Seven people, including a toddler, lost their lives in a helicopter crash in India’s northern Uttarakhand state while en route for a Hindu pilgrimage, according to officials. The helicopter, operated by the Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority, took off around 5:30am (00:00 GMT) on Sunday from Kedarnath, a temple town, heading towards Guptkashi—approximately 37 kilometers…
On Thursday, President Bola Tinubu joined King Charles III, Queen Camilla, and other world leaders in expressing condolences to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi following a devastating plane crash that claimed over 200 lives. The tragic incident involved a London-bound Air India flight, carrying 242 people, which crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai…
AHMEDABAD, India, June 12 (Reuters) – More than 290 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from the western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, authorities said, in the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade. The dead included people on the…
Pakistan’s airspace was shut on Saturday, after the military said India had launched a series of attacks on airbases. “Pakistan’s airspace will remain closed for all kinds of flights until Sunday 12:00 PM,” the statement said.
Meta has banned a prominent Muslim news page on Instagram in India at the government’s request, the account’s founder said Wednesday, denouncing the move as “censorship” as hostilities escalate between India and Pakistan. Instagram users in India trying to access posts from the handle @Muslim — a page with 6.7 million followers — were met…
