New Delhi: The European Union’s delegation in New Delhi lowered its flags to half-mast in solidarity, mourning the loss of lives alongside India, the UK, Canada, and Portugal. The passenger manifest included 169 Indian nationals, 53 British citizens, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Union Commission on her X handle...

Mumbai: The government will set up a high-level multi-disciplinary committee to strengthen aviation safety in the wake of the Air India plane crash. The London-bound Boeing 787-8 aircraft crashed soon after taking off from Ahmedabad airport. There were 242 people onboard the plane. Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu Thursday said a formal investigation has been initiated...

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday described the crash of Air India Flight AI171 as a ‘national tragedy that has plunged the entire country into mourning’ and expressed grief over the immense loss of life, assured families of the victims that the government will provide unwavering support during this time of sorrow. Amit Shah visited the...

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump Thursday termed the Air India flight AI-171 crash near Ahmedabad airport as a terrible one and one of the worst in the history of aviation, adding that the US is ready to provide any assistance. "The plane crash was terrible, I have told them... anything we can do... it's a big...

New Delhi: Boeing's 787 Dreamliners took to the skies 14 years ago, and the Ahmedabad plane crash Thursday afternoon is the first incident of the best-selling wide-body aircraft suffering a fatal accident. The Boeing 787-8 aircraft -- VT-ANB -- was 11.5 years old and had flown for more than 41,000 hours, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday directed the authorities of Jajpur district to immediately provide a house and other support to a visually challenged person. Participating in a programme to celebrate the first anniversary of the BJP government in Odisha, Majhi got the information from media regarding the plight of 41-year-old Prafulla Kumar Das, a...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders Thursday took out a protest rally against the BJP government in Odisha which completed one year in office. Holding handwritten placards BJD MPs, MLAs and other leaders held a protest rally at Master Canteen Square here and raised slogans against Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and called the BJP government...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police have arrested another person for his alleged involvement in an online betting scam, an official said Thursday. The accused, identified as Jitendra Mallick (27), was arrested from Bengaluru on June 4 and brought to Odisha on remand June 9, he said. Earlier, four persons had been arrested in...

Shillong: In a sensational revelation Thursday, East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiem narrated the entire sequence of events leading to the cold-blooded murder of Raja Raghuwanshi, terming it a pre-planned conspiracy orchestrated by Raj Kushwaha, ‘lover’ of the victim’s wife Sonam Raghuwanshi. Speaking to media persons, SP Syiem dismissed the angle of a contract killing and instead...

New Delhi: NASA and Axiom Space were yet to announce a new date for the launch of the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), involving India's astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others, after the lift-off was delayed due to a leak detected in SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket. "A new launch date for the fourth private astronaut...