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Air India CMD Lohani has been appointed as chairman of Railway Board

National

Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani was today appointed chairman of the Railway Board after the incumbent A K Mital resigned from the post, officials said. The announcement by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet came hours after Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu indicated that he had offered his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the recent train accidents. “Necessary communication in this regard has been sent to the Ministry of Railways,” the committee said. Mital had tendered his resignation to Prabhu last evening and it was accepted today morning, sources said. Lohani, an officer of the railway mechanical service, had served earlier as the Divisional Regional Manager of Delhi. He was also ITDC chairman as well as the director of the ...

Air India staffer assault case: Delhi Police books MP Ravindra Gaikwad

Delhi

Delhi Police today registered an FIR against Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who had assaulted an Air India staffer at the Delhi Airport on Thursday. Delhi crime branch will probe the case. The FIR was filed at Airport police station. Charges under Section 355 of the Indian Penal Code (assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person) and under Section 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) have been slapped against the Lok Sabha MP. He had thrashed 61-year-old Sukumar Raman of AISATS, Air India's ground handling firm, with his slipper 25 times at the Delhi's IGI airport after landing from Pune. COUNTER ALLEGATIONS In the meantime, Gaikwad also submitted a complaint against Air India before Delhi Police making a counter allegation that he was pushed and yell...

Ravindra Gaikwad MP who bragged after assaulting Air India official. All you need to know

Delhi

Angry over the treatment meted out to him by Air India, Shiv Sena's Lok Sabha MP Ravindra Gaikwad today thrashed a 61-year-old Air India official with his slipper 25 times at the Delhi's IGI airport. The airline has filed two FIRs against him on charges of assaulting Sukumar Raman of AISATS, Air India's ground handling firm, and for delaying the flight. "I wanted a business class seat which he couldn't arrange for me. I hit him several times with my slipper", Gaikwad said. Air India has said there was no business class in the all-economy flight. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena has also sought an explanation from the defiant Lok Sabha MP in the assault case. Read for details of what happened at the Air India flight AI 852 from Pune to Delhi. Here is a blow-by-blow account of all you need to...