Bhubaneswar: Chaos broke out at Bhubaneswar's Biju Patnaik airport on Sunday night after three flights had to make emergency landings following inclement weather. Heavy showers and rough skies led to the flights landing at Bhubaneswar.
The aircraft that made emergency landings due to gutsy winds included two Indigo flights from Raipur to Kolkata and Bangalore to Kolkata, Airport Director Sharad Kumar said said. The Air India flight from Agartala to Kolkata also made emergency landing under similar conditions, he said.
Maintaining that all passengers and crew members were safe, Kumar said, "No harm was caused to anyone on board the aircraft though 2 to 3 passengers and as many crew members were not feeling well due to the turbulence and they were given proper attention."
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08:41 AM, May 13, 2013
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy on Monday warned of initiating action against those making fake calls to the recently launched 'Dial 100 system', an emergency response number. Of the 50,000 calls made to the 'Dial 100 system', about 20,000 have turned out to be fake, Reddy told reporters in Hyderabad adding, "...So far, it is due to ignorance. Henceforth, we will have to come down...
01:37 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Mumbai: India's nuclear regulator ordered replacement of four defective valves of the system that cools the reactor of Kudankulam nuclear power plant after the problem was detected during ongoing pre-commissioning tests. The defect in the components of the four valves--there are thousands of such devices in a nuclear reactor--was found during pre-commissioning tests early this year, officials said. "During testing of thousands of valves installed in the plant, the performances...
02:14 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Islamabad: A police team on Friday visited former President Pervez Musharraf's farmhouse, declared a "sub-jail" by authorities, and questioned him about the detention of more than 60 judges during the emergency of 2007. The five-member police team led by SP Sardar Sadaqat Ali Khan visited Musharraf's farmhouse at Chak Shahzad on the outskirts of Islamabad at 11 am. The team recorded Musharraf's statement and his response to charges levelled against...
03:50 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan former President Pervez Musharraf was slapped with terror charges on Friday by a court and placed under house arrest at his famrhouse. The court directed the police to produce Musharraf before anti-terror court in two days. Musharraf was earlier in the day arrested in a case relating to the imposition of emergency rule in 2007 and was presented before a magistrate, becoming the first former army chief to...
10:14 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf fled from the Islamabad High Court after the court cancelled his bail and directed police to immediately arrest him. Musharraf had appeared in the court this morning to seek extension of his interim bail in a case related to the sacking of over 60 judges during the 2007 emergency. Though his spokesperson Reza Bukhari has denied this and said Musharraf didn't flee from the court. ...
08:15 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Srinagar: A helicopter carrying Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah made an emergency landing in Kishtwar district of the state on Thursday afternoon. The helicopter made the landing shortly after take off due to a technical problem, but no one was injured. "The chopper carrying Omar Abdullah landed shortly after taking off from Kishtwar for Srinagar today. It had developed some technical problem," a senior police officer told PTI....
04:36 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Kanpur: At least 16 persons, including a teenage boy, have been arrested, for allegedly making crank calls to police control room meant for emergency response for locals. According to SSP Yashashvi Yadav, control room was receiving various fraud calls from quite some time from pranksters, who were giving false information about accidents and fire incidents and some even demanded that officials sing a song for them. "Following these repeated calls...
03:45 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Islamabad: Former Pakistan President Parvez Musharraf on Tuesday will be appearing before the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Musharraf has been summoned for his trial amounting to treason and subverting the constitution and declaring emergency in 2007. The court on Monday has also ordered the Pakistan government to prevent Musharraf from travelling abroad and list him name under the 'Exit Control list'. The court issued notices to the government, Musharraf and...
07:50 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday began hearing several petitions seeking former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's trial for treason for subverting the constitution and declaring an emergency in 2007. Hours before the hearing began this morning, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary withdrew himself from the three-judge bench that was formed last week to take up the petitions seeking the prosecution of Musharraf under the High Treason (Punishment) Act of 1973. Chaudhry...
01:10 PM, Apr 08, 2013
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11:25 AM, Apr 08, 2013
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12:20 AM, Mar 16, 2013
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07:34 PM, Mar 12, 2013
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08:18 PM, Mar 11, 2013
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06:19 AM, Mar 08, 2013
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08:56 AM, Feb 16, 2013
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10:30 AM, Feb 10, 2013
Bharti Airtel which introduced an emergency alert service two months ago in New Delhi continued to sell the service in eastern region among female customers. ...
12:35 PM, Feb 02, 2013
An Alaska Airlines jetliner bound for Seattle made an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, on January 31 night after the pilot lost consciousness, an airline spokesman said. The co-pilot landed Flight 473 safely after declaring an emergency to get priority care for the pilot, spokesman Paul McElroy said. All of the airlines' pilots are trained to fly single-handedly. ...
03:58 PM, Feb 01, 2013
