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The Hindu
22-05-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Tribute paid to air crash victims on 15th anniversary
Dakshina Kannada district administration paid tribute to the 158 persons who died in an air crash at Mangaluru International Airport, on the 15th anniversary of the crash here on Thursday, May 22. An Air India Express flight with 166 persons crashed at the airport while landing on May 22, 2010. Of the 166, eight had survived the crash. The family members and the authorities could not identify 12 bodies that were cremated later on the banks of the Phalguni at Panambur on Tannirbavi Road. A memorial for all the victims was later built there by the government. K. Anandh, in charge Deputy Commissioner and CEO of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, and other officials, including Ravichandra Naik, Commissioner, Mangaluru City Corporation laid wreaths at the memorial as mark of respect to those who had died in the crash. The Court of Inquiry (CoI) into the crash in its report said that the Boeing 737 crash was caused by the failure of the pilot to discontinue an 'un-stabilised approach' and persisting with the landing. The CoI, headed by the former Vice Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale, found that the direct cause of the accident was the Captain's 'failure to discontinue the un-stabilised approach and his persistence in continuing with the landing, despite three calls from the First Officer to go around and a number of warnings from EGPWS (enhanced ground proximity warning systems).' (EOM)
The Hindu
20-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Manipur probe panel gets another extension
The three-member Commission of Inquiry (CoI) notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in 2023 to probe the Manipur ethnic violence has received another extension and has been asked to submit its report to the Central Government as soon as possible, but not later than November 20. This is the third extension to the commission, which was notified on June 4, 2023. The CoI has received around 11,000 affidavits and is in the middle of collecting evidence. The last date to submit the affidavits was January 24. A senior government official, however, said the CoI would accept fresh affidavits if someone presented to it. 'In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 (60 of 1952), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs number S.O. 2424 (E), dated June 4, 2023… The commission shall submit its report to the Central Government as soon as possible but not later than November 20, 2025,' the notification said. The ethnic violence between the tribal Kuki-Zo-Hmar people and the Meitei people that erupted in the State on May 3, 2023, has claimed around 250 lives so far. Thousands of properties were burnt down, and more than 60,000 people were displaced from their homes. President's Rule was imposed in the State on February 13. The CoI headed by Ajai Lamba, former Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, is expected to probe the causes, extent of the violence and riots targeting members of different communities, the sequence of events and whether there were any lapses or dereliction of duty in this regard on the part of any of the responsible authorities and individuals.
Hindustan Times
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Government gives another extension to 3-member panel probing Manipur violence
New Delhi: A three-member Commission of Inquiry formed on June 3, 2023, to investigate the series of violence in Manipur has been now given time till November 20, 2025, to submit its report, according to a latest notification issued by the Union home ministry on Tuesday. The Commission of Inquiry, headed by former chief justice of the Gauhati high court, Ajai Lamba, was mandated to make inquiry with respect of the causes and spread of the violence and riots targeting members of different communities, which took place in Manipur since May 3, 2023. The panel, also comprising retired IAS officer Himanshu Shekhar Das and retired IPS officer Aloka Prabhakar, was supposed to submit its report to the central government 'as soon as possible but not later than six months from the date of its first sitting (June 4, 2023)'. Officials familiar with the development said the deadline for CoI was ending on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. The latest notification said: 'The Commission shall submit its report to the central government as soon as possible but not later than the 20th November, 2025'. This is the fourth such six-month extension given to the CoI so far. According to the terms of reference of the Commission of Inquiry, it would probe the sequence of events leading to, and all the facts relating to such violence; whether there were any lapses or dereliction of duty in this regard on the part of any of the responsible authorities/individuals and adequacy of the administrative measures taken to prevent, and to deal with the violence and riots. The inquiry by the commission shall look into the complaints or allegations that may be made before it by any individual or association. Over 260 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and Kuki-Zo groups, who are the majority in the hill areas, since May 2023. The government of Manipur recommended on May 29, 2023, for institution of a Judicial Inquiry Commission to look into the causes and associated factors of the crisis and the unfortunate incidents happened on May 3, 2023, and afterwards under the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952. The Centre imposed President's rule in Manipur on February 13 after N Biren Singh resigned as chief minister. The assembly, which has tenure till 2027, has been put under suspended animation.
The Hindu
30-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Ghose panel term extended till May-end
HYDERABAD Telangana Government on Tuesday (April 29, 2025) extended the term of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) headed by Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose into the irregularities in the planning, design, construction, quality control, operation and maintenance of Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla Barrages of Kaleshwaram Project by another one month — from May 1 to 31. The orders to the effect were issued by Principal Secretary (Irrigation) Rahul Bojja on Tuesday. The State government had constituted the one-man commission on March 14, 2024 for a term of three months initially. The term of the Commission was later extended from time to time in June, August, November and December 2024 and also in February 2025.
Asharq Al-Awsat
07-02-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
UN Syria Investigators Report 'Systematic' Pillage of Property During War
A United Nations commission said Thursday it had documented the systematic destruction and pillaging of displaced people's property during Syria's war, warning of demographic change nearly two months after Bashar al-Assad's ouster. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Syria has documented "pillage of such large scale that entire homes... have been dismantled and destroyed, systematically across entire districts", a summary of the report said. The commission used satellite images, authenticated videos and photographs, and testimonies to compile the report, which was finalised on December 6, two days before Assad's ouster, AFP reported. Areas most affected typically "changed hands during the course of the conflict", with pillage there "frequently accompanied by other serious human rights violations", the report summary said, blaming both government forces and non-state armed groups. "The demographic composition of many villages, towns, cities and entire areas has been altered, possibly permanently," it added. Syria's conflict broke out in 2011 with the authorities' brutal repression of anti-government protests, spiralling into a complex conflict that has killed more than 500,000 people and displaced millions internally and abroad. Rights groups have also reported looting, pillaging and property seizures during the conflict, both in areas held by the former government and those outside its control. In areas of large-scale displacement, forces stole household items but also "dismantled roofs, doors, windows, iron rods, electrical wires and plumbing fixtures, rendering entire neighbourhoods uninhabitable", the statement said. "Widescale, systematic looting was mostly conducted in areas controlled by former government forces, and by such forces," the commission said, with investigations showing that "systematic pillage was coordinated by members of the former Syrian army... and affiliated security forces and militias". Forces made deals with contractors and merchants, with looted items sometimes sold in markets created specifically for that purpose, it added. In areas controlled by opposition armed groups, the investigators reported more "opportunistic" looting, "although sometimes with a sectarian dimension". "Movable items" were mostly looted there, they said, "with homes often seized or occupied to accommodate both displaced fighters and civilians". Following Assad's ouster on December 8 after a lightning Islamist-led rebel offensive, the statement also warned against the looting of homes in newly captured areas, urging all parties to "prevent and punish pillage" and to protect property. "The impunity for the war crime of pillage has been near total in Syria," it said, cautioning that a failure to prevent violations risked "fuelling further grievances" and triggering "new cycles of violence and displacement".
