Decoding Dreamliner crash: Aviation expert sees tech glitch or engine failure as key reasons, doesn't rule out sabotage

IANS | June 13, 2025 6:08 PM

New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Renowned aviation analyst and flight safety expert S.J. Murlidhar, who has previously investigated major air crashes, shared his initial assessment on the tragic plane crash involving a Dreamliner 787 at Ahmedabad. In a detailed conversation with IANS, he discussed possible causes behind the catastrophe and whether it could have been averted.

India-Mongolia deepen defence ties as joint exercises gain momentum in Ulaanbaatar

IANS | June 13, 2025 4:22 PM

New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) In a significant push to strengthen New Delhi’s broader outreach in East and Central Asia, India’s Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on Friday held a meeting with Brigadier General Gankhuyag Devadorj, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Mongolia, during his ongoing visit to Ulaanbaatar.

Flames in the sky, horror on the ground: Eyewitnesses recall tragedy of AI-171 crash

IANS | June 13, 2025 4:05 PM

New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) What began as an ordinary day in Ahmedabad turned into a nightmare within seconds, as a deafening explosion in the sky shattered the calm on Thursday. Eyewitnesses recounted scenes of horror after an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner, bound for London, crashed shortly after takeoff from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.

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.