68 killed as Nepal plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashes in Pokhara

Kathmandu, January 15 At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the small Himalayan country’s worst air crash in three decades. Hundreds of rescue workers were scouring the hillside where the Yeti Airlines flight, carrying 72 people from the capital Kathmandu,…

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Nepal: At least 40 killed as plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashes in Pokhara

Kathmandu, January 15 At least 40 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, a Nepal aviation authority official said, in the small Himalayan country’s worst crash in nearly five years. Hundreds of rescue workers continued to scour the hillside site where the plane…

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Nepal: At least 40 killed as plane with 72 people onboard crashes in Pokhara

Kathmandu, January 15 At least 40 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, a Nepal aviation authority official said, in the small Himalayan country’s worst crash in nearly five years. Hundreds of rescue workers continued to scour the hillside site where the plane…

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Nepal: Passenger plane with 72 people onboard crashes in Pokhara; at least 16 dead

Agencies Kathmandu, January 15 A Nepalese passenger plane with 72 people onboard crashed on Sunday while landing at the Pokhara airport, according to media reports. Quoting a Nepal army spokesman, Reuters stated that at least 16 people are dead in the air crash. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of…

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Strong defensive posture being maintained along LAC: Army Chief

New Delhi, January 15 Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Sunday said a ‘strong defence posture’ was being maintained along theLine of Actual Control (LAC) and added, “We are ready to tackle any contingency”. The LAC is the un-demarcated de-facto boundary with China along the Himalayan ridgeline. He…

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Army soldiers pushed frontiers of valour; acted as saviours in times of calamities: President Murmu on Army Day

New Delhi, January 15 President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday extended greetings on Army Day, and said soldiers have always pushed the frontiers of valour besides acting as saviours in times of calamities. “I salute all brave soldiers of Indian Army and their families on this occasion,” she said. Army Day…

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Cong MP Santokh Chaudhary’s cremation in native village today; yatra to resume on sombre note

Deepkamal Kaur Jalandhar, January 14 Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, will be cremated at his native Dhaliwal village in Jalandhar district on Sunday. The 76-year-old two-time MP died on Saturday in Punjab’s Phillaur. The yatra was suspended for…

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Bharat Jodo Yatra to resume on sombre note after MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh’s demise

Deepkamal Kaur Jalandhar, January 14 The Bharat Jodo Yatra will resume on a sombre note from Lyallpur Khalsa College in Jalandhar on Sunday afternoon as a mark of respect for Jalandhar MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh, who passed away marching with Rahul Gandhi in Phillaur on Saturday. There will be no…

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Pilfer, adulterate, bribe — officials did it all

Jupinderjit SinghChandigarh, January 14Pilfer, adulterate, pay commission to officials. Sell high-quality wheat and rice in the market and supply low-quality to kids for the mid-day meal scheme. This has been happening at every step of wheat and rice procurement, stocking and distribution under the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in…

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