expected soon. (Image generated using AI)

Mangaluru-Bengaluru Vande Bharat train to launch soon: Ashwini Vaishnaw

April 25, 2026 5:43 pm

Mangaluru–Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express launch soon: Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announces upcoming Mangaluru-Bengaluru Vande Bharat train. Check expected route and service details.

Mangaluru police inspector suspended over allegations of misconduct with women

March 18, 2026 3:20 pm

Sandesh P G was suspended pending a detailed departmental inquiry following a report submitted by an assistant commissioner of police.

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Solving Crime: ‘Catching a ghost’ — How a Mangaluru cop posed as a buyer for 3 months and crushed a drug cartel

February 14, 2026 4:07 pm

Four men from Kerala, a woman from Tamil Nadu, and a South Sudan national from Bengaluru were convicted on drug charges after a meticulous police investigation.

Karnataka High Court Pocso case death penalty

Karnataka High Court upholds death penalty in child’s ‘barbaric’ gang-rape, murder: ‘To be curbed with iron hands’

February 09, 2026 7:12 pm

Karnataka High Court News: If a lesser sentence is imposed on the convicts in the Mangaluru child's gang-rape and murder case, it will give a wrong message to society and the public at large, the Karnataka High Court’s order emphasised.

Ending 29-year hunt, Mangaluru police arrest notorious Dandupalya gang member Chikka Hanuma

January 23, 2026 6:10 pm

Chikka Hanuma had been living under a fake identity – married and raising three children – in Andhra Pradesh. The Dandupalya gang is among Karnataka’s most notorious criminal outfits, known for robberies, murders and sexual assaults.

On return from Saudi Arabia, Mangaluru man arrested over ‘provocative’ social media posts

December 15, 2025 2:51 pm

The Bajpe police had earlier registered a case over alleged derogatory posts made by Abdul Khader Nehad on an Instagram account on October 11.

Shariq and the autorickshaw driver were injured after the bomb allegedly intended for a terror act near the Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy Temple in Mangaluru exploded prematurely in the auto on November 19, 2022 - owing to an error wherein the timer was mistakenly set for nine seconds instead of 90 minutes. (Express Photo)

Key accused in Mangaluru autorickshaw cooker blast case seeks to plead guilty to terrorism charges

December 12, 2025 2:30 pm

Mangaluru cooker bomb blast case key accused Mohammed Shariq had, in 2024, pleaded 'not guilty' to the charges of terrorism, criminal conspiracy, attempt to murder, forgery, and charges under the Explosive Substances Act and had sought a trial.

The Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat train operates on six days of the week. (Image: Southern Railway)

Train to Goa: Indian Railways revises timetable of Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express

October 26, 2025 4:34 pm

Vande Bharat Express latest update: Indian Railways (IR) has revised the schedule of the Mangaluru–Madgaon Vande Bharat Express train. The train is being operated and maintained by the Southern Railway (SR) zone.

Baggage handling staffers among 5 arrested for stealing gold from luggage at Mangaluru airport

September 03, 2025 7:52 pm

A spokesperson for Mangaluru International Airport says the accused are not the airport’s employees but were on the payrolls of Air India and Air India Express.