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1 week ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali |Som Patidar |Bhat Burhan

Imtiaz Ali Syed is holding out for a miracle. His brother, Javed Ali Syed, was flying home to London. But the Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying him, his wife Mariam, and their two young children — Zayn and Amani — fell out of the sky just 30 seconds after take-off. Flight AI171 was headed from Ahmedabad, a city in western India, to London Gatwick Airport when it crashed into one of BJ Medical College's hostels, erupting into flames and killing 241 of the 242 people on board.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali |Bhat Burhan |Som Patidar

Authorities say the death toll from the Air India plane crash could rise as emergency crews continue combing through the wreckage. Families who are waiting to formally identify loved ones killed in the crash have been told they may need to wait up to 72 hours. Air accident experts from the US and UK have arrived in India to support an investigation. Inayat Saiyad sent his final message to the family WhatsApp group just after midday on Thursday.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali |Som Patidar |Bhat Burhan |Ellie Grounds

Traumatic scenes have played out across the Indian city of Ahmedabad as families of those on flight AI171 arrived at hospitals desperate for information about their loved ones. Warning: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The flight was moments into its journey to London when it sent a mayday call to local aviation authorities early on Thursday afternoon (local time).

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali |Bhat Burhan

A popular Indian travel vlogger has been arrested on suspicion of passing information to an operative of Pakistan's spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Jyoti Malhotra, a 33-year-old travel influencer from the northern Indian state of Haryana, allegedly travelled to Pakistan multiple times, most recently in March 2025. Police claim she was in contact with a Pakistan High Commission official who was expelled from India earlier this month.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali

Observers are worried India and Pakistan may soon be engaged in an all out war after India launched missile strikes on several locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. It says the attacks were targeting militants linked to last month's massacre of tourists in Kashmir. Samantha Donovan: Observers are worried India and Pakistan may soon be engaged in all-out war after India launched missile strikes on several locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.