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Who forced Minority Commission to dissolve its enquiry panel on Batla?
RBI Act 1934 allows interest free banking in India
Only one woman on AI Express survived
Top Muslim leaders meet PM, Sonia on Muslim reservation
Full list of passengers of Air India flight
8 Muslims acquitted in 97’ Tamilnadu bomb blast case
Jamaat Islami expresses grief over Mangalore air tragedy
Plane crash survivor recalls the horror
166 were on AI flight, 158 killed, 8 survived
Saudi based businessman Sameer Sheikh lost 16 relatives
PFI expresses condolences for Mangalore plane crash
Updated list of passengers of Air India flight
PM, Sonia condole deaths of plane crash, extend financial support
First list of passengers of ill-fated Air India plane released
Air India aircraft from Dubai crashed in Mangalore, 160 killed

Who forced Minority Commission to dissolve its enquiry panel on Batla?

Posted: 22 May 2010 10:05 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net

One and half months after the Batla House encounter, the Delhi Minority Commission set up an enquiry committee to probe the shootout of September 19, 2008. The committee was to submit report within a month. The report is still elusive, and will remain so forever because the committee was dissolved soon after it was formed, and silently. Who forced the commission to do it? No one knows.

RBI Act 1934 allows interest free banking in India

Posted: 22 May 2010 08:33 AM PDT

By Syed Zahid Ahmad,

Only one woman on AI Express survived

Posted: 22 May 2010 06:36 AM PDT

By IANS,

Mangalore : Sabrina Nasrinhuq is the only woman of the 31 women on board the crashed Air India Express plane to escape alive.

Sabrina managed to escape through an opening in the Boeing 737 from Dubai as it overshot the Mangalore runway and plunged about 300 metres down a cliff, killing 159 people.

She suffered minor injuries. She and six male passengers managed to escape from the plane.

The other survivors are: Putturismail Abdulla, Joel Pratap D'Souza, G.K. Pradeep, Krishnan Koolikkunnu, Mayankutty K.P., Ummer Farook Mohammed.

Top Muslim leaders meet PM, Sonia on Muslim reservation

Posted: 22 May 2010 06:22 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: In a big and rare show of unity, a delegation of top leaders of prominent Muslim organizations met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi here today to press the demand for Muslim reservation and passage of the Communal Riots Bill with proper amendments.

Full list of passengers of Air India flight

Posted: 22 May 2010 04:24 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Mangalore: Following is the list of passengers who were scheduled to travel on the Air India Express plane that crashed Saturday morning in Mangalore city in Karnataka. Only 160 of them boarded the plane in Dubai while 9 didn't.

Full list of the passengers

From PNR (Passsenger Name Record) list

1. Harshini Poonja

2. Aaron Joel Fernandes

3. Niha Imthiaz

8 Muslims acquitted in 97’ Tamilnadu bomb blast case

Posted: 22 May 2010 03:52 AM PDT

By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,

Chennai: In a fresh case of false implication of Muslims in terror cases in the country, 8 members of the community, who were languishing in jail in the 1997 serial bomb blast case, were acquitted by a special court in Chennai on Friday as the prosecution could not prove charges against them.

The bomb blasts were executed in three trains in Tamil Nadu and Kerala 7 around the Babri Masjid demolition anniversary in 1997, killing 10 people and injuring 70 others.

Jamaat Islami expresses grief over Mangalore air tragedy

Posted: 22 May 2010 03:27 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, Ameer (All India President), Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, has expressed his deep grief and condolence over the sad accident of Air India flight at Mangalore airport today. He demanded adequate compensation to the victim families.

Maulana Umari expressed his solidarity with the families of the deceased and the injured and prayed for them to be patient and calm in this hours of misery.

Maulana Umari has demanded the government to offer adequate compensation to the families of deceased.

Plane crash survivor recalls the horror

Posted: 22 May 2010 03:26 AM PDT

By IANS,

Mangalore : "It was drizzling but the plane appeared on course for landing. Soon after the aircraft touched the runway, I heard a sound and smoke started comming in the plane. Soon there was fire and all hell broke loose," said Ummar Farooq, one of the survivors of the Air India Express flight from Dubai which caught fire as it overshot the runway and fell into a gorge Saturday morning.

There were 160 passengers and six crew on the IX 812, according to an Air India spokesperson.

166 were on AI flight, 158 killed, 8 survived

Posted: 22 May 2010 03:23 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Mangalore: There were 166 people (137 adults, 19 children, 4 infants and 6 crew members) on board the Air India Express Boeing 737-800 flight from Dubai that overshot a runway at the Mangalore airport at 6:10. a.m today. In total 158 people have been killed while 8 survived.

Saudi based businessman Sameer Sheikh lost 16 relatives

Posted: 22 May 2010 03:13 AM PDT

By IANS,

Dubai/Mumbai : A Saudi businessman lost 16 family members in Saturday's plane crash in Mangalore who were going to attend his grandmother's funeral. Another family from Dubai was on its way to a wedding when it perished in the tragedy.

Saudi Arabia-based businessman Sameer Sheikh lost 16 relatives, including his wife and two children, in the Air India Express tragedy that claimed 158 lives. All 16 were travelling to Mangalore to attend the last rites of Sheikh's grandmother who had died Friday.

PFI expresses condolences for Mangalore plane crash

Posted: 22 May 2010 02:31 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Mangalore: Popular Front of India expressed its deepest condolences to the families of the victims of Mangalore Air India Express plane accident and demanded the central government to initiate a probe into the incident and failure of the authorities in providing required facilities at the airport.

"We sincerely pray to The Almighty to bestow strength and patience to the all the families. Popular Front also extends its fullest cooperation in the relief activities," PFI General Secretary KM Shareef said.

Updated list of passengers of Air India flight

Posted: 21 May 2010 10:22 PM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Mangalore: Following is the updated list of passengers on board the ill-fated Air India Express aircraft that crashed at 6:45 am today near Mangalore airport, killing more than 160. There were 173 passengers on board the aircraft.

The list has been released by S.A. Prabhakar Sharma, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mangalore District.

1. Harshini Poonja

2. Aaron Joel Fernandes

3. Niha Imthiaz

4. Bhaskaran T.V.

5. Komalavally Alinkeel

6. Narayana Kanthav Rao

7. Vani Narayana Rao

8. Vaishnavi Narayana Rao

PM, Sonia condole deaths of plane crash, extend financial support

Posted: 21 May 2010 10:14 PM PDT

By TwoCircles.net, Staff Correspondent,

Mangalore: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi condoled the loss of lives in the Air India Express flight crash in Mangalore. The PM announced a financial assistance of Rs. 2 lakh each for the families of those killed and Rs 50,000 to each injured.

First list of passengers of ill-fated Air India plane released

Posted: 21 May 2010 09:45 PM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Mangalore: Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mangalore District, S.A. Prabhakar Sharma has released the first list of passengers on board the ill-fated Air India Express aircraft. The plane crashed at 6:45 am today, killing more than 160. there were 173 passengers on board the aircraft.

Here is the first list of passengers on the flight:

1. Harshini Poonja

2. Aaron Joel Fernandes

3. Niha Imtiaz

4. Bhaskaran T.V.

5. Komalavally Alinkeel

6. Narayana Kanthav Rao

7. Vani Narayana Rao

8. Vaishnavi Narayana Rao

Air India aircraft from Dubai crashed in Mangalore, 160 killed

Posted: 21 May 2010 09:25 PM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Mangalore: At least 160 people are feared dead this morning after an Air India Express aircraft from Dubai, carrying 173 passengers, crash-landed near Mangalore airport in Karnataka. At least 6-8 people have been rescued. They are in critical condition. Soon after the crash, the aircraft was engulfed in fire.