TopicIC 814 hijack

Topic: IC 814 hijack

Vajpayee cabinet members deny Yashwant claim that Mamata offered to go to Kandahar during hijack

Shanker Arnimesh - 16 March, 2021

Yashwant Sinha claimed while joining Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress that she had offered to go and secure the release of IC-814 hostages.

Jaswant Singh — communicator, crisis manager, man of letters and a student of history

Jyoti Malhotra - 27 September, 2020

Jaswant Singh, a former Army officer, served as external affairs, defence and finance minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's governments from 1998 to 2004.

Why Vajpayee govt chose to swap 3 terrorists with 160 passengers of IC 814 two decades ago

Akshobh Giridharadas - 29 December, 2019

For 55 minutes, when it seemed that the hijacked plane could land in Amritsar, the crisis management group in Delhi acted without urgency.

‘Hijack baby’: How IC 814 Kandahar tragedy shaped Jaswant Singh grand-daughter’s life

Harshini Kumari Rathore - 24 December, 2019

After listening to people’s views for years, I now wish to ask my grandfather Jaswant Singh about his personal experience of the Kandahar hijack episode.

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ThePrint Team - 28 May, 2021

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Why ‘buy now, pay later’ fad doesn’t sit well with RBI

Andy Mukherjee - 28 June, 2022

The RBI wants every small-ticket loan to be a marriage officially solemnised in the church of banking. Its new guidelines stop nonbanks from loading digital wallets using credit lines.