Air India Official Assaulted

The Mumbai police have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly assaulting the cabin crew onboard an Air India Express flight from Kozhikode to Bahrain and trying to open the door of the aircraft, an official said on Monday.

The Air India official had requested the accused to speak softly when he was slapped and abused, a source said.

A Central Industrial Security Force officer today opened fire in the air at a Delhi Metro station after some people got into an altercation and hit a policeman and other security personnel. The incident at Azadpur station happened at 8:20 in the evening after two men started arguing at the ticket counter, CISF officials said

Under new no-fly rules framed by the government, unruly passengers face a ban on flying from a minimum three months to a lifetime, depending on the nature of the misdemeanour. The new rules will apply to foreign carriers as well, the civil aviation ministry said today. They were expedited after a Shiv Sena lawmaker assaulted an Air India official e...

Shiv Sena parliamentarian Ravindra Gaikwad, who has been banned by Air India and other airlines after he assaulted an airline manager last week, has defended himself in a statement saying "whatever happened was a reaction to actions". Sukumar Raman, the Air India official he thrashed, had made "insulting comments against Prime Minister Narendra Mod...

A team of Delhi Police recorded statements of 15 Air India staffers on Monday, including the 60-year-old airline official, who was allegedly assaulted by Shiv Sena lawmaker Ravindra Gaikwad at Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi last week.

As the government today defended a ban on Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad by airlines after he assaulted an Air India official with slippers, the Lok Sabha Speaker said there should be a discussion as a member "can't take a train every time" to attend parliament.

Comedian Kapil Sharma's drunken brawl on a flight was raised in parliament today as the Shiv Sena defended its MP Ravindra Gaikwad, banned by most major airlines after he assaulted an Air India official with his slipper on Thursday.

Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who was forced to take a train from Delhi after all major airlines in the country put him on their no-fly list for assaulting a senior Air India official, on Saturday did not get down at the Mumbai Central station here as expected.

Ravindra Gaikwad, Shiv Sena MP, has in the last 24 hours proved to be a giant embarrassment for his party. Or so you would think. After he thrashed an Air India manager on a plane - he pleasured in detailing "I hit him 25 times with my slipper" and demanded that the 60-year-old, who he nearly pushed off the ladder used to disembark the plane, shoul...

The Air India official assaulted by Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad today described his worst experience in nearly five decades in the national airline. "He was sitting with his legs crossed. He picked up his slipper and started hitting me," 60-year-old duty manager Sukumar Raman.

"Don't...don't...don't do that!" an Air India official is heard shouting as she tries to stop Shiv Sena parliamentarian Ravindra Gaikwad from assaulting her colleague in an aircraft and pushing him down the step-ladder on Thursday.

Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, on an official trip to Sweden, has flown the Gripen fighter aircraft, a move that comes at a time when the government is in the process of shortlisting a combat assault plane under 'Make in India' initiative.

Pakistani authorities have lodged a First Information Report (FIR) into the Pathankot terror attack case, officials said today, after weeks of probe into the assault that led to the postponement of Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary-level talks.

Goa's Deputy Chief Minister Francis D'Souza has defended his government's controversial decision to seek a pardon for former colleague Mickky Pacheco, who is presently in jail for assaulting a government official. Mr D'Souza justified his government's action, saying slapping a government official is a "minor offence".

The Mumbai police have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly assaulting the cabin crew onboard an Air India Express flight from Kozhikode to Bahrain and trying to open the door of the aircraft, an official said on Monday.

The Air India official had requested the accused to speak softly when he was slapped and abused, a source said.

A Central Industrial Security Force officer today opened fire in the air at a Delhi Metro station after some people got into an altercation and hit a policeman and other security personnel. The incident at Azadpur station happened at 8:20 in the evening after two men started arguing at the ticket counter, CISF officials said

Under new no-fly rules framed by the government, unruly passengers face a ban on flying from a minimum three months to a lifetime, depending on the nature of the misdemeanour. The new rules will apply to foreign carriers as well, the civil aviation ministry said today. They were expedited after a Shiv Sena lawmaker assaulted an Air India official e...

Shiv Sena parliamentarian Ravindra Gaikwad, who has been banned by Air India and other airlines after he assaulted an airline manager last week, has defended himself in a statement saying "whatever happened was a reaction to actions". Sukumar Raman, the Air India official he thrashed, had made "insulting comments against Prime Minister Narendra Mod...

A team of Delhi Police recorded statements of 15 Air India staffers on Monday, including the 60-year-old airline official, who was allegedly assaulted by Shiv Sena lawmaker Ravindra Gaikwad at Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi last week.

As the government today defended a ban on Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad by airlines after he assaulted an Air India official with slippers, the Lok Sabha Speaker said there should be a discussion as a member "can't take a train every time" to attend parliament.

Comedian Kapil Sharma's drunken brawl on a flight was raised in parliament today as the Shiv Sena defended its MP Ravindra Gaikwad, banned by most major airlines after he assaulted an Air India official with his slipper on Thursday.

Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who was forced to take a train from Delhi after all major airlines in the country put him on their no-fly list for assaulting a senior Air India official, on Saturday did not get down at the Mumbai Central station here as expected.

Ravindra Gaikwad, Shiv Sena MP, has in the last 24 hours proved to be a giant embarrassment for his party. Or so you would think. After he thrashed an Air India manager on a plane - he pleasured in detailing "I hit him 25 times with my slipper" and demanded that the 60-year-old, who he nearly pushed off the ladder used to disembark the plane, shoul...

The Air India official assaulted by Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad today described his worst experience in nearly five decades in the national airline. "He was sitting with his legs crossed. He picked up his slipper and started hitting me," 60-year-old duty manager Sukumar Raman.

"Don't...don't...don't do that!" an Air India official is heard shouting as she tries to stop Shiv Sena parliamentarian Ravindra Gaikwad from assaulting her colleague in an aircraft and pushing him down the step-ladder on Thursday.

Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, on an official trip to Sweden, has flown the Gripen fighter aircraft, a move that comes at a time when the government is in the process of shortlisting a combat assault plane under 'Make in India' initiative.

Pakistani authorities have lodged a First Information Report (FIR) into the Pathankot terror attack case, officials said today, after weeks of probe into the assault that led to the postponement of Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary-level talks.

Goa's Deputy Chief Minister Francis D'Souza has defended his government's controversial decision to seek a pardon for former colleague Mickky Pacheco, who is presently in jail for assaulting a government official. Mr D'Souza justified his government's action, saying slapping a government official is a "minor offence".