Timeline of Air Tragedies
AUGUST 2020 Twenty-one people died when an Air India Express Boeing 737 plane skidded off the runway in the southern city of Kozhikode during heavy rain, plunged into a valley and crashed nose-first into the ground. MAY 2010 An Air India Boeing 737 flight from Dubai overshot the runway at the airport in the southern […]
Engine failure, bird-hit could be among probable reasons for plane crash: Experts
Ahmedabad: Failure of both engines or a bird hit soon after take-off could be among the probable causes that led to the fatal crash of a London-bound Air India aircraft with 242 people onboard, according to experts. Three senior wide-body pilots, who are also instructors, told PTI that looking at the videos of the crash […]
Prez Murmu, Modi express shock and grief over Air India plane crash
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of different political parties expressed shock and grief over the crash of an Air India plane carrying 242 people in Ahmedabad. “The tragedy in Ahmedabad has stunned and saddened us. It is heartbreaking beyond words,” Modi said. “In this sad […]
Tata Group to give Rs 1 crore to families of each victim
New Delhi: Tata Group will provide Rs 1 crore to the family of each person who died in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The aircraft, carrying 242 people, from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick crashed immediately after takeoff on Thursday afternoon. “We are deeply anguished by the tragic event involving Air India […]
AAIB to probe Air India plane crash
New Delhi: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will probe the Air India plane crash at the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday, according to an official. Air India’s Dreamliner Boeing 787 aircraft, involved in the crash, had 242 people on board, including 12 crew members. AAIB Director General and Director of Investigation at the agency, among others, […]
Talks with Pakistan only when it ends terror: Union minister Khattar
Says Govt to revive Tulbul project in J&K after IWT suspension Srinagar: India will not engage with Pakistan till the terrorism directed against the country keeps emanating from the neighbouring nation, Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Thursday. Addressing a press conference here on the completion of 11 years of the Modi government, Khattar […]
Severe heatwave continues across J&K
Srinagar swelters at 34.2 degrees Celsius, Jammu sizzles at 43.6 Srinagar: There has been no let up in the intense heatwave conditions in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday as the maximum temperatures continued to settle above normal, with the local Meteorological Department here issuing a severe heatwave alert for the next two days. According […]
In talks with Centre on resumption of projects halted due to IWT: Omar
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said discussions are being held with the Centre on the resumption of development projects in the Union territory that were halted due to the Indus Water Treaty. With the treaty in abeyance in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, Abdullah said there are two projects — one […]
Abrogation of Article 370 was also socio-economic reform: Jitendra Singh
Jammu: Asserting that Articles 370 and 35-A were a “miscarriage” of history and justice, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that their scrapping by the Modi government was a social reform. Singh made these remarks during a press conference held as part of the ongoing nationwide campaign commemorating 11 years of the Modi government. The event […]
India slips to 131st position in Global Gender Gap Index 2025
New Delhi: India has ranked 131 out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2025, slipping two places from its position last year. With a parity score of just 64.1 per cent, India is among the lowest-ranked countries in South Asia, according to the report released on Thursday. India ranked […]
