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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Modest beginnings, big dreams—life stories of the crew members of Air India flight 171

Just a few days ago, Capt Sumeet Sabharwal told his father he would quit his job and take care of him full-time. Roshni Songhare, a resident of Dombivali, visited her hometown 2 days ago.

Murlidhar Bhandare’s son almost missed his exams in 1973. Rajiv Gandhi came to his rescue

In ‘The Arc of Memory’, Murlidhar C Bhandare, Congress leader and former governor of Odisha recounts his life events set to the backdrop of India’s history.

Legal action initiated against passenger for assault on pilot in Goa-bound Indigo flight

In a viral video, the agitated passenger, identified as Sahil Katariya, was purportedly seen punching the co-pilot, Anup Kumar, while he was making an announcement about flight delays.

Trainer aircraft with two pilots on board crashes in MP’s Balaghat

Balaghat SP says charred body of a man recovered from near crash site, search is on for woman trainee pilot.

After emergency landing in Nagpur, Biman Bangladesh plane flies to Dhaka, pilot critical

The plane, carrying 126 passengers to the Bangladesh capital from Muscat, made an emergency landing around 11:40 am on Friday as the pilot suffered a heart attack mid-air.

Bangladeshi pilot suffers heart attack mid-air, flight makes emergency landing in Nagpur

The Biman Bangladesh aircraft was carrying 126 passengers on board during the time of the landing. The pilot was admitted to a local hospital in Nagpur.

Mehar Singh, the RIAF pilot with heart of a Bengal tiger, who flew like a Himalayan eagle

Mehar never thought he would die in an aircraft. He used to say 'Old pilots never die; they just fade away.'

Mother of dead Indian pilot criticises Boeing, US FAA for ‘rushing’ 737 Max return

Sangeeta Suneja, whose son flew Lion Air plane that plunged into sea in 2018, criticised Boeing for returning Max 737 to the skies before a 3rd sensor to measure air speed is added.

DGCA has suspended 74 pilots in 8 months, nearly half of them for failing alcohol test

41 pilots were grounded for accidents endangering safety of aircraft and passengers, and 33 suspended for failing breathalyser test.

This forgotten pilot from India was just 19 when he shot down 9 German planes during WWI

Indra Lal Roy, 'the boy who came back from the dead' once, was posthumously awarded Britain's third-highest gallantry award — the Flying Cross.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.