Karnataka

Mangalore May 26: A Condolence meet to the families and relatives of Air Crash victims was organized in Milagres Church grounds in Mangalore on Wednesday, May 26. It was initiated by Mangalore Catholic Diocese. Prominent personalities from Hindu as well as Muslim communities took part in the meet that accentuated the unity exhibited during the time of air crash. Addressing the gathering Manohar

Mangalore, May, 26 : Is it a curse that's hit Mangalore? Why is it so much in the news in just the last two years for all the wrong reasons?...for vandalism, desecration of religious places, molestation and moral policing over young girls, for rent-a-riot shockers, and now for the deaths of 158 in a colossal tragedy caused by the ill-fated Air India Express crash at its Bajpe airport? What has

Mangalore May 25: The mourning of death of 158 people in the tragic air crash gave way to celebrations at SCS Hospital, Mangalore on the occasion of the thanksgiving ceremony and farewell programme for the 3 survivors who were being treated in the Hospital on Tuesday, May 25. The three survivors Mayan Kutty, Krishnan, and Pradeep, were given a farewell. Others are still being treated in other

Mangalore, May 25: It was his fortune to be the first person to find out the much needed black box of the ill fated Air India Express Boeing 737-800 that claimed 158 lives, although he didn't know what the black box is. Mehboob Sab is an expert JCB operator who lives in Kenjar, a town located hardly a kilometre away from the crash site. When the search operation commenced to find out the black box

“I had just finished my Namaz and was coming out of mosque. Whenever I would hear the sound of an aircraft flying, I would look up at the sky. This time, the sound was different; not the usual one. The weather was cloudy. A flight made a noise may be because it hit the tower before it fell in the ravine” says Mohammad Sameer, one of the first to witness the tragic air crash and the first to inform

Mangalore, May 25: Saddened citizens of the city, especially youth and children on Monday, May 24, held a candlelight vigil and offered special prayers at Balmatta in Mangalore for the victims of country's one of the worst aviation tragedies that occurred last Saturday at the Bajpe Airport. They paid homage to the victims through lightening the candles and observing a silent mourning. The

Mangalore, May 24: He has been restless in his efforts in the mortuary of Wenlock Hospital in the city since the first dead body arrived there after Saturday's aviation tragedy in Bajpe airport. He didn't know who deceased were and to which religion or place they belonged to. But he was leading works of shifting the charred dead bodies from the ambulance to mortuary and from mortuary to other

- Mangalore, May 23: Bhopal based Muhammad Ali, one of the crew members who died in the tragic Mangalore Air Crash, had already resigned from the post of Flight Steward from Air India, seeking a U turn in his career. But, all his dreams and wishes remained unfulfilled when the Boeing 737-800 aircraft turned into a death craft in a tragic accident. Ali (24), served the Air India as Flight Steward

MANGALORE: On Saturday, Mayan Kutty, was heralded as the chosen one. A man who walked away from the fiery wreckage which claimed 158 lives with barely a scratch on him. Over 24 hours later, one realizes that while the scars are not visible, they are indeed deeply etched on his psyche. Kutty's been so traumatised and fearful of flying again that he doesn't ever want to board a plane. At the moment

Mangalore, May 23: 12 bodies charred beyond recognition kept at the Wenlock hospital are yet to be identified. Emotions are running high as grieved relatives arrived from nearby areas and adjoining Kasaragod and Kannur districts of Kerala, were in tears unable to identify their dear ones. “How do we identify from that heap. There are only a few bodies and nothing but the teeth can be seen. There