Karnataka

Bhatkal, June 15: The decision of the Sessions Court in Mumbai to grant bail to Abdul Samad Siddibappa has brought loads of joy to his people back in his town. Residents of Maqdoom Colony in Bhatkal distributed sweets and congratulated Abdul Samad's uncle Yaqoob Siddibappa. The town is now eagerly awaiting the homecoming of its boy. Abdul Samad was granted bail by the Court on Tuesday, on grounds

. Mangalore, June 11: With the establishment of Information and Empowerment Centre (IEC) in the city and declaring of three isolated Masjid bodies as e-jama'aths, the decade old dream of a small group of awakened people of Dakshina Kannada district is on it's road to realisation.The initiative can be described as the first step towards empowering a neglected, downtrodden, opportunity-less

Mangalore, June 10: Air India has disbursed claims of Rs. 13.06 crores to 149 families as on Thursday, June 10, as part of the interim relief to the survivors and the relatives of the victims of the Air India Express IX-812 crash in Mangalore. Speaking to the media persons at a press conference, Sunil Kishan, the Executive Director of Air India, Southern Region said that a major part of interim

Mangalore, June 9: The delayed take off of the Mangalore-Doha Air India flight at the Bajpe Airport, paved way for various speculation and rumours on Wednesday, May 9. However, Air India has brushed aside these rumours and has clarified that the delay took place due to 'operational reasons'. The flight to Doha was supposed to take off at 9:35 am from Mangalore but due to a massive delay, it took

Mangalore, June 8: “Hope I would be a better doctor in future, as I myself was a patient for so many days. Now I can understand the feelings of a patient...” These confidential lines were uttered by Bangladeshi national Sabrina Nasrin Huq, the lone woman survivor of Mangalore's worst ever aviation tragedy, during her discharge from AJ Hospital here on Monday, June 7, after three weeks of treatment

Mangalore, June 6: Questioning the credibility of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Leo F Saldanha, the Coordinator of Environ Support Group, has demanded that the responsibility of investigation into the Mangalore air crash should be handed over to an impartial high level commission of inquiry or joint parliamentary committee. Speaking to mediapersons on Saturday at a press conference

Mangalore, June 2: A mass funeral of 12 unidentified and unclaimed victims of Air India Express plane that crashed near Mangalore Airport on 22nd May was held in the evening of Wednesday, 2nd June at Tannirubavi, near Kulur on the outskirts of the city. Earlier, the district administration has received a nod from the frustrated families, who only have lost their kith and kin but also failed to get

Mangalore, May 29: Moving tributes were paid to victims of Air India plane crash at a public condolence programme held at Bunts' Hostel in the city by the leaders of all religions, sects, political parties and organisations on Saturday, May 29. The programme began with a light music (Bhavagite) session, wherein artists sang songs that were specially composed to mourn the death of the victims of

Kasargode, May, 27 : With one hand in a sling from a dislocated shoulder caused by his "great escape", K. Krishnan, 47, one of the eight who survived the Mangalore air crash, returned home at Mangad near Udma to a hero's welcome. Waiting for him anxiously was his 72-year-old-mother Vellachi, who even though told that he had miraculously escaped the crash that killed 158 passengers on board, could

Dubai, May, 27 : The tragedy is yet to sink in for Dubai-based Santhosh Rai, who lost his wife Reshma, son Naland, 10, and eight-month-old daughter Viha in the Air India Express plane crash last week. Speaking from Mangalore, where he air-dashed after the crash, Rai, a training co-ordinator with Emirates Aluminium, said, "Only time will tell. I still feel they are in Dubai, busy with work and