The women bloggers and travel writers tour of coastal Karnataka was organised from March 1 to 6.
MANGALURU: In an attempt to revive the tourism industry that was hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a team of seven women bloggers, who are also social media influences, are travelling across coastal Karnataka, as part of the ‘Dekho Apna Desh’ domestic tourism campaign.
The women bloggers and travel writers tour of coastal Karnataka was organised from March 1 to 6.
Mohamed Farouk, director, India Tourism, Bengaluru, told TOI, “This is an attempt to popularise tourist destinations, especially after the pandemic. People’s travel preferences have changed. They now prefer unexplored, less crowded and places that are safe to travel. During his Independence Day speech in August 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to visit at least 15 tourist destinations within India by 2022, and this an attempt to popularise and create awareness on tourist destinations through social me
Gold and foreign-origin cigarettes seized by the customs department.
MANGALURU: In one of the biggest hauls in the recent past, officers of Mangaluru Customs on Thursday seized 2.41kg gold valued at Rs 1.1 crore from a female passenger flying from Dubai to Mangaluru International Airport.
Kapil Gade, deputy commissioner, Customs Mangaluru said that the smuggler has been identified as Mohammed Ali Sameera, resident of Kasaragod in Kerala. She tried to smuggle gold by concealing it in both her inner garments including sanitary pads and socks.
Gold of net weight 2.41kg was seized. Foreign-origin cigarettes were also seized from her possession, said Gade.
The opposition Congress on Monday staged a walkout during the tabling of the budget for 2021-22 by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, claiming that the BJP government in the state had no moral right to continue in power. This government carrying a bundle of sins has no moral right to continue in power. So we have decided to protest against the presentation of the budget, former chief minister Siddaramaiah told reporters here. He charged that the Chief Minister, who holds the Finance portfolio and the Mines and Geology Minister Murugesh Nirani were out on bail in a criminal case relating to creation of bogus documents to take back Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) land at Devanahalli in Bengaluru.
Hale and hearty
MYSURU: When two-day-old sloth bear cubs were abandoned by their mother in the thick forests of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve in mid-January, forest officials did not think that they could survive.
The cubs were just born, and their eyes were yet to open. With no other option, the cubs were shifted to Mysuru Zoo. Today, the cubs are hale and hearty, and crawling about with their eyes wide open, all thanks to the Mysuru Zoo authorities, who took care of the little ones and saved them. The cubs are more than a month old now.
BP Ravi, a senior IFS officer, and member-secretary of the Zoo Authority of Karnataka, said that when the cubs were brought to Mysuru Zoo, they were just two-three days old. They weighed approximately 1.1kg. They were handed over to Mysuru Zoo by the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve director, after their efforts to reunite the cubs with their mother went in vain. Zoo staff took great care of the cubs, and helped them survive by hand-rearing them. Usually, s
Cleanliness drive in Mangaluru
MANGALURU: A group of 150 volunteers has scooped up nearly 14 tonnes of garbage after cleaning the banks of river Netravati. The river cleaning drive near Netravati bridge was initiated by Hasiru Dala and Anti Pollution Drive Foundation (APDF), in association with various organisations, last Sunday, the first day of the campaign.
The cleanup drive was planned meticulously as it required some action to pick up the waste strewn down a slope that meets the river. Ropes and hooks were used to zip down the slope and haul up the waste. Modified bags made out of old fishing nets were used to store the collected waste and pull it up. Most of the waste consisted of diapers and sanitary disposables, meat, household mixed waste, construction waste, thermocol, broken crockery, dead animals and electronic items. The waste was picked up by vehicles of Antony Waste Handling Cell for transfer to the actual dumpyard.