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GoAir Appoints Vinay Dube as CEO
Wadia group-promoted GoAir on Friday said it has appointed Vinay Dube as the airline's Chief Executive Officer.
Till now, Dube was serving as an advisor to the carrier, a role which he took up after quitting the defunct Jet Airways in May last year.
GoAir's board has approved the appointment of Dube as the CEO and he would report to the Chair0man, Managing Director and the board, a release said.
(Source: PTI)
2 Killed, 7 Injured in Road Accident in Rajasthan's Alwar
Two people were killed and seven more injured when a van collided with a car coming from the opposite direction in Alwar district of Rajasthan on Friday, police said.
The accident occurred near the Alampur area in the district, they said.
The victims were rushed to a nearby hospital in Tatarpur, where van driver Roshan (27) was declared dead on arrival.
(Source: PTI)
Mumbai: Man Gets Life in Jail for Killing Drunk Person
A court in Mumbai sentenced a 42- year-old man to life imprisonment for killing a person who was drunk at the time.
Pradeep Varekar was found guilty recently under IPC section 302 (murder) by additional sessions judge Kishore M Jaiswal for killing Rupesh Mayaker near the latter's house in Ghatkopar in June, 2016.
As per the prosecution, Mayaker was drunk and his conduct annoyed Varekar who hit the former with a wooden plank several times, killing him on the spot.
(Source: PTI)
2 Killed, 1 Injured in Accident in Nashik
Two persons were killed and another seriously injured when a speeding vehicle hit the motorcycle they were riding here in Maharashtra on Friday, police said.
The accident took place near Chehedi on the Nashik- Pune Highway at around 12.20 pm.
According to the police, the deceased were identified as Adarsh Rohidas Karad (18) and Aakash Ravindra Gawali (21), residents of Vijaynagar.
(Source: PTI)