The tradition of Veshas or disguises comes alive every year during Dusshera celebrations in Mangalore, Karnataka. The Pili Vesha or the tiger dance, where men in groups of 5 to 15 paint their entire bodies in tiger stripes and perform a unique dance, is the most popular event during the celebrations.
In the worst air crash in India in the last decade, an Air India flight from Dubai overshot the runway and crashed at the Mangalore airport on Saturday morning, killing 158 passengers.As authorities probe the cause of the crash, a range of factors from the lack of safety infrastructure to the absence of a metallic runway at the airport have been blamed for the crash.
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