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A former award winning Indian Air Force officer, Capt. Sathe had a 30-year long and accident free flying record, including around 18 years with Air India.

The minister said he is deeply 'anguished and distressed' at the accident and relief teams from Air India and Airports Authority of India (AAI) are being immediately dispatched from Delhi and Mumbai.

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said he is deeply "anguished and distressed" at the accident and relief teams from Air India and Airports Authority of India (AAI) are being immediately dispatched from Delhi and Mumbai.

The government said that in the absence of any specific information about any objectionable news published or aired by a specific news channel/agency, the Constitution and the applicable statues do not give it any authority to unilaterally pass any censur...

A pilot was among 16 people killed in the crash and at least 35 people have been reported injured and shifted to various hospitals.

Three audio clips of Mishra's purported phone conversations - one with then Superintendent of Police (Kanpur Rural) Brijesh Srivastava and two with Chaubeypur SO Vinay Tiwari - have surfaced on social media.

Hong Kong prodemocracy activist Joshua Wong filed a court challenge on Friday against his disqualification from district polls, in a move which may have implications for this year's removals of opposition candidates for the city's legislature.

The minor girl was allegedly sexually assaulted when she was alone at her home in west Delhi. The girl has injury marks on her body and is currently undergoing treatment at the AIIMS here.

The 79-year-old doctor breathed his last around 9 pm, following a massive heart attack. According to the sources, six doctors have died due to the viral disease in Bengal so far.

On Friday, Afghanistan's capital Kabul is set to hold a grand gathering called 'Loya Jirga' to decide the fate of hundreds of prisoners, mostly members of the Taliban, as it was a key demand of the terror outfit to join peace talks.

The accused was identified on the basis of CCTV footage and he has previous criminal records. However, the identity of the man was yet to be revealed.

The drive will be held in around 600 cities of the country under the banner of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), which has 40,000 trade associations and seven crore members across India as members, CAIT said in a statement.

Indefinite curfew has been clamped in areas under Thelamara and Dhekiajuli police stations in Sonitpur district after clashes took place after a bike rally by Bajrang Dal activists on Wednesday, officials said.

District Disaster Control Room chief Anita Jawanjale said the victim, Rakesh Harshora, a resident of Mahajanwadi, came out of his house looking for his two-wheeler.

The CBIC said this "precautionary step" has been taken in view of the recent incident of an explosion in Lebanon caused by such material.

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