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  Welcome to Air India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Air India has, effective August 15, 2000, introduced new uniforms for its 800 Air Hostesses who project the image of the airline worldwide.
The Japanese/European Air Hostesses' uniform comprises of a navy blue skirt and jacket worn with a blouse and red scarf with a floral design on the edge similar to that of the sari.
Initially the Air India Air Hostesses were attired in the European suit with a cap set at a jaunty angle.
www.airindia.com /article.asp?articleid=91   (481 words)

  
 RTE News - Air India bombing trial to take 2-3 years   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The trial of three Sikh activists accused of the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182, which killed 329 people, could take two to three years to complete.
A warning about the potential length of the trial was contained in a summons for potential jurors, who are scheduled to appear in court in late March.
The Air India Boeing 747 exploded in mid-air off the coast of Ireland on June 23, 1985, killing everyone on board in what was then history's deadliest act of aviation sabotage.
www.rte.ie /news/2003/0114/airindia.html   (314 words)

  
 Air India Massacre Trial
The trial is relocating today to a secret warehouse where part of the Air India jet has been reconstructed from recovered wreckage, as well as simulated pieces fashioned on photographed and videotaped wreckage.
In the weeks before the Air India bombing, Parmar spoke of a trip to Toronto in early June for a conference at which Bagri was to speak.
And he even suggested Chaggar's breach of a publication ban in the Air India trial was part of a pattern by the B.C. lawyer of attempting to intimidate witnesses in cases in which he has an interest.
www.sikhsundesh.net /trial.htm   (9992 words)

  
 Air India Trial - Brief Summary of Events of the Air India Prosecution - Ministry of Attorney General
On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 from Montreal to London, carrying luggage loaded in Vancouver, exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean 240 kilometres off the coast of Ireland.
The suitcase was being transferred to Air India Flight 301 to Bangkok and Delhi.
December 3, 2004 marked the 233rd day of the Air India trial and the end of the closing submissions for both the Crown and defence.
www.ag.gov.bc.ca /courts/airindia/information/summary.htm   (842 words)

  
 Air India Flight 182 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Air India Flight 182 was a Boeing 747 that exploded on June 23, 1985 while at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9500 m) above the Atlantic Ocean, south of Ireland; all 329 on board were killed, of whom 82 were children and 280 were Canadian citizens.
The BC government's trial of those accused of the bombing, Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, is known as the Air India Trial.
During the trial the Crown played a video from January, 1989, in which Daljit Sandhu congratulated the families of Indira Gandhi’s assassins and stated that “she deserved that and she invited that and that’s why she got it”.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Air_India_Flight_182   (3366 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Relatives say Air India bombing trial raked up more pain for victims' ...
BOMBAY, India – Mukta Bhat, who lost three relatives in the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight, was inconsolable Thursday after a Canadian judge acquitted two men accused of conspiring to plant the bomb in the world's worst terrorist strike before Sept. 11.
Her bewilderment was echoed by families of the victims across India, some of whom had traveled to Vancouver to hear parts of the nearly two years of proceedings in a custom-built, $4.8 million courtroom.
Air India Flight 182 from Montreal to London, originating in Vancouver, exploded and crashed off Ireland on June 23, 1985.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050317-0106-canada-airindia.html   (660 words)

  
 NOW with David Brancaccio. Politics & Economy. Brief Summary of the Air India Trial | PBS
On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 from Montreal to London, carrying passengers and luggage loaded in Vancouver, exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland.
In October 27, 2000 — 15 years after the investigation into the Air India tragedy began — Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, both Sikh militants and residents of British Columbia, were arrested in connection with the bombings.
On April 28, 2003, the trial of the two main accused in the Air India case, began in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, in a special courtroom in Vancouver.
www.pbs.org /now/politics/airindia.html   (255 words)

  
 Air India trial ends after 18 months, judge to decide verdict March 16, 2005 - World Affairs Board
In the spring of 1997, Malik went further, she said, and confessed that he was the one who had purchased two airline tickets to fly the bombs out of Vancouver to connect with Air India flights in Toronto and Tokyo.
He was jailed for killing his brother in a drunken machete attack in India and lied to immigration officials to get into the U.S. Richard Peck, a lawyer for Bagri, said his client was conspicuous by his absence on six separate occasions, including two test blasts before the bombings that have been investigated by police.
That revenge was plotted by Talwinder Singh Parmar, the suspected mastermind of the Air India bombing, prosecutors told the judge.
www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=3906   (1672 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Air India bombing trial under way
He said the bombing of Air India Flight 182 was revenge by Sikh separatists for the 1984 raid by Indian forces on the Golden Temple at Amritsar, the holiest site for India's Sikh minority.
Both bombs were said to have been loaded on planes connecting with Air India flights in Vancouver, where Mr Malik, 56, is a wealthy businessman.
The defendants' decision to opt for trial by judge not jury which followed Reyat's conviction may shorten the length of the trial.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/2981089.stm   (605 words)

  
 CBC News In Depth: Air India - Bombing of Air India Flight 182   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Among the victims are 280 Canadian citizens, mostly born in India or of Indian descent.
In May 2002, the trial was postponed to March 2003 after most of the lawyers on Reyat's defence team resigned because of alleged fraudulent billing by Reyat's children.
Gibbons defended Reyat at his 1991 trial for manslaughter in the deaths of two Japanese baggage handlers killed by a bomb at the Narita Airport.
www.cbc.ca /news/background/airindia   (1996 words)

  
 Prosecutors not permitted to aggressively question key witness in Air India trial. | Operations > Shipping from ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
A judge in the Air India bombing trial has turned down a bid by prosecutors to aggressively question a key witness they believe is feigning memory loss.
The judge said he did not believe the woman's claim that she does not remember certain events, but added that inconsistencies in her testimony about accused bomber Ajaib Singh Bagri were not enough to support a prosecution request to have her declared a "hostile witness".
Bagri and Ripudaman Singh Malik are accused of the 1985 bombing of Air
www.allbusiness.com /operations/shipping-air-freight/744949-1.html   (370 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Air India trial closes in Canada
Final arguments in the trial of two Sikhs accused of bombing an Air India passenger jet have concluded, 19 months after the case began.
Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri are accused of planting a pair of bombs on Air India jets in June 1985.
The trial, which started in April 2003, has been one of the most exhaustive and expensive in Canadian history.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/americas/4067671.stm   (432 words)

  
 Air India bombing trial resumes with conspiracy testimony
VANCOUVER, Canada, Oct 16 (AFP) - The trial of two men suspected in a 1985 Air India bombing resumed Thursday as a man testifed that a defendant had once asked him to become a "martyr" by carrying a suitcase on a flight to India.
He said that months before the bomb in a suitcase downed the Air India jetliner, a local Sikh was asked to become a "martyr" by carrying luggage to India.
The witness said on the evening of the Air India bombings, a strange man phoned him and, in a threatening voice, told him not to tell anyone about his conversation with Malik.
quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/dj/Qcanada-india.RW-q_DOG.html   (663 words)

  
 The Militant - February 12, 2001 -- Sikhs denied bail in Air India bombing trial
Since the trial is not expected to be completed before the end of 2002 or later, the men are likely to spend two years in prison without having been convicted of any crime.
Nevertheless, the judge argued that bail should be denied because of "the gravity of the nature of the offense" with which the men are charged, regardless of the "curves and bumps" of the case against them.
He asserted that Sikh terrorists had blown up the Air India plane in order to protest the attack by the Indian army on the sacred Golden Temple at Amritsar, which resulted in a massacre of hundreds of Sikhs.
www.themilitant.com /2001/6506/650654.html   (671 words)

  
 Summary of Judgement - Not Guilty - Air India Trial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The first reservation was for CP Air Flight 003 departing Vancouver for Narita on June 22, 1985, with a connecting flight from Narita to Bangkok on Air India Flight 301.
Malik and stated that her evidence at trial was a betrayal of that love and her promises to him.
His attempts at trial to rationalize his falsehoods on the basis that he had simply sought to better himself and his family do little to mitigate the obvious fact that he considered the truth secondary when it conflicted with that self-interest.
www.notguilty.org /summary-of-judgement.html   (7787 words)

  
 Welcome to the Now
A Crown witness in the Air India bombing trial is now seeking compensation from the government for suffering monetary loss by agreeing to testify against one of the suspects.
B in the Air India verdict, his identity is concealed under court orders.
The Crown's theory was that the Air India bombing was engineered to avenge the 1984 Indian military assault on the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, turned into a fortress by militants.
www.thenownewspaper.com /issues06/023106/news/023106nn6.html   (430 words)

  
 STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE AIR INDIA TRIAL
VICTORIA – In keeping with the provincial government’s commitment to provide public disclosure of the costs of the Air India trial, Attorney General Wally Oppal today released a statement of expenditures.
Air India Flight 182 exploded in mid-air on June 23, 1985.
The trial that followed was the largest in Canadian history with more than 90 witnesses testifying for the Crown.
www2.news.gov.bc.ca /news_releases_2005-2009/2005AG0036-001081.htm   (312 words)

  
 rediff.com US edition: Fraud allegations mar Air-India bombing trial
The trial of three men charged with plotting the 1985 bombing of an Air-India plane, which killed 329 people, has become embroiled in a dispute over allegations of fraud by a former member of one of the defence legal teams.
British Columbia Attorney General Geoff Plant on Thursday said he is investigating allegations by lawyer Gil McKinnon that the son and daughter of one of the defendants, Inderjit Singh Reyat, had billed for thousands of dollars of work for Reyat's defence team that was never performed.
It is unusual for complaints of ethical violations among lawyers to be aired in public, and the defence lawyers said they were worried the infighting would be a distraction in the case, which is expected to be among the longest and most complex in Canadian legal history.
www.rediff.com /us/2002/jul/05ai.htm   (557 words)

  
 Air India bombing trial shown underwater video of aircraft wreckage. | Operations > Shipping from AllBusiness.com
The Air India bombing trial has been shown undersea video footage recorded by the submarine that recovered wreckage of the Boeing 747 from the Atlantic Ocean off the Irish coast.
Later this week the trial judge and lawyers are expected to visit the warehouse, at a secret location, where the partially reconstructed aircraft is being stored.
Ajaib Singh Bagri and Ripudaman Singh Malik are accused of murder over the 1985 Air India bombings, which resulted in the deaths of 331 people.
www.allbusiness.com /operations/shipping-air-freight/138527-1.html   (373 words)

  
 Second Air India accused's trial begins - Sify.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bagri and another fundamentalist Sikh, Ripudaman Singh Malik, are each charged with eight counts of murder and conspiracy in the Air India bombings, which killed 331 people in 1985.
One hour later, the second suitcase exploded aboard Air India Flight 182 as the jet approached the coast of Ireland.
Cairns said Bagri's motive in bombing Air India will be established through videotapes of speeches he gave to Sikh groups in New York and Ontario.
sify.com /fullstory.php?id=13323200   (658 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Key witness in Air India bombing trial takes stand
VANCOUVER, British Columbia –; A key witness in the Air India bombing trial testified Wednesday he was asked by a Sikh militant to make an explosive device before the 1985 blasts that killed 331 people.
Those attending the trial lined up at a metal detector in the lobby before walking down stairs to a custom-built $4.8 million courtroom that has bulletproof glass protecting the defendants.
An initial phase of the trial earlier this year involved procedural matters and background, with Reyat's appearance Wednesday the first by a significant witness.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20030910-1511-can-airindiatrial.html   (746 words)

  
 BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Air India bombing trial postponed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The judge presiding over the trial of three men accused of bombing an Air India flight in 1985 has decided to postpone the case until November next year.
Mr Reyat is on trial along with Vancouver businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik, and mill worker Ajaib Singh Bagri.
They are accused of planting the bomb that brought down Air India flight 182 off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people on board.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1721057.stm   (492 words)

  
 The Death of Air India Flight 182 - By Salim Jiwa
The bag checked in by M. Singh exploded aboard Air India Flight 182 as the Boeing 747 cruised at an altitude of 31,000 feet, killing all 329 passengers and crew aboard the Jumbo jet.
It was destined for an Air India Flight scheduled to depart Tokyo with 270 passengers but exploded in the terminal building instead killing two baggage handlers and injuring four.
The Air India bombing, according to extensive world-wide investigations, was the joint project of at least two, if not three terrorist groups with extensive membership at that time in Canada, the US, England and India.
www.flight182.com /news284.htm   (1159 words)

  
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 Air India trial delayed again by dispute over funding of legal team
VANCOUVER, Canada, Oct. 6 (AFP) - The trial of two Sikhs charged in the 1985 Air India bombings was delayed for a week Monday in a dispute over who would pay for the legal defense of one of the accused.
Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri each face eight counts of murder and conspiracy in the deaths of 329 people June 23, 1985, in the bombing of an Air India flight and a related explosion that killed two baggage handlers.
Although the trial is about half over, Malik, a millionaire businessman, is still wrangling over some 6 million Canadian dollars (4.4 million US dollars) in fees.
quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/bn/Qcanada-india.R6fv_DO6.html   (276 words)

  
 Inquiry into Botched Air India Bombing Trial Commences @ Airline and Airport Security News (AirportBusiness.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Declaring that a tragedy such as the Air India terror bombing that killed 329 people must never be repeated, a retired Canadian Supreme justice on Wednesday officially opened his federal inquiry into the botched investigation and subsequent trial.
John Major opened the probe after meeting with family members who lost loved ones in the 1985 Air India bombing, which was Canada's worst case of mass murder.
Air India Flight 182 from Toronto to London, originating in Vancouver, exploded and crashed off Ireland.
www.airportbusiness.com /article/article.jsp?siteSection=5&id=6926   (566 words)

  
 Accept bomb expert's opinion - Air India 182 trial
If that is accepted by the trial judge, the case against defendants Ajaib Singh Bagri and Ripudaman Singh Malik could collapse.
The prosecution says the two men were part of a group that put the bomb on a flight from Vancouver and the explosion occurred in a cargo bin holding baggage from Vancouver.
Wright urged the Air-India trial judge to accept the evidence of Christopher Peel, a highly respected physical metallurgist who was involved in the Lockerbie bombing investigation.
www.iasa.com.au /folders/Security_Issues/AirIndia182-1.html   (568 words)

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