Monday, April 11, 2011

Air India pilots refuse to fly to Goa

Air India pilots refuse to fly to Goa

Air India pilots refuse to fly to Goa

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They are resenting the unavailability of a landing aid feature that indicates the path for the pilot. This means pilots have to measure the landing purely by sight, a possible but difficult maneouvre.

Robbers decamp with Rs 8 lakh in daring bank heist

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In a daring daylight heist, armed robbers struck at a Central Bank of India branch, decamping with around Rs 8,30,000 in cash after shooting at a bank employee on Monday morning, police said.

Man kills himself after shooting girl

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A 25-year-old man shot himself dead after firing at a girl student who allegedly turned down his marriage proposal, police said on Monday. The girl has been hospitalised in a serious condition.

The bikini returns to Goa's ads - in Europe

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After a brief ban on the bikini in its ads, the Goa government is returning to the swimsuit to hook tourists. State Tourism Director Swapnil Naik told PTI that three models have been signed for a new tourism campaign for Europe - two of them will be in bikinis.

Nine-year-old boy thrashed to death by another minor

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A nine-year-old boy was allegedly beaten to death by another minor boy with a cricket bat at Kawal village in Muzaffarnagar, police said on Monday.

Man lynched for trying to steal coconuts

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A middle-aged person was lynched by locals for allegedly attempting to steal coconuts from a vegetable market in neighbouring Tirupur district today, police said.

Newly-wed woman found hanging at home

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A 21-year-old woman student of ILS Law College was found hanging at her residence in Kasarwadi on Sunday afternoon. The post-mortem report indicated suicide, but her family claimed she was murdered by her husband and in-laws, who had been torturing her since her marriage.

Land prices soar around disputed nuclear project site

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Even as naysayers are raising the bugbear of Japan's dual disaster as justification to stall the creation of a 10,000 MW nuclear power plant at Jaitapur, something atypical is happening in and around the disputed site in Ratnagiri district.

Teen abducted, raped for a month

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A 16-year-old girl who had been kidnapped from outside a hospital in Dhaula Kuan area was rescued by the south Delhi police.

Mahalaxmi deity gifted 500 kg silver beautification

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Goddess Mahalaxmi just got richer. The 225 year-old Mahalaxmi temple located near Bhulabhai Desai Road will sport a brand new garbha griha (sanctum sanctorum) covered in 500 kg of silver donated by temple devotees. A Mumbai landmark, the temple's new look will be unveiled this week. A source within the temple trust told Sunday MiD DAY that the trustees gave the go ahead for the makeover because of pressure from devotees.

Is the next Mumbai diesel kingpin a woman?

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Browse this list of names. Haji Mastan, Dawood Ibrahim, Yusuf Handsome, Sadru, Rafiq, Battiwala, Munna Maldar, Murugan, Santosh, Jalal, Salim Bori, Sadiq. Other than the fact these have all been diesel smugglers operating out of the city at one point or another, they have something else in common: they are all men. Right from the 60s, the diesel smuggling business has been a male-dominated domain.

AI pilots take flight against corruption

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Air India (AI) pilots have now decided to raise their voice against alleged corruption in their ranks. Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), the pilot body of AI, has decided to fight against corruption that has weakened the roots of the Maharaja. ICPA's first circular (a copy is with SMD) dated April 7, issued by Captain Rishabh Kapur, General Secretary, ICPA, clearly reads, "The ICPA finds itself in familiar territory with the hunger strike of Anna Hazare, as we are victims of the same corruption at the highest levels.

In class 6? Time for IIT classes

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Summer holidays might be drawing close but most teenagers in Chennai won't be packing their bags for a vacation this time around. Instead of playing football or cricket, they would probably be studying calculus and higher levels of algebra and geometry.

I-T searches at Lilavati hospital

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The Income Tax department is searching the trust office and the premises of the Lilavati hospital in Mumbai. Searches are also on at associates who lent money to Lilavati in 2001.
Posted by Harshad at 9:22 PM

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