NEW DELHI — An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane bound for New Delhi returned to its origin of Hong Kong as a precautionary measure on Monday after a technical issue was suspected mid-air, the latest incident affecting the airline in recent days. AI315 “returned to Hong Kong shortly after take-off due to a technical […]
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Air India flight with 242 on board crashes in Ahmedabad, no survivors
AHMEDABAD — An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 people crashed immediately after take-off from Ahmedabad airport this afternoon, in one of the worst ever aviation tragedies in India. There were 232 passengers and 10 crew on the flight which was headed to London. None of them survived the crash, officials said. The plane […]
Jaipur shops replace word ‘Pak’ with ‘Shree’ on sweets
JAIPUR — Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, shopkeepers in Jaipur, Rajasthan, have replaced the word ‘Pak’ on their sweets with ‘Shree’. A shopkeeper told NDTV that they have renamed various sweets by replacing the word ‘Pak’ with ‘Shree’. For instance, ‘Moti Pak’ is now ‘Moti Shree’, ‘Gond Pak’ has become ‘Gond Shree’, and […]
Pakistani Rangers handed over BSF jawan to India
NEW DELHI — Pakistan has handed over a BSF jawan, Purnam Kumar Shaw, who was in their custody since April 23, through the joint check post at Attari in Amritsar. Shaw was handed over to Indian authorities at 10:30 am today (May 14) following established protocols. “Today BSF Jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw, who had been […]
BSF shoots dead Pakistani intruder along India-Pakistan border in Punjab
AMRITSAR — The Border Security Force (BSF) has shot dead a Pakistani intruder along the International Border in Punjab, officials said Thursday. The man was shot during the intervening night of May 7-8 in the Ferozepur sector, they said. He was found crossing the International Border purposefully in the dark, the officials said, adding that […]
MHA asks several states to conduct mock drills to prepare for any attack
NEW DELHI — The Union Home Ministry has asked several states to conduct mock drills on May 7 amid rising tensions with Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, government sources said on Monday. The measures to be taken during the drill include operationalisation of air raid warning sirens and training of civilians on civil defence […]
Pahalgam attack: Supreme Court dismisses PIL for safety of tourists, rebukes petitioner
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking safety of tourists in remote hilly areas of Jammu and Kashmir in view of the recent Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people lost their lives. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh pulled up advocate Vishal Tiwari for filing […]
India bans direct, indirect imports from Pakistan
NEW DELHI — India has banned direct or indirect import of all goods from Pakistan with immediate effect, according to a notification of the commerce ministry. A provision in this regard has been added in Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 “to prohibit direct or indirect import or transit of all goods originating in or exported […]
Don’t want people going after Muslims, Kashmirs: Wife of Navy officer killed in Pahalgam
Karnal, Haryana — “We don’t want people going after Muslims and Kashmiris,” Himanshi Narwal said on Thursday (May 1, 2025), stoic but firm as she mourned her husband, Naval officer Lt. Vinay Narwal, who was gunned down in Pahalgam just 10 days ago. He would have been 27 today. Narwal’s mother and wife Ms. Himanshi […]
Kashmiri woodcutter held for brandishing axe when asked to register with police in Bilaspur
Bilaspur (HP) — Police have taken a Kashmiri ‘charani’ or woodcutter into custody for allegedly brandished an axe when a cop asked him to get registered with the police at Ghumarwin in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur district, officials said on Thursday. There was tension at Dakdi Chowk in Ghumarwin on Wednesday when Kashmiri woodcutters in the […]