India yesterday ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models, while South Korea said it would order a similar measure, as scrutiny intensified of fuel switch locks at the centre of an investigation into a deadly Air India crash.

The career diplomat served as high commissioner of India to Bangladesh in 2016-2019

Fuel control switches to the engines of an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 260 people, were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, a preliminary investigation report said yesterday.

The Dreamliner was headed from Ahmedabad to London when it crashed, killing all but one of the 242 people on board as well as 19 people on the ground

India’s Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan yesterday cautioned against “a possible convergence of interests” among Bangladesh, China and Pakistan, saying it may have implications for India’s internal stability and security.

The strike excluded essential services such as hospitals, police, and fire departments

The Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project, a joint initiative between India and Myanmar, which will be fully operational by 2027, may open up new trade opportunities for neighbouring countries, said India’s Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal.

Indian police have arrested three men accused of gang raping a law student in Kolkata, officials said yesterday, a case that has reignited anger in a city still scarred by the rape and murder of a doctor last year.

India yesterday banned the imports of certain jute products and woven fabrics from Bangladesh through land ports.

One expert said India needs to grasp the reality of the new power structure in Bangladesh and move ahead

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries should seek a “permanent solution” to their decades-old border dispute, in a new push for a conclusive outcome.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said Bangla-speaking people from the state were being branded as “Bangladeshis” in some BJP-ruled states.

New Delhi’s counter-terrorism agency said yesterday it has arrested two men in India-administered Kashmir for allegedly harbouring Pakistani gunmen behind a deadly attack on civilians that sparked a days-long conflict between the two countries.

India has decided to evacuate all citizens of Nepal and Sri Lanka from war-hit Iran following a request from the two South Asian countries..The Indian Embassy in Tehran said in a post on its official X handle that “On request of the Governments of Nepal and Sri Lanka, the Indian Embassy’s

New Delhi will “never” reinstate a key water treaty it suspended with Pakistan over deadly violence in India-administered Kashmir, the interior minister said in an interview published yesterday.

The action by Air India came just over a week after its Gatwick-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport

Air India today claimed the crashed Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in Ahmedabad was "well-maintained" and the two engines of the aircraft showed no issues before the flight on June 12

More than 200 victims of last week's Air India jet crash have been identified through DNA testing, a hospital official said Wednesday, inching towards ending an agonising wait for relatives.

Modi says India had paused its military actions following a request from Islamabad

India's civil aviation regulatory body tonight said Air India has cancelled 66 flights to be operated with Boeing 787 Dreamliner since the June 12 Ahmedabad plane crash which involved an aircraft of the same model