Mangaluru: Air India passengers wait for 10 hours as Abu Dhabi flight reports 'technical glitch'
Passengers were left waiting at Mangaluru International Airport overnight
Mangaluru: An Air India Flight that was to take off for Abu Dhabi from Mangaluru International Airport on Sunday night, left for its destination on Monday morning prompting a delay for nearly 10 hours. The passengers of the flight were also left waiting at the airport.
The Abu Dhabi bound flight was scheduled to take off at 8.45 pm on Sunday, but it vacated the passengers from the flight citing technical error in flight and the passengers were made to wait at the airport till Sunday morning.
The passengers expressed their dissent and complained that the airline did not arrange for any alternate option nor it arranged for the accommodation of the passengers. The flight left Mangaluru International Airport at 6.30 am on Monday after rectifying the technical glitch.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati Air india regional manager Sunil Bhat confirmed the incident and added “The flight was scheduled to take off at 8.45 pm last night but due to a technical glitch we had to hold it back. It took off for its destination at 6.30 am today morning”.
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Sambhal mosque: ASI files response in court, seeks control, management of Mughal-era structure
Sambhal (UP) (PTI): The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has submitted its response in a court -- which had allowed a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid here -- seeking control and management of the Mughal-era mosque as it is a protected heritage structure.
Representing the ASI, lawyer Vishnu Sharma said the agency submitted its counterargument in the court on Friday, stating that it faced resistance from the mosque's management committee and locals in conducting surveys of the site.
He said the ASI also highlighted an incident from January 19, 2018, when an FIR was filed against the mosque's management committee for installing steel railings on the mosque's steps without proper authorisation.
The mosque, notified as an ASI-protected monument in 1920, is under the purview of the agency and as such, public access to the structure should be permitted, provided it adheres to ASI regulations, Sharma said.
The ASI argued that control and management of the monument, including any structural modifications, must remain with it.
It also raised concerns that unauthorised changes to the mosque's structure by the management committee are unlawful and should be restricted.
The court is expected to deliberate on the matter in the coming days.
Violence erupted in Sambhal on November 24 during a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid there, killing four people and injuring many others.
A three-member judicial commission has been formed to probe the violence and it is likely to visit Sambhal on Sunday.
Moradabad Divisional Commissioner Aunjaneya Kumar Singh said, "Two members of the commission formed by the Uttar Pradesh government reached here on Saturday. The third member will join them on Sunday as they head to Sambhal."
The survey was linked to a petition claiming that a Harihar temple once stood at the site of the mosque.
The commission formed via a notification on November 28 has been directed to complete its probe within two months. Any extension of this timeline will require government approval.
The commission headed by retired Allahabad High Court judge Devendra Kumar Arora comprises ex-IAS officer Amit Mohan Prasad and Arvind Kumar Jain, a retired IPS officer.
It has been entrusted with the task of examining whether the clashes were spontaneous or part of a well-planned criminal conspiracy, as well as the preparedness of the police and the administration in handling the situation.
The commission will also analyse the circumstances leading to the violence and recommend measures to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.
