Nine killed as truck overturns in MaharashtraMUMBAI - Nine people, including three children, were killed and eight injured when a truck overturned in Nandurbar district in northwest Maharashtra early Sunday, police said. At least 8 people killed, more than 50 hurt, in train derailment in eastern China
Train hits landslide, derails in China, killing 8 Search still on for Air India aircraft’s black boxMANGALORE - The search for the digital cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder of the ill-fated Air India aircraft that crashed here Saturday was still on, more than 24 hours after the disaster. Search for black boxes begins after Air India crash kills 158, 8 survive more images Forensic team from Hyderabad to help identify crash victimsMANGALORE - Forensic experts from Hyderabad arrived here Sunday morning to conduct DNA tests to help identify several bodies charred beyond recognition in Saturday’s Air India Express plane crash that killed 158 people, police and hospital officials said. Maoists kill two people in BiharPATNA - Two people have been shot dead by Maoist guerrillas in a village in Bihar’s Patna district, police said Sunday. UAE president condoles deaths in Mangalore air crashABU DHABI - United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has offered his condolences to the families of the 158 people killed in the plane crash in India’s Mangalore city and wished a speedy recovery to the survivors. 32 killed in China road accidentBEIJING - At least 32 people were killed in a collision between two vehicles in China Sunday, authorities said. At least 10 people killed in train derailment in eastern China
Train derailment in China leaves at least 10 dead Train derails due to landslides in China; casualties fearedBEIJING - A passenger train travelling from Shanghai to Guilin city in China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region derailed Sunday after being hit by landslides near a mountainous area, officials said. Casualties are feared. Australian man stabbed to death by six peopleSYDNEY - Six people including a woman stabbed to death a 30-year-old man at a suburban beach town near here in Australia in the wee hours Sunday, police said. UN says it has begun investigation into deaths of Haitian prisoners week after earthquake
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Maine topless coffee fire suspect mad at waitress Greece sends condolences to India over air tragedyATHENS - Greece Prime Minister George Papandreou has sent a letter of condolence to his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, expressing the Greek government’s and the peoples’ sorrow over the plane crash that happened Saturday in India’s Mangalore city. 1 man dies, 6 rescued after charter boat hits pier, sinks in pre-dawn fog on Lake Michigan
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Moderate quakes shake Southern Calif.; no damage 158 dead as AI plane overshoots Mangalore runway, hurtles down cliff (Intro Roundup)MANGALORE - At least 158 people were killed when a packed Air India Express flight from Dubai crashed Saturday while landing at Mangalore’s “table top” airport, breaking into pieces and falling into a deep gorge in balls of fire. Only eight passengers survived in what is one of India’s worst aviation disasters. 158 bodies recovered from Air India crash siteMANGALORE - Air India said late Saturday that 158 people were killed in the Air India Express crash at Mangalore airport and all the bodies have been recovered. Candlelight rally to mourn Tamang, FIR against GJM leadersDARJEELING - A huge candlelight procession was taken out in Darjeeling Saturday evening to mourn the death of Gorkha leader Madan Tamang, a day after he was stabbed to death. Darjeeling continued to be tense as police complaints were filed against 13 people, including Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung, in connection with the murder. Three Rajasthan cops arrested in ChandigarhCHANDIGARH - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday arrested three officials of the Rajasthan Police for extorting money from a liquor vend owner in Chandigarh, officials said. Maoists, northeast rebels may be involved in drug trade: OfficialSHILLONG - Maoists and various northeast-based rebel groups may be using the illicit drug trade route to generate funds for their operations, a senior official said Saturday. Patel meets PM, owns moral responsibility for crashNEW DELHI - Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Saturday met Prime Minister Minister Manmohan Singh and owned up moral responsibility for the Air India Express Boeing 737 crash in Mangalore in which at least 159 people were killed. Details of Kerala crash victims will be given: MEANEW DELHI - The ministry of external affairs (MEA) will provide passport details of the passengers from Kerala who perished in the air crash at Mangalore airport to the Kerala government, an official said Saturday. Help Mangalore crash victims’ kin, Tharoor urges Gulf NRIsTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Former junior foreign minister Shashi Tharoor Saturday urged affluent NRIs in the Gulf to raise a fund to help the families of those killed in the Mangalore air disaster, many of who were from Kerala, as their remittances kept the Indian economy “buoyant”. ‘It was Kamulkar’s dream to soar the skies’MUMBAI - It had been only four months since 25-year-old Tejal Kamulkar, one of the six crew aboard the ill-fated Air India Boeing 737-800 that crashed at Mangalore airport Saturday, had started work as an air hostess for the airline, fulfilling her dream to “soar the skies”. Haryana cops get dressing down from Hooda over MirchpurCHANDIGARH - Unable to control rising incidents of crime in the state, particularly the Mirchpur incident last month in Hisar district where houses of Dalit families were torched by the Jat community, the top brass of the Haryana Police Saturday got a dressing down from Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Praful Patel owns moral responsibility for Mangalore crashNEW DELHI - Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and owned moral responsibility for the Air India Boeing 737 crash in Mangalore in which at least 159 people were killed. Gilani, Qureshi condole deaths in Mangalore crashISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Saturday conveyed their “deepest condolences and sympathies to the bereaved families” of the victims of the Air India Express aircraft crash in Mangalore. Don’t deny bail for co-accused’s lapses: Apex courtNEW DELHI - The Supreme Court has said that an accused can not be jailed and denied bail if a trail court fails to ensure the presence of co-accused who, after getting bail, obstructs the progress of the trial. Scary, thrilling.. the Mangalore airport experienceMANGALORE - Scary, thrilling, makes one pray to the almighty for a safe landing - are some of the expressions that come to people who fly into or out of Mangalore’s airport whose “table top” runway is perched on top of a hill and surrounded by deep gorges. Gilani condoles deaths in Mangalore crashISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday expressed his deep shock at the crash of an Air India Express aircraft in Mangalore and conveyed his “deepest condolences and sympathies to the bereaved families”. Air India plane flying from Dubai crashes with 166 on board in southern India; 8 survive
Kerala making arrangements to bring bodies home: Minister (Second lead)MANGALORE - The Kerala government is making arrangements to bring back the bodies of nearly 50 Malayalis killed in the Air India Express plane crash here, state Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said Saturday. Fiery crash turned gorge into valley of deathMANGALORE - The fiery crash of Air India Express flight 812 from Dubai early Saturday in a gorge at the end of a “hill top” runway here turned the wreckage site into a valley of death, with charred bodies strewn all around the inhospitable terrain. Two Dubai residents lucky to miss flight that crashedDUBAI/NEW DELHI - Two Dubai residents have thanked their lucky stars they didn’t board the Air India Express aircraft that crashed in Mangalore Saturday. One had to change his travel plans due to his office workload while the other simply mistook the timing. Tamil Nadu governor, leaders condole crash deathsCHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and former chief minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday condoled the death of 159 people in the Mangalore air crash. Boeing, US aviation officials to assist Air India crash probeNEW DELHI - Officials from Boeing and the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will visit India to provide technical assistance to investigators after an Air India Express Boeing 737 crashed in Mangalore killing 159 people, officials said. Engineers rule out using booms made of hair to soak up growing Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Engineers will not use hair to soak Gulf oil spill 159 dead as AI plane overshoots runway, hurtles down cliff at Mangalore (Roundup)MANGALORE - At least 159 people were killed when a packed to capacity Air India Express flight from Dubai crashed Saturday while landing at Mangalore’s “table top” airport, breaking into pieces and falling into a deep gorge in balls of fire. Only seven passengers survived in what is one of India’s worst aviation disasters. Japan’s Takuma Sato hits wall hours before Indianapolis 500 qualifications begin
Japan’s Sato crashes during Indy 500 practice Expat commanders on Indian flights matter of concern: BJPNEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said it would wait for the probe report into the Mangalore air crash before making a comment but added that expatriate commanders operating Indian aircraft was an issue of concern. Plane barely 30 months old, pilots highly experienced: Air IndiaMUMBAI - The ill-fated Boeing 737-800 aircraft that crashed at Mangalore airport Saturday morning was barely two-and-a-half years old and was “airworthy”, Air India officials said. Only one woman on AI Express survivedMANGALORE - Sabrina Nasrinhuq is the only woman of the 31 women on board the crashed Air India Express plane to escape alive. Lights, cameras, action: Congressional panels rush to probe oil spill, curry favor with voters
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