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Silicon Beach on Thirsty Ground: Can Mangaluru’s Tech Dream Survive Infrastructure Gaps?
Silicon Beach on Thirsty Ground: Can Mangaluru’s Tech Dream Survive Infrastructure Gaps?
  • CD Web DeskCD Web Desk
  • February 24, 2026

Mangaluru’s emergence as Karnataka’s “Silicon Beach” is gaining momentum, but the city’s rapid economic aspirations are unfolding alongside structural and environmental challenges that could shape its growth trajectory. Tech Ambitions…

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Focus Karnataka
Karnataka Cabinet buzz: Over 30 first-time Cong MLAs write to high command for Cabinet Slots
Karnataka Cabinet buzz: Over 30 first-time Cong MLAs write to high command for Cabinet Slots
  • CD Web DeskCD Web Desk
  • February 23, 2026

Bengaluru: More than 30 first-time Congress MLAs in Karnataka have written to the party’s high command, urging that they be given representation in the Cabinet during the proposed reshuffle of…

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Focus India
India Urges Citizens to Leave Iran Amid Rising Tensions
India Urges Citizens to Leave Iran Amid Rising Tensions
  • CD Web DeskCD Web Desk
  • February 23, 2026

New Delhi: The Government of India has advised all Indian nationals currently in Iran to leave the country at the earliest using available transport options, including commercial flights, in view…

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Focus Mangaluru–Udupi
Preserving a Century of Legacy: Alumni Restore 1924 Heritage Block of Mulki School
Preserving a Century of Legacy: Alumni Restore 1924 Heritage Block of Mulki School
  • CD Web DeskCD Web Desk
  • February 23, 2026

Mangaluru: In a remarkable community-driven effort, alumni of Kolakadi Aided Higher Primary School in Mulki have restored a century-old classroom block built in 1924, opting for conservation instead of demolition…

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Focus NRI
Named After a Tragedy, Lost to Another: NRI Parents Forgive Driver After Child’s Death in Sharjah Accident
Named After a Tragedy, Lost to Another: NRI Parents Forgive Driver After Child’s Death in Sharjah Accident
  • CD Web DeskCD Web Desk
  • February 22, 2026

A child named in memory of a tragedy that once shook the world has now become the centre of another heartbreak. Twenty-two-month-old Alan Rumi, son of a Kerala-born Indian expat…

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Focus Karnataka
Screen Time Concerns: Karnataka Mulls Mobile Phone Curbs for Under-16s to Curb Addiction
Screen Time Concerns: Karnataka Mulls Mobile Phone Curbs for Under-16s to Curb Addiction
  • CD Web DeskCD Web Desk
  • February 22, 2026

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government is exploring the possibility of restricting mobile phone and social media usage among children below 16 years, amid growing concerns over digital addiction and its impact…

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Focus India
Big Shift at Highway Tolls: Cash Payments Likely to Go — Here’s What You Need to Know
Big Shift at Highway Tolls: Cash Payments Likely to Go — Here’s What You Need to Know
  • CD Web DeskCD Web Desk
  • February 21, 2026

Cash payments at National Highway toll plazas across India are likely to be phased out from April 1, 2026, as authorities push for a fully digital toll collection ecosystem. The…

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Focus India
‘Modi is a great gentleman; India will be paying tariffs; US will not!’: Donald Trump
‘Modi is a great gentleman; India will be paying tariffs; US will not!’: Donald Trump
  • CD Web DeskCD Web Desk
  • February 21, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday confirmed that there would be no changes to the parameters of the U.S.-India trade deal announced on February 2, even after the U.S. Supreme…

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Focus Mangaluru–Udupi
Experts call for clarity on Mangaluru Airport’s future plans amid demand for another airport
Experts call for clarity on Mangaluru Airport’s future plans amid demand for another airport
  • CD Web DeskCD Web Desk
  • February 20, 2026

Mangaluru: The debate over setting up a new airport in coastal Karnataka should be guided by the future expansion roadmap of Mangaluru International Airport (MIA), Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh…

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Focus Karnataka
Karnataka RTC Employees Agitation Over Pay Revision; Bus Services Largely Unaffected
Karnataka RTC Employees Agitation Over Pay Revision; Bus Services Largely Unaffected
  • CD Web DeskCD Web Desk
  • February 19, 2026

Employees of the State-run road transport corporations staged an agitation on Thursday, February 19, 2026, pressing for salary revision, clearance of pending arrears, and other service-related demands. Despite the protest,…

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We have most powerful military on earth; destroyed IRGC headquarters: US

  • By CD Web Desk
  • March 2, 2026
We have most powerful military on earth; destroyed IRGC headquarters: US
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Fresh Blasts in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Manama Amid Iran’s Retaliatory Strikes

  • By CD Web Desk
  • March 1, 2026
Fresh Blasts in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Manama Amid Iran’s Retaliatory Strikes
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Chief of staff of Iranian Armed Forces, defence minister killed in US-Israeli airstrike

  • By CD Web Desk
  • March 1, 2026
Chief of staff of Iranian Armed Forces, defence minister killed in US-Israeli airstrike
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, martyred in US–Israeli strikes

  • By CD Web Desk
  • March 1, 2026
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, martyred in US–Israeli strikes

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    March 2, 2026
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