CALCUTTA (PTD): An India airlines Bangkok-bound fight with 79 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Calcutta airport Aug.5, 40 minutes after take-off following hydraulic failure.
Airport sources said that the Calcutta-Bangkok airbus A-320 flight (1C-731), which took off at 0155 IST, made a safe emergency landing after the fault was detected, The flight has been cancelled for the day as the aircraft had to be grounded, the sources added.
7-Party Democratic front formed in Parliament NEW DELHI (PTI): A 7-Party Democratic Front, led by Janata Dal (G), has been formed in Parliament to coordinate effective functioning of its constituents in the house.
JD(G) Parliamentary Party leader, Chandrajit Yaday, told reporters Aug-5 that the Democratic Front would compromise 30members in both the houses belonging to JD(G), JMM, SIP, JD(A). Nagaland People’s Council, Manipur People’s Party, autonomous state demands committee and AGP,
Of the 30 MPs, 24 are in the Lok Sabha (Lower House) and six in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House). Yaday said the front would function independently of the three other major groupings in parliament the Congress (I), BJP and National Front-Left Front combine,
JD (G) President, George Fernandes, said they would explore the possibilities about formation of the democratic front outside Parliament too,
Fernandes said he would get in touch with the Telugu Desam president, N.T.Rama Rao and AIADMK leader, Jayalalitha, as part of the efforts to rope in the two parties into the front.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 12, 1994
