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Ahmedabad: Fifteen-year-old Akash Patni wasn’t aboard the doomed Air India flight nor inside the BJ Medical College hostel it crashed into—but he too became a casualty of India’s deadliest air disaster in over thirty years, reported The Hindustan Times.
New Delhi: A Thai actor-singer who survived a devastating plane crash nearly three decades ago has revealed a chilling coincidence that connects him to the sole survivor of last week’s Air India disaster—both men were seated in 11A, reported India Today.
New Development Bank (NDB) President and former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff recently attended a major International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2025 curtain raiser event in the Chinese city of Shanghai.
Union Minister of State for Rural Development Kamlesh Paswan inaugurated Garuda Aerospace's new Agri-Drone Indigenization Facility in Chennai on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for a three-nation tour on Sunday with the primary objective of attending the 51st G-7 Summit at Kananaskis in Canada.
New Delhi/IBNS: Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Saturday acknowledged the need for an "extended surveillance into Boeing 787 Series" aircraft in the aftermath of the Ahmedabad plane crash that killed 274 including on-ground people.
Ahmedabad/IBNS: One more body has been recovered from the debris caused by the crashing of the London-bound Air India flight into the residential quarters of a medical college in Ahmedabad, media reports said.
Ujjain/IBNS: The brother of Sonam Raghuvanshi, who is accused of killing her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during honeymoon in Meghalaya, attended the victim's 'pind daan' in Ujjain on Friday, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday moved the division bench of Calcutta High Court seeking an urgent hearing on his plea demanding a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the Maheshtala communal clash, media reports said.
Ahmedabad/IBNS: The toll in the Ahmedabad plane crash has increased to 274 including on-ground people, who were killed in one of the worst aviation tragedies of the country, media reports said.
The Indian government has formed a high-level multi-disciplinary committee to examine the causes leading to the crash of the Air India Flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick Airport in London.
NRI Arjun Patolia had come to India to fulfil his wife's last wish and boarded the ill-fated Air India flight on Thursday to return to his two children in London. But he never made it home.
New Delhi/Beijing: In a move that could ease stress on global industrial supply chains, India and China on Thursday indicated willingness to initiate dialogue aimed at restoring trade in rare earth magnets—a crucial input across sectors like automobiles and semiconductors.
An Air India flight, en route to London, returned to Mumbai after being airborne for three hours, media reports said, quoting Flightradar24 data.
New Delhi: As Air India flight AI 171 crashed into a doctors’ hostel in Ahmedabad on Thursday, just minutes after takeoff, it shattered not just a building but a web of dreams, promises, and futures. Among those on board were young crew members whose lives were full of plans—many of which will now remain forever unfinished.
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday conducted raids at ten locations across Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Delhi, Hisar, and Lucknow, as part of its nationwide drive against cyber-enabled financial frauds under Operation Chakra-V.
Ahmedabad/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met with the family members of former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who was among those killed in the Ahmedabad plane crash.
New Delhi: India’s aviation regulator DGCA has ordered Air India to carry out rigorous safety inspections on its Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 fleet, following the catastrophic crash of a London-bound Dreamliner in Ahmedabad on June 12 that claimed over 260 lives, marking the world’s worst aviation tragedy in ten years, media reports said.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Friday informed that the black box of the crashed Air India flight in Ahmedabad has been recovered.
Indian Defence Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Singh, along with Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh, Director General Operational Logistics and Strategic Movement, attended the closing ceremony of the 17th edition of the India-Mongolia Joint Military Exercise Nomadic Elephant in Ulaanbaatar city on Friday.
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and thanked him for France’s strong message of support in the fight against terrorism.
Ahmedabad/IBNS: A 10-minute late arrival at the airport proved to be a blessing in disguise for Bharuch resident Bhoomi Chauhan, who was about to board the ill-fated Air India flight that crashed soon after take-off on Thursday.
Ahmedabad/IBNS: Forty-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh is still in disbelief over how he could survive the Air India plane crash that left all except him dead in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Phuket/IBNS: A New Delhi-bound Air India flight from Phuket made an emergency landing in Thailand after receiving a bomb threat on Friday, media reports said.
A woman, who missed the ill-fated Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday and left 241 people dead, has expressed gratitude to the Hindu god Lord Ganapati for her narrow escape.
PM Narendra Modi on Friday visited the site of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash that left 241 people dead in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit the site where an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, en route to London with 242 people onboard, crashed immediately after it took off from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon.
A British couple who run a spiritual wellness company in London posted a 'goodbye' video from the Ahmedabad airport, describing their “magical experience” in India as they waited to board the doomed Air India flight on Thursday.
An Indian family of five who boarded the ill-fated Air India 787-8 Dreamliner for a better future together in London had little idea that their in-flight selfie would be the last family portrait before getting killed with the rest of the passengers in the tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
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