Who is IC 814 Hijack flight Captain Devi Sharan? The hero of 1999 hijack, played by Vijay Varma in Netflix seriesThe 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814, dramatized in a Netflix series, highlights Captain Devi Sharan's bravery in managing the ...
Two killed in UP after car in Brij Bhushan Singh's son's convoy hits bikeTwo youths were killed and a woman injured in Uttar Pradesh after they were hit by a vehicle allegedly belonging to the convoy of BJP candi...
Munger to test Nitish Kumar's hold on OBCs, especially own caste KurmiOpposition RJD has fielded a strong OBC candidate here in Anita Devi, wife of convicted criminal Ashok Mahto. Mahto is a Kurmi and Devi a D...
24 years on, pilot of IC-814, hijacked from Nepal, reveals how he scared Lahore ATC to get permission to landA device called a Transponder fitted in the aircraft provides location details to the ATC and, according to him, with the help of this devi...
When captain spotted a passenger onboard IC814 flight with hand grenade at 26,000 feetNearly 24 years ago on a December 24 evening, a passenger aircraft was cruising at 26,000 feet enroute from Kathmandu to Delhi when the cap...
Permission declined for BJP MP Brij Bhushan's saints' meet in Ayodhya on June 5: OfficialThe BJP MP and World Federation of India (WFI) Chief, Brij Bhushan Singh was denied permission to hold 'Jan Chetna Maharally' on June 5 in ...
Images from Kabul airport reminds me of Kandahar horror: IC814 pilotIC814 was heading from Kathmandu to New Delhi on December 24, 1999 -- with 179 passengers and 11 crew members on board -- when it was hijac...
Bihar: Nitish Kumar allocates portfolios, keeps home, gives Tarkishore financeDeputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad got finance, commercial tax, environment, forest and disaster management, urban development and inf...
CBI registers fresh cases in illegal mining scam; 2 IAS officers searchedThe agency conducted searches at the premises of 2007-batch IAS officer Abhay Singh and 2009-batch IAS officer Vivek.
How poetry of 12th century women mystics impacted Madhu NatrajFrom serious reads to nonsensical magazines, the reading junkie devours everything.
BSF finds tunnel for smuggling cattle to BangladeshThe tunnel was being constructed through a tea garden allegedly by cattle smugglers for a long time in the darkness of night, the DIG said.
Third Eye: House-hunting trouble for BeniWhile well-known artist Kapila Vatsyayan was finally sent out of the Indira Gandhi National centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in a board rejig in...
Mysuru royal aspires for Bangalore Turf Club membershipYaduveer Wadiyar, the young king of the Mysuru royal dynasty, is counting on the goodwill the royal family enjoys to win the elections.
Vinesh in Indian wrestling team for Kazakhstan wrestling tournamentAn eight-member Indian wrestling team, including Commonwealth Games gold-medalist Vinesh, will compete in the 5th President's Cup to be hel...
IC 814 captain, 24 others take Air India to Delhi High Court over pay disparityCaptain Sharan and 25 colleagues have taken the airline to court for paying different salaries to people doing the same job.
Gloom descends on villages of martyr soldiers killed by PakistanA pall of gloom descended on the native villages of four Bihar soldiers, who were killed in an ambush by Pakistani troops.
Monsoon session of Bihar Legislature starts on quiet noteOpening day of monsoon session of both houses of Bihar Assembly ended shortly after paying tributes to some departed leaders.