Air India on Sunday said that 87 bodies have been handed over to the family members and relatives of the passengers who died in the Mangalore plane crash. All the 158 bodies have been recovered from the crash site, Air India spokesperson Harpreet Singh De said. Air India was trying its best to provide all assistance to the passengers' family members, she said. An international agency for emergency response and rescue operations, US-based Kenyon, has already been contacted.
"Please crucify me if I am guilty. What have I done wrong?" said Praful Patel, minister of civil aviation, reacting to the criticism he has been facing in the country after the Dubai-Mangalore flight crashed on Saturday.
With 81 badly charred bodies of the Air India flight crash yet to be identified, authorities have decided to conduct DNA test on Sunday.
Janata Dal (United) president and former Civil Aviation Minister Sharad Yadav said the barrier of language might have led to the Managalore air crash in which 158 persons onboard were killed.
In a setback to the Managlore airport, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said he would "re-look" into the international status given to the Mangalore airport following Saturday's air crash.
One in every four air crashes across the globe can be attributed to error during landing, similar to Saturday's Air India crash in Mangalore in which 158 people were killed.
President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh led the nation on Saturday in mourning the loss of lives in the Mangalore plane crash. As a mark of respect to the deceased, the government cancelled all functions to celebrate the first anniversary of the second term of the United Progressive Alliance government today. Dr Singh announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of those killed and Rs 50,000 each to those injured in the crash.
The deadly plane crash at Mangalore on Saturday, which has left 158 persons dead, is one of the biggest in Indian aviation history. Prior to this, the worst airline crash witnessed in Karnataka was on February 14, 1990, in Bangalore, in which 89 persons were killed. However, there were 50 survivors in that crash.
The Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik who shot to fame following the infamous assault on girls at a pub in Mangalore was caught on camera accepting money from an undercover reporter who posed as an artist. After allegedly accepting a token contribution of Rs 10,000 for his contribution to the Hindutva cause, the reporter discussed a proposal with Muthalik, wherein Muthalik would arrange for a mob to attack the reporter's painting exhibhition.
Villagers from Raigad and Nashik in Maharashtra and Mangalore in Karnataka speak about how their lives and livelihoods will be affected by special economic zones in their regions.
Shuba Punja gives a low down on her role in the Kannada film.
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) will double offtake of crude oil from Cairn India's Rajasthan fields to 0.4 million tons this fiscal.
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd will seek membersÂ’ approval to convert loans of Rs 3650 million into equity shares of Rs 10 each.
'What rules are we talking about here? When I sought admission to the college, nowhere in the prospectus or any other paper was it mentioned that it is against the rules to wear a headscarf.'
In a complaint lodged before the Circle Inpsector of Pandeshwar in Mangalore, senior advocate Purushotham Poojary stated that certain policemen were behind the killing of Naushad. In his complaint he has named circle inspector Venkatesh Prasanna, Deputy Commissioner of Police Jayanth Shetty and another Circle Inspector, Valentine D'souza
Karnataka Premier League, a Twenty20 tournament on the lines of the Indian Premier League, has attracted 22 bidders, sources in the Karnataka State Cricket Association said after sealed bids were opened on Wednesday.
Software major Infosys was eyeing Tier-II cities like Tiruchirapalli and Madurai in Tamil Nadu for its expansion once the global economy recovered from the current recession, a top company official has said.
Abdul Sammad, who was granted bail in the Pune blasts case, continues to await his release for the want of a guarantor.
The airline has closed reservation for flights to Silchar, Imphal, Aizawl, Jorhat in northeastern states from mid-February. Reservation has also been closed for flights to Madurai, Visakhapatnam, Raipur, Muscat and Sharjah.
Abdul Sammad Bhatkal, who was picked up from the Mangalore airport by the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad for his alleged role in an arms case and also the Pune blasts case, was granted bail by the Mumbai sessions court on Tuesday.
All the five have been isolated in Pathnamathitta general hospital and are under observation. Their tests were confirmed on Saturday night.
The bandh call given by the Sri Ram Sene in Karnataka has received mixed response so far, with parts of the state bearing the brunt of the strike.
In its attempt to link a hawala transaction with the October 27 Patna blasts, the Bihar police had carried out several arrests of both Hindu and Muslim operatives. But the case linking the hawala deal to the Patna blasts is on the verge of closure as the National Investigation Agency says there is no evidence.
Abdul Samad Bhatkal, a prime suspect in the Pune German Bakery blast, was on Tuesday remanded to 14-day judicial custody by a local court in connection with a 2009 illegal arms seizure case. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad, which had arrested Samad from Mangalore, on Tuesday did not seek his custody and told the court that Samad should be sent to judicial custody.
The Shri Ram Sena, on its part, says that it has no intentions of disrupting the Valentine's Day celebrations. The chief of the Shri Ram Sena, Pramod Muthalik, in this exclusive interview with rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, says that his organsation will create a huge awareness drive against it.
The manner in which the probe on 26/11 attacks and Pune blast suspect Abdul Sammad is progressing, gives one the indication that he is being used just as a bait to reach Yaseen Bhatkal -- Sammad's step-brother -- and the prime accused in the Pune blast. Reports Vicky Nanjappa:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a press conference on Monday in New Delhi to mark the completion of one year of the United Progressive Alliance government in its second term. Following is the text of the prime minister's opening remarks on the occasion.
Air India, which this year preferred a consortium of private sector players led by Reliance General, had in fact started feeling the heat even before the crash took place.
The search for the black box of the ill-fated Air India flight -- which crashed near Mangalore airport on Saturday morning killing 158 people on board -- will commence at 6.30 am on Monday. Search operations were called off on Sunday due to poor light.Though the search team could detect signals from the black box, it was unable to retrieve the box buried under the massive wreckage at the crash site. The black box is crucial for the investigation.
Twelve bodies of the victims of the Air India plane crash in Mangalore were yet to be identified, said AI Managing Director Arvind Jadhav. "I regret what has happened," he said, adding that AI will provide Rs 10 lakh compensation to the families of victims above the age of 12 and Rs 5 lakh for the kin of those below that age.He also announced compensation of Rs two lakh for the injured victims, but added that AI was in consultation with insurance companies.
Kasargode, the northernmost district of Kerala, was on Sunday reeling under the shock of losing 40 of its natives in the Mangalore air crash, as bodies began to arrive for burial. There is hardly a village in the district not touched by the tragedy, where hundreds of families live on the money sent by their near and dear ones working in Gulf countries. While as many as 50 Keralites were killed in the crash, locals said the figure could be higher.
A day after the Boeing 737-800 crashed near Mangalore airport, killing 158 people on board, search teams at the site are still looking for the Cockpit Voice Recorder or the black box which may reveal the reason behind the crash.A member of the Karnataka police team, which is carrying out search operations at the crash site, told rediff.com that the massive wreckage of the ill-fated plane has to be cleared before looking for the black box.
The family members of Sujata Surveshi, a senior crew member with Air India, who died in the tragic air crash near Mangalore on Saturday morning, still cannot believe that she is no more.
A major tragedy struck at Mangalore on Saturday morning when an Air India Express flight, rom Dubai crashed when it was about to land. Karnataka Home Minister V S Acharya said that when he last got the information, 160 persons were feared dead in the crash.
Families of each of those killed in the Mangalore plane crash will get up to Rs 76 lakh as compensation.
It was a miraculous escape for eight passengers onboard the ill-fated Air India flight which crashed in Mangalore on Saturday morning as they managed to jump out of the aircraft soon after it hit the ground.
The plane was flying low and just five minutes before the landing it overshot the runway and burst into flames. In all there were 137 adult passengers on the flight, 23 children and 6 crewmembers.
Manipal University organises its first Alumni Meet at the University level covering all the twenty constituent institutions.
There are indications that the Centre will order a reinvestigation of the case against former Haryana director general of police S P S Rathore, convicted of molesting a teenaged girl who later killed herself, in the face of public outcry that he got away with a light punishment and that should be charged with abetment to suicide.
Ayesha Asmin, a first year degree student from SVS Government College in Bantwal, Karnataka, has claimed that the college authorities warned her against wearing a headscarf to college. Amin, a resident of Buntwal, alleged that college Principal Sitaram Maiyya had warned her against wearing the headscarf and asked her to choose between her studies or her religion.
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