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Mangalore Crash: HC issues notices to Centre, Air India

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June 25, 2012

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Bangalore, June 25: Kerala High Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and Air India on petitions by relatives of two cabin crew who perished in the May 2010 Mangalore air crash that claimed 158 lives seeking compensation of Rs75 lakh as stipulated by the Montreal Convention.

When the petitions by Syed Iqteder Ali, father of Mohammed Ali (25) from Bhopal and Panchami Rana, mother of Yugantar Rana (25) from Darjelling, came up for hearing, Justice TR Ramachandran Nair ordered issuance of notice.

The petitioners submitted that the Air India was forcing them to accept a compensation limited to a maximum of Rs35 lakh under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 while the crew should be treated as claimants towards compensation of an international passenger.

According to their counsel, Kodoth Sreedharan, the petitioners felt the cabin crew also came under the category of international passenger according to the Carriage by Air India Act of 1972 and should be paid one lakh Special Drawing Rights (SDR)-- totalling Rs75 lakh each as stipulated under the Montreal Convention that governs compensation rules for air mishaps.

Earlier in July 2011, on a petition by the relatives of one of the passengers killed in the crash, a single judge of the high court had ordered Air India to pay Rs75 lakh compensation to each of the passengers. But the order was set aside by a division bench following which an appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court.

One hundred and fifty-eight passengers and crew onboard the Air India aircraft from Dubai were killed when the plane overshot the runway and caught fire after one of its wings hit a hillock at Kenjar in Mangalore on May 22, 2010.

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August 5,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 5: The Janata Dal (Secular) will contest all the 243 assembly seats in Bihar, the elections for which are due in October-November this year, its state unit chief Haldhar Kant Mishra announced on Tuesday.

Mishra said party supremo Deve Gowda has asked him to expand JD(S)'s base and also to prepare itself for contesting all the constituencies in view of the zeal and enthusiasm shown by party workers and office-bearers.

Deve Gowda announced the decision during a virtual meeting with presidents of party's various cells and office- bearers, he said.

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May 1,2020

Bengaluru, May 1: Karnataka government has assigned State Nodal Officers after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) order regarding the inter-state movement of stranded migrant workers, tourists, pilgrims and students during the lockdown period.

The Nodal officers have also been appointed for coordination with 11 different states.

In an order issued on Thursday, Karnataka Government wrote, "To facilitate smooth and orderly movement of persons across State borders as per SOPs, the undersigned, in the exercise of powers conferred under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, and in the capacity as Chairman, State Executive Committee, hereby appoint the following officers as Nodal officers to coordinate with Nodal Officers of States/Union Territories (UTs) mentioned against their names."

Dr Rajkumar Khatri, IAS and Arun Jeji Chakravarthy, IPS will be overall in charge of the movement of stranded people from outside States/UTs to Karnataka.

N Manjunatha Prasad, IAS and P S Sandhu, IPS will be overall in charge of the movement of stranded people from Karnataka to other States/UTs.

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On receiving information the health officials from Ullal PHC visited the house of the woman, who is suffering from fever and cold. They provided her medicines and asked her to remain quarantined at home.

It is said that the woman's mother, who had come to a grocery shop near Thokkottu, informed the shopkeeper that her daughter, who had returned from abroad, was suffering from fever.

The alert shopkeeper, understanding the gravity of the situation, informed ZP Standing Committee on Health and Education President Dhanalakshmi Gatti, who in turn brought the issue to the notice of health officials.

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