Mangalore,officially known as Mangaluru,is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about 352 km (219 mi) west of Bangalore,the state capital,14 km north of Karnataka–Kerala border and 297 km south of Goa. Mangalore is the state's only city to have all four modes of transport—air,road,rail and sea. The population of the urban agglomeration was 619,664 according to the 2011 national census of India. It is known for being one of the locations of the Indian strategic petroleum reserves.
Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda is an Indian politician who served as the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of India in the Second Modi ministry from 14 November 2018 to 7 July 2021. He also served as the Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation of India from 5 July 2016 to 24 May 2019 in the First Modi ministry. He is represented the Bangalore North constituency in the parliament from 2014 to 2024. He also held Ministry of Railways and other cabinet positions in the First Modi ministry. He also served as the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka.
Oscar Fernandes was an Indian politician,a senior Indian National Congress leader and was the Union Cabinet Minister for Transport,Road and Highways and Labour and Employment,Government of India in UPA government. He was one of the closest confidants of the former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and one of the major leaders involved in the decision making process related to Congress Party. He was closely associated with the late Mogaveera community leader Mr.Ananda Mendon and both together worked for the social upliftment of rural areas of coastal Karnataka.
Venur Dhananjay Kumar Alva was a former Union and Cabinet minister of India and a former Member of Parliament from Mangalore. He was cabinet minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism in 1996,Union Minister of State for Finance from 1999 to 2000 and Union Minister of State for Textiles from 2000 to 2003. He was also one of the first few BJP MPs to be elected from south India,at a time when the Congress party's reach was at its peak.
Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency formerly Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka,a state in southern India.This constituency is closer to Kerala. This constituency was created as a part of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Nalin Kumar Kateel of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As of the latest elections in 2024,Captain Brijesh Chowta represents this constituency. It comprises whole area of Dakshina Kannada district only.
Mangaloreans are a collection of diverse ethnic groups that hail from the historical locales of South Canara (Tulunaad) on the south western coast of Karnataka,India,particularly the residents native to Mangaluru.
Gangapuram Kishan Reddy is an Indian politician who serving as the 25th Minister of Coal &45th Minister of Mines since 2024. He also served as Minister of Tourism,Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India from 2019 to 2024. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1980. He is an MP representing Secunderabad since 2019. He served as the floor leader of the BJP in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009 and gave it up after being elected as the state BJP president of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. He was first state president of Telangana BJP from 2014 to 2016,appointed again as Telangana BJP president on 4 July 2023.
Ichilampady Rama Rai was an Indian Politician who served as Member of Parliament representing the Kasaragod constituency of Kerala in the 8th Lok Sabha. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. and served as the vice-president of the Cannanore DCC from 1965 to 1980,and as its president for 18 years. He was also the vice-president of the Kerala state Karshaka Congress for 7 years,apart from serving as the member of All-India Congress Committee (I) and as executive committee member of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.
Irmady Moodalakatte Jayarama Shetty was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament who represented Udupi of Karnataka in the Lok Sabha. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Ajoy Kumar a former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer,was served in the 15th Lok Sabha as an MP for Jamshedpur. He is the AICC In-charge of 3 states namely Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee,Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee,Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee and Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee. He is a member of the CWC. He is also the National Spokesperson of Indian National Congress. He was also the Former President of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee.
Chikkamagaravalli Thimme Gowda Ravi is an Indian politician who was the former National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party and a four-time legislator from Chikmagalur Constituency of Karnataka State from 2004 to 2023. He was a cabinet minister in the Government of Karnataka.He resigned his post as the cabinet minister after being appointed the National General secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party.
John Richard Lobo,popularly known as J. R. Lobo,is an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress and former MLA of Mangalore South constituency in Karnataka,India. MLA J.R Lobo proposed the installation of musical fountain with laser show at Kadri Park,which is the largest lung space in the city. J.R Lobo also proposed the construction of the 3D 8K Planetarium at Pilikula in Mangalore,which was inaugurated in March 2018.
Ekka Saka is a 2015 Tulu language film,directed by K. Sooraj Shetty and produced by Lion Kishore D. Shetty for Lukumi Cine Creations. It stars Hitesh Naik and Sonal Monteiro. The film was released on 1 May 2015.
Roopesh Shetty is an actor who acts in Tulu,Kannada and Konkani films. He is also a radio jockey in Mangaluru and a model. He emerged as the Winner of the Season 1 of Bigg Boss Kannada OTT. He also won Bigg Boss Kannada.
Lakya SuryanarayanaTejasvi Surya is an Indian politician,RSS swayamsevak and lawyer serving as the Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from the Bharatiya Janata Party,representing the Bangalore South constituency. He is also the president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha since 26 September 2020.
Suralpady also known as Badagulipady is a suburban town located in Mangalore City of Dakshina Kannada district in the state of Karnataka,India. Suralpady lies between Moodbidri &Mangalore city in National highway 169. The town is 13.6 km away from Mangalore International Airport,19.9 km from Mangalore Central Railway Station,21.8 km from Mangalore old Port and 25.9 km from New Mangalore port.
Captain Brijesh Chowta is an Indian politician and the Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party on 4 June 2024.
