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Relatives of crash victims react in shock
Patna: Shell-shocked relatives of victims of the plane crash are in a traumatic
state losing words to express shock, but displayed a strong anguish.
Farooq meets PM, breaks ice on autonomy
New Delhi: The much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee
and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah here on Monday evening broke
the ice on the issue of autonomy, with the latter exuding confidence about finding a
reasonable solution to the complex problem.
Explosives found on Amarnath route
Jammu: The police has foiled a plan to disrupt the Amarnath yatra with the recovery
of 20 kg of RDX near a railway track in Sapowal area of Jammu division even as 22,000
pilgrims were en route to the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir.
55 killed in Patna air crash, 7 survivors
Patna: Fifty-one passengers were killed when an Alliance Air Boeing 737 crashed and
burst into flames while approaching Patna airport, in the east Indian state of Bihar,
On Monday morning. Seven people on board the aircraft had a miraculous escape.
Nation knows I'm clean: Tendulkar
New Delhi: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Monday said the betting and
match-fixing scandal had come as a shock to him but he was confident that this was
"just a passing phase" for cricket.
11 drowned in UP boat mishap
Lucknow: Eleven persons were feared drowned when a boat carrying 40 passengers
capsized in the river Sharda in Pilibhit district in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Twenty-
nine had been rescued so far, officials said.
Ayodhya: Advani fails to get exemption
Lucknow: In a significant move, special judge (CBI) S K Shukla hearing Ayodhya
demolition cases on Monday rejected the exemption from attendance applications of 47
of the 49 accused persons and directed them to appear in person on September 15 next
for framing of charges.
Puri Peeth claimant seer arrested
Puri (Orissa): Swami Adhokshajananda, the claimant for the seat of the
Sankaracharaya of Puri Goverdhan Peeth, was on Monday arrested by the city police
for obstructing government officials from serving court order.
Tearful scenes at Calcutta airport
Calcutta: Some fainted, some wept inconsolably, some presented brave faces.
Plane came down on his neighbour’s house
Patna: Chandra Sekhar Prasad was sipping his morning tea when the walls of his
house shook under a tremendous explosion and he ran out to find a huge plane
engulfed in flames.
Church blast cases busted; 15 arrested
Hyderabad: In a major breakthrough, all the 15 people involved in recent bomb
blasts in churches in the southern states were identified and four of them arrested,
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced on Monday.
Plus two: Oppn begin fast in Kerala Assembly
The opposition Congress party-led United Democratic Front (UDF) began an
indefinite hunger strike on the floor of the Kerala Assembly, forcing Speaker M
Vijayakumar to adjourn the House on Monday.
HC judge to probe crash, says Yadav
Patna: Civil Aviation Minister Sharad Yadav on Monday announced a judicial
inquiry into the crash of the Alliance Air 737 Boeing aircraft, which killed 61
persons.
Plane had six more months to retire
New Delhi: The Boeing 737-200, which crashed on Monday at Patna, was to be
phased out by the end of the year as per government guidelines which do not allow
aircraft beyond 20 years to operate in the skies.
Sena enforces bandhs in Pune, Thane
Mumbai: Shiv Sena activists enforced bandhs in Pune, Thane and parts of Nasik
district on Monday in protest against the Maharashtra government's sanction to
prosecute party supremo Bal Thackeray for his alleged role in the 1992-93 Mumbai
riots.
8 NTPC officials among the casualties
Calcutta: Eight top officials from National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and
Central Electricity Authority (CEA) were among the victims of the Alliance Air plane
that crashed near Patna airport on Monday.
Survivors will be treated at AIIMS, Delhi
New Delhi: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister C P Thakur on Monday said all
the seven survivors of the Patna air crash will be flown to Delhi by a rescue plane
for treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Govt to shift reforms focus to the poor
New Delhi: The second meeting of prime minister's Economic Advisory Council
(EAC) on Monday decided to broaden the economic reforms process to cover areas like
agriculture, education and health to dispel the impression that the reforms were
anti-poor.
'Pilot said he could see airport runway'
New Delhi: The pilot of the Alliance Airlines flight which crashed on Monday had
requested clearance for a 360-degree turn at Patna airport.
315 kg RDX seized in Srinagar raid
315 kg RDX seized in Srinagar raid
Police recover murdered priest’s vehicle
Ranchi: A two-wheeler and cash looted from the murdered Jesuit priest Reemis
Kerketta were recovered on Sunday near Takra village under Khunti police station in
the district.
Upper limit restriction for FDI removed
New Delhi: In a major development, the Government on Monday further liberalised the
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regime by removing the Rs 1,500-crore upper limit
restriction for FDI for automatic approval in power projects relating to generation,
transmission and distribution.
'India needs a Phoolan in every house'
Thiruvananthapuram: A Phoolan Devi should emerge from each home, and only then can
exploitation of dalits and women be curbed, feels bandit queen-turned politician
Phoolan Devi.
Relief train to ferry victims' kin
Calcutta: A non-stop relief train was scheduled to leave for Patna from here at 4 pm
on Monday to carry the relatives of passengers of the ill-fated Alliance Airlines
Boeing 737 flight which crashed on Monday morning near Patna airport.
Claimant to Peeth arrives in Puri
Puri(Orissa): The controversy over the seat of Sankaracharya of Puri Goverdhan Peeth
has intensified with the arrival of Swami Adhokshajananda in this holy town to occupy
the seat held by Swami Nischalananda Saraswati Maharaj.
I'll try every pie and films too: Lara
Mumbai: Like some of her compatriots, who fetched titles in beauty pageants of global
recognition, Miss Universe Lara Dutta also could soon go the Bollywood way.
Chennai calling all memory champions
Chennai: Do you have a good memory? You could be in the team of four to defend the
country's honour in the world championships.
61 killed in Patna plane crash
Patna: At least 61 people were killed when a Boeing 737 aircraft of Alliance Air
crashed onto government residential quarters near the city airport around 7.30 am on
Monday.
Shiv Sena cadres paralyse Mumbai suburbs
Mumbai: Hundreds of Shiv Sena activists forced shops and schools to close in
Mumbai's northern suburbs on Monday and stopped taxis and trains in protest against
the government decision to prosecute their leader.
Japan may lift sanctions on India, Pak
Tokyo: Japan is expected to lift economic sanctions on India and Pakistan in August.
The sanctions were imposed after the South Asian neighbours carried out nuclear tests
two years ago.
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