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In the wake of the tragic Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has released draft rules aimed at tightening control over structures that could endanger aircraft safety. The aircraft, which was flying from Ahmedabad to London’s Gatwick Airport, crashed into the B.J. Medical College Hostel shortly after take-off on June […]
Thousands of international students scramble to secure their student visas before the academic term begins. For months, they stay fixed to their computer screens, endlessly refreshing appointment portals in anxious anticipation of visa services resuming. The long wait is over, so is the race against the clock. The US State Department announced on Wednesday that […]
Shaken by last year’s devastation, Vadodara has braced for floods with a first-of-its-kind rescue force. According to reports, the Vadodara Fire and Emergency Response has assembled a team of 200 trained swimmers as part of its flood preparedness strategy. The move, a first in the city’s history, is quite understandable. Floods ravaged the city last year, exposing […]
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Bharuch, Surat, Dangs, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, and Diu on Thursday and issued an orange alert for the regions. According to emerging details, 18 people have lost lives in rain related incidents in the […]
Remember the days of digging for loose change at toll plazas while the car behind honked like it was late for a wedding baraat? Those days may soon become part of highway nostalgia. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced a new FASTag-based annual pass priced at Rs 3,000, aimed at making highway […]
Amid growing international speculation about the Kashmir dispute, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered an unambiguous and firm message to the US. According to reports, India’s Prime Minister made it abundantly clear to US President Donald Trump that India has never asked for, and will never accept, third-party mediation in the matter of Pakistan’s illegal occupation […]
A love story ended in murder in South Goa, where the police have arrested 22-year-old Sanjay Kevin M for the alleged killing of his girlfriend, Roshni Moses M. The couple from North Bengaluru recently travelled to Goa to marry. Roshni, reportedly the same age as Sanjay, was found dead in a forested area of Pratap […]
A 20-year-old female undergraduate student was raped before her male friend at a popular Gopalpur sea beach. Ten of the accused were arrested, following a complaint filed by the survivor. According to reports, the victim and the male friend were sitting at a secluded spot when 10 men arrived on three motorcycles. The group allegedly […]
Israeli drones and missiles continue to strike Tehran even as the Indian government has issued an urgent advisory asking all Indian citizens and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) to vacate the city at the earliest. “All Indian Nationals and PIOs who can move out of Tehran using their own resources are advised to move to […]
The Enforcement Directorate has widened its probe into illegal online betting networks, zeroing in on endorsements by cricketers Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina, and actor Urvashi Rautela. Sources told a media house that these celebrities—and several others—have been questioned as part of a sweeping investigation into the promotion of banned platforms, including the notorious 1xBet. […]
Last rites of Vijay Rupani, former chief minister of Gujarat, were performed in Rajkot on Monday evening. Rupani, the 16 chief minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021, was 68. He died on June 12 in Air India AI 171’s crash in Ahmedabad. The flight carrying 242 crashed within minutes after take off from the […]
The Union Home Ministry declared that India’s first population census since 2011 will finally be held in two crucial phases—on October 1, 2026, and March 1, 2027. This announcement not only restarts the long-delayed headcount but also clears the decks for several significant political exercises that have remained in limbo for decades. Most notably, the […]
A filmmaker from Ahmedabad, who was near the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at the time of the crash of Air India Flight AI 171, has prompted his family to submit DNA samples. A resident of Naroda, Mahesh Kalawadia, had gone to an acquaintance at Law Garden area that afternoon, media reports quoted his wife, Hetal. […]
The Israel-Iran conflict continued into its third day, with missiles exchanged well into Sunday night. Israel launched the offensive with a surprise strike on Friday, targeting top Iranian military commanders and critical nuclear infrastructure. In a swift and deadly response, Tehran accused Tel Aviv of assassinating the intelligence chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps […]
The crash of AI 171 has sparked competing theories, with no consensus yet on the cause. Central to the investigation is whether the Boeing 787’s advanced electrical systems failed. The aircraft’s shift from traditional pneumatic and hydraulic systems to a “more-electric” design aimed to reduce weight and costs, but pilots and experts now suspect this […]
Israeli airstrikes on Tehran early Saturday marked one of the fiercest chapters in the war-riddled history between Israel and Iran. Local media reported that two projectiles struck Mehrabad airport—situated near key Iranian leadership compounds and an air force base housing fighter jets and transport aircraft. Flames were seen rising from the site. Iran confirmed that […]
All Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 aircraft in Air India’s fleet will undergo enhanced safety inspections starting Sunday, June 15, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has announced. The directive comes in the wake of the deadly crash of Air India Flight AI-171, which claimed at least 265 lives when the aircraft plunged into a residential doctors’ […]
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has formed a high-level multi-disciplinary committee to examine the causes of the Air India Flight AI-171 crash and to suggest long-term safety measures. In a post on X, the ministry stated that the committee would evaluate the chain of events that led to the accident and review existing Standard Operating […]
The dark chapter in India’s aviation history has shaken the country. Coordination and scientific rigour in disaster response and victim identification will be the key as India tries to gather itself, following the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad. Since it takes an enormous amount of work to clean up the crash site, the […]
A veteran pilot who once flew the same Air India Dreamliner believes a malfunction in the landing gear may have caused the crash. He didn’t rule out the possibility of power loss and engine failure which led to the tragedy and, along with so many passengers, claimed the life of his close friend, the pilot […]
