A total of 251 of the 270 people who died in the June 12 plane crash in Ahmedabad have been identified with the help of DNA tests, officials confirmed on Sunday. Of these, 245 bodies have already been handed over to the bereaved families.The London-bound aircraft had taken off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport…
Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages, Judih Weinstein and Gad Haggai, killed during Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza. The Israeli military, in coordination with the Shin Bet security agency, retrieved the remains from Khan Younis during a special overnight operation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered…
NEW DELHI: Industry associations Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA) and Indian Vegetable Oil Producers’ Association (IVPA) have welcomed the government’s decision to reduce the basic customs duty on crude edible oils to 10 per cent, calling it a timely intervention that supports domestic refiners and discourages imports of finished products.Announced on Friday, the policy reduces the…
SRINAGAR: The decomposed bodies of two Kashmiri brothers reported missing since Feb 13 along with a third person were found three days apart in a river in J&K’s Kulgam district, around 70km south of Srinagar.Showkat Ahmad Bajad’s putrefied corpse was discovered on Sunday at Vishaw, close to where his brother Riyaz’s body had been found…
JAMMU: Bodies of three persons missing since March 5 were found on Saturday at a waterfall in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district in a massive joint search operation of army and police. Drones were used to find the bodies, officials said.Varun Singh (15) of Dehota village, and Yogesh Singh (32) and Darshan Singh (40) of…
NEW DELHI: The bodies of three civilians who went missing was found on Saturday near waterfall in higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, the officials informed.Darshan Singh (40) and Yogesh Singh (32) and Varun Singh (15), went missing on March 5 while returning from a marriage function in Lohai Malhar, Billawar tehsil. A…
Three autonomous bodies that regulate personnel in the medical field — doctors, dentists and nurses — are all in a dysfunctional state, the response to a right to information query has revealed.The health ministry’s response to the query confirmed that the four autonomous boards of the National Medical Commission that deal with undergraduate education, postgraduate…
Hamas has handed over four bodies of Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza, an Israeli security source told news agency Reuters early on Thursday. At around the same time of transferring the bodies, a Red Cross convoy carrying dozens of released Palestinian prisoners left Israel’s Ofer prison, reports said. A formal announcement on…
Hamas said on Thursday it had handed over the bodies of four Israelis abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel — including a woman and her two young children — in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Large crowds had gathered near the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis to watch the choreographed handoff…
Hamas said on Thursday it had handed over the bodies of four Israelis abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel — including a woman and her two young children — in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Large crowds had gathered near the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis to watch the choreographed handoff…