Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority on Sunday confirmed that 29 passengers, on board the ATR-72 Yeti Airlines flight which crashed somewhere between the old airport of Pokhara region and the Pokhara International Airport, were confirmed dead.
Former Chief Minister of Karnataka HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday questioned State Home Minister Araga Jnanendra's visit to Gujarat, around the time, from where the alleged Kingpin of human trafficking Santro Ravi was nabbed on Friday.
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader KM Shaji on Saturday sparked a controversy by calling the LGBTQ community a "shame" and the "worst kind of people".
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased and expressed deep condolences to the bereaved family.
The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on Iran's Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri after the execution of British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, UK's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced in a press release on January 14.
The United Kingdom and Japan signed a "landmark" defence agreement on Wednesday that will allow the forces' deployments on a larger and more complex scale
Akbari's death sentence was announced just days ago, on January 11, after he was convicted of spying for the United Kingdom. However, Akbari, who was also a former Iranian official, had denied the charges, as per CNN.
Santokh Singh Chaudhary was walking along with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in the Bharat Jodo Yatra when he collapsed after suffering a heart attack on Saturday morning.
Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh took to social media to wish a speedy recovery to former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi, who was hospitalised and placed on oxygen support after a Covid-19 infection and pneumonia attack.
Addressing ex-Servicemen on the occasion, the Navy chief said MoUs signed with nine corporates for the employment of ex-Servicemen and their next of kin show that the Indian Navy gives top priority to the "care and welfare of veterans".
The tender document, which the BCCI made available for purchase starting on January 3, has been purchased by a number of organisations besides the IPL clubs.