The plane on flight AI 873 was coming from Bhubaneshwar and was headed to New Delhi when the incident occurred as it was flying over Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh.
Nurse Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug, who lay in coma for 42 years, the longest in world history, died here on Monday. Her death triggered an outpouring of grief through the day and at her funeral in the evening.
After the rumble-tumble on the highway and the pot-holed arterial road near Raja ka Talaab, the road to Jayapur, some 30 km from Kashi, feels like an oasis in a parched desert. One does not encounter a single bump on the way to this village, indicating its VIP status.
Soon after bureaucrat Rajendra Kumar was made the principal secretary (services) by the AAP government on Monday, Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung rejected his appointment saying it did not have his approval.
The confrontation between the AAP government and Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung escalated on Saturday over a fresh transfer while Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked Jung "to remain within the confines of the constitution" over his order for posting the acting chief secretary.
Harjit Masih, 25, told the media in Mohali town adjoining Chandigarh and claimed that the 39 Indians, mostly from Punjab, were attacked by the ISIS terrorists and killed.