Co pilot a.h.ahluwalia and air hostes tejal kamulkar death bodys arrives in mumbai airport.ahluwalia relatives received in mumbai

A physically blind player of Lui Brail XI playing aganist Hellen Keller team during the blind people triangular cricket tournament

Mega Block between sion and mulund in mumbai local line in Mumbai Western railway

Mumbai May 24 :- Devotees of Mariamma, Goddess of Tamil community people prepares to celebrate the Festival & pooja near Worli Sea face in Mumbai

MUMBAI : Harpreet Singh, Emergency Response Co- Ordinator of Air India adressing the media during the media briefing session on Air India Express Flight crash at Mangalore, in Mumbai on Monday.

Mumbai May 24 :- Aroop Patnayak, D G, Maharashtra -official  motor vehicle burned near  Mantralaya in Mumbai.

Mumbai May 24 :- Mumbai Cyber Safety Week 2010 inagurated by Chandra Iyengar, Chef Secretary-Home, Maharashtra Govt. along with A N Roy - D G P, Maharashtra State, D. Shivanandan, Mumbai Police Commissioner,Urvashi Sharma-Model & Bollywood actress in Mumbai. In pic A N Roy, D G P , Maharashtra & Chandra Iyengar  launch the of campaigan sticker

Mumbai May 25 :- Baban G Jadhav, Ex Asst. Police Inspector address to media in Mumbai.

Mumbai May 25 :-  Bhartiya Kamgar Sena organised protest rallry at Big bazar ,pentalun retiles,

future group for various demand in Mumbai

Mumbai May 25 :-  celebrated H S C result along with their  friends in Mumbai.

Mumbai May 25 :- Dharavi residence girls celebrated H S C result along with her friends in Mumbai

Mumbai May 25 :- Samajwadi Partyleader exposed Mumbai police regarding fake accuised in Mulund blast in Mumbai.In pic fake accuised arrested by ATS addres to media.

Salman khan iifa awards venue "SRILANKA" changed indian tamilian protest against salman at gateway of india

Mumbai May 24 :- Home Minister R. R. Patil is seen inaugurating the Special Issue  of  Police Force Magazine  DAKSHATA on the occasion of Maharashtra Golden Jubilee year at DG Office, Colaba on Monday. Addl Chief Secretary & Home Secretary Chandra Ayyanger, DG of  Police Maharashtra A. N. Roy and  Addl DG of Maharashtra Subhash Aavate are also seen.

Mumbai May 25 :- Pune bomb blast suspect Abdul Samad Bhatkal being taken to a court in Mumbai on Tuesday. Samad was arrested on Monday from Mangalore airport.

A woman kisses a picture of her granddaughter, seen pasted on the platform of her coffin, during funeral services at the St Alphonsa Catholic Church in Mangalore yesterday. The girl was one of the victims of the Air India Express plane crash

An air crash in India that killed 158 people has underlined fears about safety gaps in the country’s booming airline industry and raised doubts about whether infrastructure can keep pace with rapid economic growth.

It was not clear what caused Saturday’s crash, but pilots and aviation experts say regulatory oversight of safety and quality control are often poor. Staff training standards are also falling, they say.

Although India has had few major accidents in recent years, some half a dozen mid-air misses over the past year has underscored that safety issues exist.

Last year an Indian Airlines plane with about 150 passengers on board barely avoided a collision with an army helicopter that was part of the Indian president’s entourage in Mumbai.

Indian media regularly reports about routine checks finding pilots reporting drunk for duty and in one instance last year pilots and crew were involved in a mid-air scuffle, leaving the aircraft to fly on its own for sometime.

“The Air India Express crash was waiting to happen,” said A Ranganathan, an airline safety consultant and pilot instructor.

“Safety standards in Indian aviation have been on the wane for the last six years. Efforts are being made to correct the drift, but the systematic rot is so deep ... we are not likely to see any improvement in safety unless drastic changes are made.”

Sustained robust growth has put more money in people’s pockets, spurring air travel and an exponential growth in the number of low cost airlines. Domestic passenger traffic has tripled and international traffic doubled in the past five years.

But infrastructure may not have kept pace and a shortage of staff may be stretching both airlines and traffic control staff. Indian Commercial Pilot Association said in a statement 78% of crashes took place due to fatigue-related human error.

“You also need to augment the strength of air traffic control which is stretched,” Kapil Kaul, head of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation in South Asia, said.

The hill-top airport at Mangalore, the site of Saturday’s crash, had other geographical challenges, and critics say the runway, though adequate for landing the Boeing 737 that crashed, was not long or wide enough to leave any room for error.

“This was no accident, but the direct result of the deliberate failure of officials at the high levels,” said a statement of Environment Support Group which had sought to block the construction of the runway.

While it was yet to be established if the accident was related to wider problems in India’s aviation industry, experts say a lack of training, overworked staff and inadequate infrastructure only compounds the situation.

For instance, only seven radars serve Indian air space and only big airports have the latest low-visibility landing systems, a senior official of the Airports Authority of India said.

“A disaster was waiting to happen and we have been very lucky to have had no major accidents in the past 10 years,” the official involved with aviation security said on condition of anonymity because of the issue’s sensitivity.

In April 2008, then director general of civil aviation, Kanu Gohain, told the Mint newspaper that India had just three inspectors for 10 commercial airlines and 600 planes.

That number has now gone up, but many remain under-trained and a backlog of lapsed inspections may take years to clear.

A 2006 safety audit by the International Civil Aviation Organisation listed India as worst on “technical personnel qualification and training.”

As the airline sector expanded, a shortage of pilots was met by hiring foreign pilots, some 565 of them flying now. But the government has ordered airlines to replace them with Indians by next summer, raising concerns about how the country will be able to produce enough qualified pilots so quickly. There are also calls to make inquiries into air accidents transparent.

“To my knowledge in the last 50 years no inquiry report has been made public,” Kaul said. “There is also the need for an independent safety board.”

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said in March that, in order to meet the increase in traffic, India would need to more than quadruple the number of operational airports from the current 90.

“The infrastructure needed to keep pace with the growth is certainly lagging,” V K Kukar, vice-president of the Indian Federation of Pilots, told the Indian Express newspaper.

Kukar noted that few airfields were equipped with modern devices like instrument landing systems and some did not even have radars.

Airport modernisation and expansion is a stated priority of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s new government, which has just completed a year in power.

His previous administration saw the opening in 2008 of a state-of-the-art facility in the southern city of Hyderabad, which has since been repeatedly listed among the world’s top five international airports.

The new Terminal Three at New Delhi’s international airport — destined to be world’s third-largest passenger terminal — is scheduled to open in September in time for the city to host the Commonwealth Games in October.

Britain's new Conservative- Liberal Democrat coalition Government in its first policy pronouncement today promised to ''enhanced partnership'' with India but said that restrictions will be imposed on the entry of non-EU immigrants.

Amidst royal pageantry and pomp, Queen Elizabeth II set out the new Prime Minister David Cameron-led government's legislative plans in the House of Lords, saying, "my Government looks forward to enhanced partnership with India."

Outlining the government's priorities, the Queen sporting 2,000 diamonds in her crown told the Parliament that the new coalition government's priority will to be to reduce Britain's deficit and restore growth to the struggling economy.

The Queen's speech confirmed that the new government will introduce fixed five-year parliamentary sessions as part of far reaching political reforms.
"My government will propose parliamentary and political reforms to restore trust in democratic institutions and re-balance the relationship between the citizen and the state, the Queen said.

Referring to the sensitive issue of immigration, she said "my government will limit the number of non-European Union economic migrants entering the United Kingdom and end the detention of children for immigration purposes."

The Government has agreed that there should be an annual limit to the number of non-EU economic migrants admitted into the UK to live and work, which could come as a major blow to immigrants from Asia, including India.

The mention about enhancing ties with India in the Queen's Speech reiterated the commitment in the coalition agreement to forge a 'new special relationship' with India.
But for the British Monarch it was for the first time since the World War II that she outlined plans of a coalition government, thrown up by the country's recent fractured mandate.

She also came out with new government's major plans to reform schools, police, welfare and on making the voting system proportional, a major demand from the coalition partner Lib-Dem.

The new government has also axed Labour's proposals for ID cards, going in for next generation biometric passports. Cutting the budget deficit and restoring growth would be the new government's "first priority".

The new government has drawn up an 18-month programme that includes steps to reduce Britain's record 163-billion-pound budget deficit. The Queen's speech confirmed that the new government will introduce fixed five-year parliamentary sessions, hold a referendum on making the voting system more proportional and change the House of Lords from an appointed to an elected chamber. But no date was indicated for the referendum on the voting system.

Britain's government will also introduce legislation that will ensure that public must be consulted on any future transfer of national powers to the European Union.
It is the 56th time that the Queen has opened a new session of Parliament during her reign and the first time that she has outlined a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition programme for government.

Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg walked together from 10 Downing Street to the Commons, ignoring security fears to tread the streets with the public.

Prime Minister's pregnant wife, Samantha was in the gallery above the House of Lords with the Peers. The Queen also announced majors to part privatise the Royal Mail.
There were few surprises in the 22 new bills and one draft bill introduced in the new House, which include a complex and controversial bill to cover parliamentary reform, a subject on which all parties converge that action is needed after last year's expenses scandal.

Each session of Parliament begins with this royal address and covers the following year.
Usually, the Queen's Speech takes place in November, but every time there is a general election, Parliament is dissolved and the Queen's Speech takes place shortly after the government comes to power.

Referring to immigration, the Queen said, "While it is important that the UK attracts the brightest and the best people who can make a real difference to the country's economic growth, immigration is too high."

In the long term we should up-skill British workers so that we do not need as many economic migrants to fill jobs."The Government will consult with business and other interested sectors before taking final decisions on the implementation mechanisms for these limits and the level at which they should be set."

Micra: poses stiff challenge to Maruti, Hyundai

Bookings will open today for the small hatchback, which is being produced by the Indian arm of Japan’s Nissan in the southern city of Chennai in alliance with its partner, French car maker Renault.

The firms plan to produce 80,000 cars in the first 12 months starting May, and 400,000 cars a year by 2014.

“This is the right product at the right time,” Kiminobu Tokuyama, chief executive of Nissan Motor India said in a statement yesterday.

As the first car rolled out of the plant, Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga said: “In an exponentially growing and challenging Indian automobile industry, we are introducing a product that has been specifically designed keeping in mind the discerning consumer needs of India.”

The India-made Micra will also be exported to strategic markets such as Europe, Middle East and Africa, he said.

The Micra seeks to challenge rivals like the Swift, from India’s biggest passenger car maker Maruti, and Hyundai’s i10 - both small cars targeted for India’s affluent middle-class.

The Micra is likely to be priced between Rs400,000 and Rs550,000 ($8,700 to 12,000) in India.

Mumbai May 21 :- Bike rally organized from  Nariman point to Gatway of India on occasion of Anti Terrorism day.

Mumbai May 18 :- MHADA LOTTERY AT RANG SHARADA BANDRA ON TUESDAY.

Mumbai, MAY 21 : Actor Saif Ali Khan Brand ambassador of Wynn Telecom Ltd., a part of 2500C SAR Group today unveiled a range of high quality affordable mobiles phones PAN India. The products will be marketed under Wynncom Brand.

Mumbai May 21 :- ATS Office Press Conference one Presen Irshad Halwai, arrested By ATS Vikroli with 5 weapon & 12 Live rounds siez ATS officer Show the weapon, in Mumbai

Mumbai May 21 :- Bina Shah offical of Spectrom Company along her Advocate Arundhati Walavalkar addres to media regarding Copy Rights matters of "Kites" Hindi pictures film in Mumbai.In  pic Advocate Arundhati

Mumbai May 21 :- Raza Academy protest at Minara Masjid against facebook in Mumbai

Governor K.Sankaranarayanan felicitates Padma Awardees at Raj Bhavan

The Governor of Maharashtra K. Sankaranarayanan on Friday  (21 May) felicitated the Padma Award winners from Maharashtra for the years 2009 and 2010 at a function held at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai.

Padma Vibhushan Dr Anil Kakodkar, Padmabhushan Smt Shamshad Begum, Padmabhushan Shriniwas Khale and Padmabhushan Captain C.P.Krishnan Nair (CMD of The Leela Group of Hotels) were felicitated by the Governor.

Pt Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Kumar Shanu, Ameen Sayani, Laxman Bapu Mane, Ramakant Acharekar were prominent among the Padmashri award winners felicitated by the Governor on the occasion.

The felicitation programme was organised by the Vasantrao Naik Agricultural Research and Rural Development Foundation. This is the 20th year of the felicitation function.

President of the Foundation Adv. Nilay Naik, Shri Avinash Naik, Dr B.R.Barwale, Smt Bakul Patel and eminent citizens were present on the occasion.

Mumbai May 21 :- Big B Amitabh Bachchan Unveils Om Books International's Bollywood in Posters in Mumbai

The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) of the ill-fated Air India Express plane were on Sunday recovered from the crash site in Mangalore and are expected to provide vital clues about the cause of the accident that left 158 persons dead.

Top Civil Aviation Ministry officials said the Digital Flight Data Recorder or the black box and the CVR, which record cockpit conversation and all technical details, have been traced from the debris of the Boeing 737—800 aircraft, which overshot the runway and burst into flames after plunging into a ravine.

Teams, probing the worst air tragedy in the country in a decade, had begun their operations early this morning to locate the CVR and the FDR, they said.

Certain other instruments and aircraft portions, which would be of help in the investigation, have also been extricated from the plane’s debris, they said.

‘No problem with Bajpe airport airstrip’

Dismissing reservations about the safety of the tabletop runway at the Bajpe airport in Mangalore, where an Air India Express aircraft crashed, Vice Chief Air Marshal P. K. Barbora on Sunday said there was no problem with the airstrip.

“There is no problem with the airstrip there. I don’t see any problem”, he said on the sidelines of the inaugural ceremony of the maiden fight of the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) at HAL airport in Bangalore.

Earlier Press Reports
 
MUMBAI: In what appears to be a medieval fatwa, the Sena-BJP-ruled BMC has sought to make it mandatory for the 150-odd missionary-run schools in the city to promote 'Hindutva traditions'. The municipal corporation's education committee will now write to the state education department seeking permission to enforce its widening list of demands.

The move has caused widespread anguish among both parents and the academic community, with experts pointing out that these diktats have no legal standing. The missionary schools have threatened to go to court if they are made to toe the parties' line.

On Tuesday, the saffron combine had proposed that these institutions allow their students to wear their 'Indian-ness' in the form of bindis and bangles. A day later, it hardened its stance, with demands like more holidays for Ganpati and Diwali, a corporators' quota in these schools similar to that given to MLAs, a school notice board prominently displaying the names of corporators in the education committee, and all communication to the BMC to be written in Marathi.

"While reviewing proposals from BMC-aided schools, we came across many missionary schools who had written to us in English. And many corporators observed that while these schools approach the BMC for aid, they do not adhere to Hindu traditions. If these missionaries come here to impart education, they should adhere to Hindu traditions as most of the students are Hindus. Why should they forbid girls from wearing bindis or bangles or even using mehendi? What is the need for such rigid discipline?" asked education committee chairperson Rukmini Kharatmol.

BMC's 'Hindutva' diktat upsets schools

MUMBAI: The saffron combine, which rules the BMC, seems to have found a virtue in "traditional Indian" accessories like the bindi and the bangle. With an eye on the up-coming civic polls, corporators now want to tighten their grip over the aided missionary schools. The Archdiocesan Board of Education (ABE), runs 150 missionary schools in and around Mumbai, most of which are aided.

In a bid to promote their "Hindutva ideology", the Sena-BJP alliance has decided to take missionary schools to task for "promoting Christianity, and avoiding Hindu practices".

In a meeting held by the civic education committee on Tuesday, corporators said these aided missionary schools should abide by the rules set for other schools. "They don't celebrate many of Hindu festivals. Children are even forbidden to follow Hindu traditions such as applying mehendi and wearing bindis and bangles," said Sena corporator Rajiv Chaugule.

The corporators said the discipline in those schools was "too harsh" and drilled fear in the children's minds. One corporator said in some schools, it was not even mandatory for the students to sing the national song or anthem. "We have noticed that in some missionary schools, children are taught to sing only Christian hymns," said the corporator.

However, Father Gregory Lobo, general-secretary of the ABE, said they did allow girls to put on bindis. "We are minority schools protected under the Constitution. We do allow kids to wear bindis and bangles; some schools even allow girls to wear mehendi, while some do not. But if there is a problem, we can ask even those schools to allow girls to put mehendi," said Father Lobo. "The only thing that we do not allow is boys wearing kadas. That is because, they often use the kadas to attack each other when they get into fights."

Mumbai, May 17 -- Uddhav and Raj Thackeray should join hands for welfare of the Marathi manoos. Driven by this goal, a handful of Sena workers in Worli launched a campaign on Sunday to reunite the warring siblings.

The activists said they have also conveyed their campaign plans to Sena chief Bal Thackeray and sought his blessings. "The campaign with the emotional appeal was launched on the auspicious day of Akshay Tritiya.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray has praised Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray for his photographic skills and the parties have teamed up in Ambernath civic body. These are all positive signs," said Satish Valunj, a businessman and Sena worker heading the campaign.

"We launched our campaign today and we will start spreading the word. We will also start a website to promote this idea and form a citizen' pressure group," Valunj said.

It all started with rapid political developments between the Shiv Sena and the MNS. First, the MNS helped the Shiv Sena nominee to wrest the mayor's post in the municipal corporation in Ambernath, the next was when Uddhav sent his book on aerial photography to MNS chief Raj Thackeray and other politicians. On Uddhav's book, the MNS chief had said during a visit to the NCPA recently: "I have seen the works of several photographers.

What I want to say is Uddhav Thackeray is a great photographer.".

Australia is about to become a harder place to get in to if you are a dance instructor, piano tuner, hairdresser or chef.

The Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, has slashed by half the list of 400 occupations given an easy ride into Australia in the independent skilled migration program, replacing them with 180 ''highly valued occupations''.

Still on the list are medical professionals including osteopaths, dentists, surgeons and nurses, as well as engineers, teachers, IT professionals and welders. But off the list from July will be dance instructors, piano tuners and - significantly - hairdressers and cooks.

''In 2007-08 … of the 41,000 general skilled visas granted, more than 5000 went to hairdressers and cooks,'' Senator Evans said. ''…Three-quarters of them had studied in Australia. Our migration program should not be determined by the courses studied by our international students.'' He said the new list, developed by the independent body Skills Australia, would ensure the skilled migration program was demand-driven rather than supply-driven.

''We value the international education sector. Its students will still be able to apply for permanent migration … but we will no longer almost automatically accept the thousands of cooks and hairdressers who applied under the guidelines established by the Howard government."

He flagged the change in February, saying that far more people applied for skilled migration than the 108,000 places available.

''We need the skills that are … in demand … not just those applicants present with. If hospitals are crying out for nurses, they should have priority over … 12,000 unsponsored cooks …''

Skills Australia was set up in 2008 with the express purpose of identifying skills shortages. Its eight-person board includes the head of the Australian Industry Group, Heather Ridout, the president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Sharan Burrow, and a former head of the Prime Minister's Department, Michael Keating.

It will update the pared-down skills list annually. Senator Evans said students already in Australia intending to apply for permanent residence could take advantage of transition provisions announced in February.

A report released this morning by the economic consultancy BIS Shrapnel finds that population growth is set to slow sharply in response to lower foreign student numbers and a drop in the number of sponsored applicants for short-term work visas.

An Australian Industry Group survey also released today finds 75 per cent of employers are dissatisfied with the skills of their Australian-trained workers, with 45 per cent believing their labourers have worryingly low literacy and numeracy skills and 25 per cent believe their apprentices have low skills

Obituary:  Vincent Crasta, Ex-staff  Milagres High school, Kallianpur.

Vincent Crasta, husband of Sevrine Crasta, of Milagres B ward, Kallianpur expired this evening.

He was the father of Vinitha, Vinod, Vincilla, Vikram, Viola (Shanthi), and Veena

Funeral at Milagres Church Kallianpur at 10.30 am on 16th May 2010 contact:

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Tel: 0820/2582843

Mobile : 9844617332 / 9845211427

Mangalore : Rekha (23), a Christian girl, had married Kishore Kumar as per the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 on July 13, 2007. But they could not live together even after nearly three years, for a simple reason that both belong to different religions.

Explaining her woes to mediapersons, Rekha said that she wants Kumar back. “I want to live with him in a separate house. But I do not want to live with his family. I am willing to accept his religion and practice all rituals,” she says pointing out that Kumar’s parents and relatives are not happy with their relation.

In fact, parents of Kumar and Rekha had decided to solemnise their marriage at the Kateel Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple on March 29, 2010. But the marriage was not solemnised as per plan as the groom and their relatives did not reach the venue even after the Muhurtha. “I came to know from the temple authorities that Kumar’s sister and another relative had cancelled the marriage ceremony on March 28. They even lied before the temple authorities that marriage has been cancelled because of my father’s death. Still, we were waiting for the groom and his relatives from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm on that day. As the groom did not reach the venue even after the Muhurtha of 11.25 am, I went to Mangalore Rural Police Station and filed a complaint against him and his 10 relatives including his mother,” she explained. The Kateel Temple authorities too assert the above fact in a letter written to Rekha.

In the FIR dated March 29, 2010, Rekha alleged that Kumar, his mother Sunitha, close relatives Kiran, Rohi, Bhaskara, Raju, Arathi, Bharathi, Chandravathi, Prema Kotian and Chandravathi had tortured her mentally and physically demanding Rs 2 lakh dowry and 50 pawans of gold.

But it is unfortunate that the police could not arrest Kumar so far, even though cases of cheating and dowry menace were filed against him and his relatives.

Mangalore Rural Sub Inspector Prakash said that they tried to convince Kumar’s parents to solve the case. However, he said, “since he has cheated the girl by not tying nuptial knot, we have to take action against him as well. We will arrest and produce before the court the accused, who is absconding now.”

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NEW EXPERIENCE:Students belonging to Koraga community at the ‘Chinnara Mela’ in Udupi on Friday.

Udupi: President of the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) Dinakar Shetty on Friday urged the members of Koraga community to shed their inferiority complex and take advantage of various government schemes that are meant for their welfare.

He was speaking after inaugurating the 10-day ‘Chinnara Mela’, a residential summer camp for students belonging to the Koraga community organised by the district administration, the zilla panchayat, the Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP) and the Udupi CMC, here. Eighty-seven students are attending the camp.

Mr. Shetty said that the Koragas were the original inhabitants of Udupi district. But they were subjected to oppression and were now the most backward community in the district.

Equality

“It is necessary to have equality among all the people in true sense. That can happen only if opportunities are created for the Koragas to progress and come forward,” he said.

Mr. Shetty said that the Koraga community should realise the importance of education and they should encourage their children to go to school. Mere textbook education was not enough. Camps such as this one would help in all-round development of personality of the children.

“The CMC is planning to send students belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes on a visit to various tourist destinations across the country next year,” Mr. Shetty said.

Additional Deputy Commissioner T.M. Prabhakar said that summer camps should not become the exclusive preserve of affluent students.

Such camps should be organised for the poor also. ‘Chinnara Mela’ was fulfilling this objective, he said.

Deputy secretary of the zilla panchayat Pranesh Rao urged the organisers to test the aptitude of students attending the camp and motivate them to pursue any field they were most interested in.

Camp director Jeevanram Sullia, CMC Commissioner Gokuldas Nayak and leader of the Koraga Association Gowri were present.  - Hindu