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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
Following the tragic crash of London-bound Air India Flight AI171, which killed 241 of the 242 people on board, the airline’s management has issued a gag order to all employees, instructing them not to respond to media queries or make any public statements. In an internal communication accessed by The News Minute, employees were also […]
There were hints of technical malfunction during takeoff of the Air India flight AI171, operated by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which exploded on the campus of a medical college. Going by visual evidence, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner departed with its landing gear extended and wing flaps fully retracted which is highly unusual in the critical […]
Former Gujarat chief minister and senior BJP leader Vijay Rupani, who was aboard Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon, has died, said state BJP president and Union Minister C R Paatil. Sixty-eight-year-old Rupani, was going to London to meet his daughter. Sources told Vibes of India that his wife Anjali, who […]
For 40-year-old Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, it was a usual flight but just about 30 seconds after the Ahmedabad London Air India flight took off, things changed completely. Within the next five minutes, the plane had crashed. Even as hundreds are believed to be dead and Vibes of India is still waiting for the death toll […]
In a tragic incident, more than 100 people have been reported dead and several others injured when an Air India plane bound for London crashed in a building soon after take off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon. Among the dead and injured also include undergraduate medical students. A portion […]
A bird hit may have prevented the Air India flight, which crashed near Ahmedabad airport, from achieving the optimum speed for take-off, leading to the crash, experts have been quoted in the section of media. Air India flight 171 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick airport in London crashed around 1.30 pm on Thursday, shortly after taking off from Sardar […]
A large number of people are reported dead and several others injured following Air India AI 171 Ahmedabad-London flight crashed soon after take off near the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon. There is no official confirmation about the number of deaths. However, the way the bodies are being brought to […]
Air India’s Ahmedabad-London flight A 171 with 242 people on board crashed soon after take off on Thursday afternoon near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. Casualty details are awaited. Injured are being rushed to Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital and emergency services have been pressed into service. Green corridor has been created to take the injured to […]
Air India’s Ahmedabad-London flight A 171 crashed soon after take off on Thursday afternoon near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. More than 200 passengers were on board. Casualty details are awaited. Injured are being rushed to Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital and emergency services have been pressed into service. Green corridor has been created to take the […]
A plane crash has been reported near Ahmedabad International Airport on Thursday afternoon. According to preliminary reports, more than 200 passengers were on board on Ahmedabad-London Air India flight AI 171. The accident is reported to have taken place during take off. Emergency services have been pressed into service and all roads leading to the […]
Over the past six years, Gujarat has witnessed a steady thinning of its green cover—a quiet but unsettling change. Tree cover in Gujarat has declined by 17 percent, from 8,034 sq km in 2015-16 to merely 6,632 sq km in 2021-22. Developed states have expanded their leafy footprint. Maharashtra, for instance, posted a remarkable 47.7 percent […]
