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Mumbai: An Airbus A-320 flight GF-057 of the Gulf Air made an emergency landing here on Wednesday following a technical snag. No causalities have been reported so far and 222 passengers on board are safe now.

The aircraft took off from here for Bahrain at 10.32 am but returned after 50 minutes after a technical problem was detected.

This is the second instance of an emergency at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in two days.

A Kingfisher Airlines flight with 46 passengers on board had skidded off the main runway, affecting normal operations Tuesday evening.

Reports say that while the airport authorities were in full emergency readiness mode, the flight landed but got stuck on the runway, blocking other flights.

The aircraft was then towed away and the runway cleared for normal operations by noon, the official said.

“All schools and offices have been advised to close down for the day in view of the inclement weather that is likely to worsen,” BMC Additional Commissioner A Maheshkar told reporters.

While the schools have been asked to shut down at 1 pm, offices have been advised to close by 2 pm, Maheshkar said after a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Johny Joseph at Mantralaya.

She said the BMC was arranging for buses at Chhatrapati Shivaji and Churchgate terminus to ferry people back home.

All 24 control rooms of the BMC have been activated, she said, adding many trees maybe uprooted as the city and its adjoining areas were expected to experience high-speed winds reaching upto 90 KM per hour.

The machinery has been geared up to promptly clear the streets of the trees and people cautioned against taking shelter under them.

Asked if the advisory for closure of educational institutions and offices would be in force even tomorrow, she said no such decision had been taken as yet.

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Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Nearly 244 passengers had a miraculous escape when two aircraft came face to face on the taxi way at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport late Thursday night, an airport official said.

A kingfisher airlines aircraft with 117 people on board was about to take off when an Air India Nagpur-Mumbai flight with 127 passengers landed and was speeding on the same runway.

However, since the distance between the two aircraft was considerable, both managed to stop and a potential disaster was averted.

No further details of the incident were immediately available.

The Local Organising Committee met on Wednesday to finalise the venue-based distribution of the 29 games that India is scheduled to host.

The full schedule of the 14-nation tournament is due to be announced in Mumbai on 9th November.

The rest of the 20 games of the 49-match event have been awarded to Sri Lanka (12) and Bangaldesh (8).

The committee decided to give two other matches to Mohali apart from the semifinal.

Ahmedabad has been given a quarterfinal and two other games, while Kolkata and Delhi will host one India and three other matches each, BCCI secretary N Srinivas said in a statement.

Jaipur has been left out of the list of venues with Nagpur, Chennai and Bangalore getting one India game each.

India’s share of World Cup matches increased by eight after the games scheduled in Pakistan were shifted to other co-hosts due to security concerns of the participating countries.

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Mumbai: Swine flu deaths toll has reached to 329 so far. A record 142 fresh cases were reported in the country, taking the number of people affected with the flu to 10,375.

Thirteen swine flu deaths, 10 in Maharashtra alone, were reported on Thursday in the country, taking the total toll to 329, health authorities said in New Delhi.

According to the reports, “The laboratory confirmation came Thursday, which showed that all these deaths were because of the flu.”

With these ten deaths, the toll in the state has gone up to 130 – the highest in the country.

In Andhra Pradesh, two people died due to the flu, taking the total toll in the southern state to 36. The two people had died Wednesday, but laboratory confirmation came on Thursday.

The other states were – Tamil Nadu (18), Karnataka (12), Haryana (12), Andhra Pradesh (10), Kerala (9), Uttar Pradesh (6) and Gujarat (1).

Mumbai; Manna Dey has been chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2007. He’s currently in New York, where he is staying with his daughter.

Dey says he is extremely happy to receive this honor and there’s no question of being upset that the award comes to him so late in his career.

Many people felt that the Dey should have received this award much earlier, however Dey does not agree.

According to him, “It’s never too late to receive an Award that is held in such high esteem. Having been in the industry for such a long time, I feel this Award is recognition of my hard work and dedication.”

He says further, “I am thankful to all those people, directors and film personalities, who helped me create good music. It’s really very flattering to be in the same league as other recipients of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award like the legendary Raj Kapoor.”

Dey started his playback singing career in 1943 and went on to give us evergreen songs like Ae mere pyaare watan, Ae meri zohrajabeen and many more, the list went on over 3500 songs.

Amidst the global cues, Sensex opened at 15 points higher at 16,868 this morning. The index is now around the day’s high at 16,941, up 88 points.

Sterlite and Sun Pharma have gained 1.5% each at Rs 761 and Rs 1,410, respectively. SBI has added 1.3% to Rs 2,118.

HDFC and ITC, however, are down around 1% each at Rs 2,740 and Rs 232, respectively.

Other Sensex stocks seem to be trading at a flat note. Out of 1,429 stocks traded so far, 973 have advanced, 412 have declined and the rest are unchanged.

Mumbai: A rejected bail plea now is not the only trouble the actor Shiney Ahuja faces. According to the actor’s lawyer, his health has taken a turn for the worst.

Shiney has been languishing in police custody ever since his arrest on June 15 without any respite.

Now, it seems all this is taking a toll on his health. The actor has reported severe back pain owing to his past history of slip disc. He was also ushered into the court room with the support of two constables.

The court has ordered Shiney be given the required medical attention and if need arise be admitted to JJ Hospital.

It does not seem likely that Shiney will be getting respite any sooner from this rape case slapped on him by his household help.

Mumbai: For those who have been waiting for the Unlimited GPRS Packs, might as well like to go for Tata Docomo.

As the telecom firm commits, the GPRS connected phones would be able to transfer unlimited data all times.

The packs are as follows, with Rs 15 Pack, you can get unlimited GPRS for 3 full days and for Rs 95 Pack, you can use and access data download for 30 full days and nights.

You need to have the internet APN support in your cell phone to use the GPRS service. Tata Docomo also promises of ever faster speed.

All you need to do is using internet needs to set as your default setting to start using downloads.

Mumbai: Cooking with Stella will see the beautiful model-actor Lisa Ray in a special role. Lisa says “All my life is an open book”.

Lisa Ray is fighting with cancer and she is excited about her activities and informs “I have pretty well done what I said I would.”

She says, “I said years ago that I was not interested in doing films for the sake of being in the business. And I have been doing just that and I am very happy with my choices.”

Lisa is writing down her struggle with cancer in her blog and says “And that is the reason I told about my cancer through my blog, I update the blog, and I walk around everywhere as any other person would do.”