Airports, railway stations put on high alert after bomb found at Mangaluru Airport 

Detection of a live bomb at Mangaluru Airport has prompted the government to declare high alert across the state especially at vantage transit points like airports and railway stations. The state government on Monday, 20 January, acknowledged that it has received specific intelligence inputs from the Centre pertaining to possible terror activities ahead of the Republic Day, 26 January. Stating that security has been beefed up across the state, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai told media persons in Shiggaon that the police have identified the suspect and efforts are on to nab the culprit. “We have been informed about the possible terror activities in the backdrop of Republic Day celebrations by the Intelligence officials. Security forces have been put on high alert across the state,” Bommai said.