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Air India Mumbai-New York Flight, With 322 Onboard, Returns After Hoax Threat
An Air India flight travelling to New York returned to Mumbai eight hours after take-off after the crew received a threat. The Boeing 777 aircraft was flying over Azerbaijan when it changed course and returned to Mumbai
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Hitman Sentenced To Life For Murder Of Air India Kanishka Bombing Suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik
A contract killer in Canada was convicted on Tuesday (local time) of murdering an acquitted suspect in 1985 Air India bombings that had claimed 331 lives.
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Air India's Latest Update Day After Hoax Call Grounded Its Jet In Canada
A Canadian Air Force aircraft is ferrying 191 stranded passengers of an Air India flight from Iqaluit airport to Chicago, more than 18 hours after the flight was diverted to the airport due to a bomb threat.
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2 Arrested, Charged In Killing Of Man Acquitted In Air India Bombing Case
Canadian police have arrested two persons and charged them with first-degree murder in the targeted shooting of Ripudaman Singh Malik, the Sikh man acquitted in the tragic 1985 Air India Kanishka terrorist bombing case that killed 331 people.
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Ripudaman Malik, Acquitted In 1985 Air India Bombing, Shot Dead In Canada
The Canadian police have said they are still working to determine the motive behind the targeted killing of Ripudaman Singh Malik, a 75-year-old Sikh man acquitted in the tragic 1985 Air India Kanishka terrorist bombing case.
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1985 Air India Bombing Suspect Shot Dead In Canada: Report
An acquitted suspect in the 1985 Air India bombings that killed 331 people was shot dead Thursday in an apparent targeted shooting in westernmost Canada, local media reported.
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Bomb On Air India Flight In Kolkata, Claims Caller; Boarding Stopped
An Air India check-in counter at Kolkata airport received a call from a woman claiming that there is a bomb on its Guwahati-bound flight. The call was received before the flight was scheduled to take-off.
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4 Threat Calls At Delhi, Bengaluru Airports, 3 Flights Grounded
Four bomb threat calls received in quick succession at Delhi and Bengaluru airports forced aviation authorities ground three flights, including two international, sending a panic wave among fliers.
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Canadian Lawmaker's U-Turn on 1985 Air India Bombing Remarks: Report
A Canadian MP, who was last month accused by Canada's spy agency of knowing about the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight that killed 329 people, has backtracked from her claim, a media report said today.
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Air India flight makes emergency landing after bomb threat
An Air India flight, AI 888, from Mumbai to Delhi, is being thoroughly checked by the National Security Guard (NSG) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel following a phone call about a bomb being on board the aircraft.
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Air India bombing accused faces legal fees of $5.2-million
In a major decision on Thursday, the Canadian supreme court allowed the government to recover of legal fees of $5.2 million from Air India Kanishka bombing accused Ripudaman Singh Mailk who was acquitted in the case in 2005.A Vancouver-based millionaire businessman, Malik had expressed his inability to pay his legal fees for the trial, forcing the ...
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Delhi airport sanitised after bomb threat
Security was stepped up at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday evening following an anonymous threat call to Air India about the presence of a bomb. No specific flight, though, was mentioned in the call, which turned out to be a hoax.The entire airport was sanitised after the threat call. The bomb threat assessment committee oversaw ...
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Families angry as Air India bomber appeals conviction
Jailed Air India Kanishka bomber Inderjit Singh Reyat's petition to challenge his latest conviction has angered families of the victims of the 1985 tragedy.After spending 15 years in jail for his role in the Air India bombing plot, Reyat got additional nine years last month for lying nineteen times under oath to save two other suspects Ripudaman Si...
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Kanishka bombing: Reyat sentenced to 9 years for perjury
Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only man convicted in 1985 Air India bombing, has been sentenced to nine years in jail by a Canadian court for perjury at the trial of his two co-accused conspirators.In handing down his sentence, British Columbia Superior Court judge Mark McEwan observed Reyat was "nothing like a remorseful man.""The effect of Reyat's per...
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25 years later, Canada offers $25,000 to Kanishka victims' familes
The Canadian government has reportedly offered $20,000 to $25,000 to families of each Air India Kanishka victim - 25 years after all 329 people on board Flight 182 from Montreal to New Delhi perished when it was blown off mid-air near the Irish coast June 23, 1985.A public inquiry by former Canadian chief justice John Major in June blamed various C...
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Air India Mumbai-New York Flight, With 322 Onboard, Returns After Hoax Threat
An Air India flight travelling to New York returned to Mumbai eight hours after take-off after the crew received a threat. The Boeing 777 aircraft was flying over Azerbaijan when it changed course and returned to Mumbai
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Hitman Sentenced To Life For Murder Of Air India Kanishka Bombing Suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik
A contract killer in Canada was convicted on Tuesday (local time) of murdering an acquitted suspect in 1985 Air India bombings that had claimed 331 lives.
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Air India's Latest Update Day After Hoax Call Grounded Its Jet In Canada
A Canadian Air Force aircraft is ferrying 191 stranded passengers of an Air India flight from Iqaluit airport to Chicago, more than 18 hours after the flight was diverted to the airport due to a bomb threat.
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2 Arrested, Charged In Killing Of Man Acquitted In Air India Bombing Case
Canadian police have arrested two persons and charged them with first-degree murder in the targeted shooting of Ripudaman Singh Malik, the Sikh man acquitted in the tragic 1985 Air India Kanishka terrorist bombing case that killed 331 people.
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Ripudaman Malik, Acquitted In 1985 Air India Bombing, Shot Dead In Canada
The Canadian police have said they are still working to determine the motive behind the targeted killing of Ripudaman Singh Malik, a 75-year-old Sikh man acquitted in the tragic 1985 Air India Kanishka terrorist bombing case.
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1985 Air India Bombing Suspect Shot Dead In Canada: Report
An acquitted suspect in the 1985 Air India bombings that killed 331 people was shot dead Thursday in an apparent targeted shooting in westernmost Canada, local media reported.
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Bomb On Air India Flight In Kolkata, Claims Caller; Boarding Stopped
An Air India check-in counter at Kolkata airport received a call from a woman claiming that there is a bomb on its Guwahati-bound flight. The call was received before the flight was scheduled to take-off.
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4 Threat Calls At Delhi, Bengaluru Airports, 3 Flights Grounded
Four bomb threat calls received in quick succession at Delhi and Bengaluru airports forced aviation authorities ground three flights, including two international, sending a panic wave among fliers.
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Canadian Lawmaker's U-Turn on 1985 Air India Bombing Remarks: Report
A Canadian MP, who was last month accused by Canada's spy agency of knowing about the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight that killed 329 people, has backtracked from her claim, a media report said today.
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Air India flight makes emergency landing after bomb threat
An Air India flight, AI 888, from Mumbai to Delhi, is being thoroughly checked by the National Security Guard (NSG) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel following a phone call about a bomb being on board the aircraft.
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Air India bombing accused faces legal fees of $5.2-million
In a major decision on Thursday, the Canadian supreme court allowed the government to recover of legal fees of $5.2 million from Air India Kanishka bombing accused Ripudaman Singh Mailk who was acquitted in the case in 2005.A Vancouver-based millionaire businessman, Malik had expressed his inability to pay his legal fees for the trial, forcing the ...
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Delhi airport sanitised after bomb threat
Security was stepped up at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday evening following an anonymous threat call to Air India about the presence of a bomb. No specific flight, though, was mentioned in the call, which turned out to be a hoax.The entire airport was sanitised after the threat call. The bomb threat assessment committee oversaw ...
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Families angry as Air India bomber appeals conviction
Jailed Air India Kanishka bomber Inderjit Singh Reyat's petition to challenge his latest conviction has angered families of the victims of the 1985 tragedy.After spending 15 years in jail for his role in the Air India bombing plot, Reyat got additional nine years last month for lying nineteen times under oath to save two other suspects Ripudaman Si...
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Kanishka bombing: Reyat sentenced to 9 years for perjury
Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only man convicted in 1985 Air India bombing, has been sentenced to nine years in jail by a Canadian court for perjury at the trial of his two co-accused conspirators.In handing down his sentence, British Columbia Superior Court judge Mark McEwan observed Reyat was "nothing like a remorseful man.""The effect of Reyat's per...
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25 years later, Canada offers $25,000 to Kanishka victims' familes
The Canadian government has reportedly offered $20,000 to $25,000 to families of each Air India Kanishka victim - 25 years after all 329 people on board Flight 182 from Montreal to New Delhi perished when it was blown off mid-air near the Irish coast June 23, 1985.A public inquiry by former Canadian chief justice John Major in June blamed various C...
