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No survivors in Ahmedabad plane crash; all 242 onboard London-bound Air India flight killed

Ahmedabad: All 232 passengers and 10 crew members on board the Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday are believed to have been killed, media reports said.

‘Deeply distressing’: UK PM Keir Starmer reacts to Air India crash that killed 242, including 53 Britons

London: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday called the crash of a London-bound Air India flight in Ahmedabad “devastating,” after 242 people, including 53 British nationals, were killed when the aircraft went down shortly after takeoff.

'Heartbreaking beyond words': PM Modi on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Air India passenger plane crash soon after its take-off near the airport in Ahmedabad is "heartbreaking beyond words".

Tata Group Chairman N Chandrasekaran issues first statement after London-bound Air India flight crashes in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad (Gujarat): An Air India flight bound for London’s Gatwick airport crashed minutes after takeoff from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday, June 12.

London-bound Air India passenger plane crashes after take-off in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad/IBNS: A London-bound Air India passenger plane carrying 242 people crashed soon after take-off near the airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon.

Air India plane crashes near airport in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad/IBNS: An Air India plane has crashed near the airport in Ahmedabad, media reports said.

Maheshtala clash: Suvendu Adhikari, other BJP MLAs march to Raj Bhavan with Tulsi plant, seek Guv's intervention

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari carried a Tulsi plant and led other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs from state assembly to Raj Bhavan (Governor's House) seeking Governor CV Ananda Bose's intervention in the Maheshtala communal clash.

Howrah sex racket: Arian-Shweta, mother-son duo accused of abducting women to shoot porn videos, arrested

Kolkata/IBNS: Arian Khan and his mother Shweta Khan, who are accused of kidnapping young women and shooting pornographic videos, were on Wednesday arrested by Howrah Police, media reports said.

Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari moves Calcutta HC seeking permission to visit violence-hit Maheshtala

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday moved the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to visit violence-hit Maheshtala in the South 24 Parganas district of the state.

Meghalaya honeymoon murder: Sonam convinced Raja to visit Kamakhya temple before consummating wedding

Shillong/IBNS: Raja Raghuvanshi, an Indore-based businessman who was killed during his honeymoon in Meghalaya, was convinced by his wife Sonam Raghuvanshi to visit Assam's Maa Kamakhya Temple before consummating their wedding, media reports said.

Telangana engineer, who worked on Kaleshwaram irrigation project, held in disproportionate case

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday raided 13 locations linked to Executive Engineer Nune Sridhar, who works at the Telangana irrigation department, and found assets worth Rs. 70 crore that are disproportionate to his known sources of income, media reports said.

Aadhaar verification to be mandatory for online Tatkal ticket booking from July 15

New Delhi: Starting July 15, Aadhaar-based OTP authentication will be compulsory for booking Tatkal tickets online via the IRCTC website or mobile app, the Ministry of Railways announced on Thursday.

'If guilty, she must be hanged': Sonam Raghuvanshi's brother on Meghalaya murder

The family of Sonam Raghuvanshi wants her hanged if she is proven guilty of murdering husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honemoon in Meghalaya, her brother Govind told the media on Wednesday.

Defence ministry eyes ₹2 lakh cr in new orders this fiscal, targets capex at 2.5% of GDP by FY26: Report

New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence is aiming to place equipment orders worth ₹2 lakh crore in the current fiscal year, with a strong emphasis on modernisation and boosting domestic procurement, Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh told NDTV Profit.

Violence roils Bengal's Maheshtala after 'temple vandalism', BJP flags 'appeasement politics’

Kolkata/IBNS: A fresh communal tension erupted in Bengal's Maheshtala on Tuesday after an alleged incident of temple vandalism, which triggered clashes between two communities, media reports said.

Indian official meets Malaysian, South Korean representative on sideline of EAS

Secretary (East) P Kumaran met Amran Mohammed Zin, Secretary General, MoFA, Malaysia, on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit (EAS) and ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) SOM in Penang where they discussed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two nations.

Pune residents worship tree gushing out 'divine' water, officials find it was just a broken pipe

A video recently went viral on social media where people were seen frantically worshipping a tree, believing it was emitting holy water.

Indian Army contingent arrives in Mongolia for multinational military exercise

The Indian Army contingent reached Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Wednesday for the Multinational Military Exercise Khaan Quest, which is scheduled to be conducted from June 14 to 28.

Cabinet clears Rs 6,405 cr railway doubling projects in Jharkhand, Karnataka and Andhra

New Delhi: In a major boost to railway infrastructure and regional connectivity, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved two key doubling projects — Koderma–Barkakana in Jharkhand and Ballari–Chikjajur spanning Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

Piyush Goyal concludes successful visit to Switzerland, reinforces momentum for partnership under EFTA TEPA

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, concluded a successful two-day official visit to Switzerland from June 9–10, 2025, and commenced his official engagements in Sweden on Wednesday.

Brussels: S Jaishankar attends EU-India Strategic Dialogue with Kaja Kallas, highlights zero-terrorism issue

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday that there should be zero tolerance towards terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.

Backwardness, not religion, is only benchmark to decide OBC status: Mamata Banerjee in Bengal assembly

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said backwardness is the only benchmark to decide the Other Backward Class (OBC) status, rejecting the Opposition's charge that her government was planning to make reservations on the basis of religion.

Influencer Sharmishta Panoli's complainant Wajahat Khan denied bail by Kolkata court

Kolkata/IBNS: A Kolkata court on Tuesday denied bail to Wajahat Khan, who had filed a complaint against influencer Sharmishta Panoli, media reports said.

Meghalaya honeymoon murder case: One of the accused gets slapped by unknown person at airport

Shillong/IBNS: One of the accused in the Meghalaya murder case was slapped by an unknown person outside the Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport in Madhya Pradesh's Indore while the crime has sent shockwaves across the country, media reports said.

It's India vs Terroristan: Jaishankar's attack on Pakistan from Brussels

Brussels/IBNS: India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has described Pakistan as "Terroristan" in demonstrating India's fight against terrorism in the backdrop of the Operation Sindoor, media reports said.

'Funding Pakistan means funding infrastructure of terrorism': Rajnath Singh

Dehradun/IBNS: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh described Operation Sindoor as the biggest action taken against terrorism in Indian history, which was carried out in response to the terror attack on innocent people in Pahalgam, and urged international organisations to stop funding Pakistan, which provides 'safe havens' to terrorist.

Modi meets members of Operation Sindoor outreach delegations, lauds them for voicing India's stand

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met the members of various outreach delegations, who represented India in different countries and elaborated Operation Sindoor, at his official residence in New Delhi.

Honeymoon murder: Sonam Raghuvanshi brought to Meghalaya, crime scene to be recreated

New Delhi/IBNS: Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the murder of her husband Raja Rajvanshi, was brought to Meghalaya's Shillong on Tuesday night for further investigations by the state police.

Won't tolerate visa abuse: US Embassy warns after viral video showed Indian student handcuffed at New Jersey airport

In a strong advisory to Indians travelling to America, the US Embassy in India has said that the country “will not tolerate any abuse of visas or illegal entry” amid a row over a social media video that showed an Indian student in handcuffs at Newark Airport in New Jersey.

Meghalaya murder: Sonam Raghuvanshi offered Rs 20 lakhs to get husband killed, helped push body into gorge

As more chilling details of the Meghalaya honeymoon murder emerge, it has now been revealed that Sonam Raghuvanshi had offered Rs 4 lakh to hired killers for the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, and later increased the amount to Rs 20 lakhs, media reports said.