Plane crash: Congress leader Udit Raj points fingers at DGCA

IANS | June 13, 2025 3:30 PM

New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Following the devastating crash of Air India Flight AI-171 in Ahmedabad, which claimed 241 lives, Congress leader Udit Raj has launched a scathing attack on the aviation safety system in India, claiming that a Director at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) holds a fake degree and that oversight failure led to the tragedy.

Agra couple among victims of AI-171 crash; grief grips native village

IANS | June 13, 2025 2:23 PM

Agra, June 13 (IANS) Agra residents Neeraj Lavania and his wife Aparna Lavania were among the victims of the tragic Air India Flight AI-171 crash, which claimed 241 lives. The devastating news has plunged their native village, Akola in Agra district, into deep mourning.

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi on vandalism of Tagore's ancestral property in B'desh

IANS | June 12, 2025 11:46 PM

Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting the latter to take up the matter with the Muhammad Yunus-led government over the issue of reported vandalisation of the ancestral house of Rabindranath Tagore in the neighbouring Bangladesh's Sirajganj.

India engaging with China to ensure supply chain for rare earth elements: MEA

IANS | June 12, 2025 6:46 PM

New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) As Indian manufacturers, especially in the automobile sector, discuss ways to tackle likely rare earth element shortage after China exports restrictions, New Delhi on Thursday said it is currently engaged with Beijing to ensure predictability in the supply chain for smooth trade.