'State has become home to illegal bomb making that has the potential to unsettle democracy', says Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar after NIA arrested nine suspected Al-Qaeda operatives in the early hours on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his greetings to the people on Monday, saying this is a unique festival that celebrates harmony.

Kerala Finance Minister Dr Thomas Isaac tells Outlook that options given by the Centre to the states over the GST compensation issue have no rationale.

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee working president Kodikkunnil Suresh said Shashi Tharoor is 'certainly not a politician' and that he came to the Congress party as a 'guest artist'.

The 46 experts of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau are required to carry out the investigation of aircraft accidents. However, the panel investigating the Kerala plane crash has only one member from the AAIB.

The Kerala government has appointed an expert panel to look into the incident and asked it to submit the report within a week, while the crime branch will also probe the matter.

Around three hours after the Air India Express flight skidded off the runway at the Calicut airport, a few unidentified CISF personnel entered the cockpit wreckage and took away some documents which, experts feel, might contain crucial information about the reason behind the accident.

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac says that the state government's position is very clear: since we have provided the land for the airport, we have the rightful claim over its operations and management.

GR Kathpalia, who had served as DG in DGCA for eight years, says the Investigator-in-Chief should definitely be a person with prior experience in the field of air crash investigation.

A Public Interest Litigation pending before the Kerala High Court has demanded a Court of Inquiry to ascertain the reason for the crash and a CBI investigation for potential criminal action against the officers involved.

Sivasankar was summoned to the office of the Enforcement Directorate in Kochi in the afternoon and his interrogation continued till late evening, PTI reported.

There is a need for more volunteers -- both medical and non medical -- to come forward and join the war against the disease, State Health Minister K K Shailaja said.

The DGCA said the special audit will be done at airports like Mumbai and Chennai that are affected by heavy rains annually.

DV Sathe was a former Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and had served at the force's flight testing establishment.

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said that 149 people have been admitted to hospitals, 23 have been discharged, while three are critically injured in the B737 plane crash.

DGCA chief Arun Kumar said the Air India Express plane had made a late touchdown even though the runway was long enough for a bigger aircraft.

Rise Against Hunger India (RAHI) has served over 2.5 million meals to vulnerable groups in 38 districts across 9 states in the country worst hit by COVID and subsequent lockdown. Dola Mohapatra, Executive Director, RAHI, tells LoLa Nayar that nearly 85% of the ready-to-cook meals were provided to the migrant population.

The mortal remains of co-pilot Akhilesh Kumar were cremated on Sunday with attendance from all family members as well as with the officials of Air India and Air India Express present.

Aviation experts say that the Kozhikode accident brings to light challenges in operating flights on tabletop runaways during extreme weather conditions.

Even before his mother could celebrate her 84th birthday, Captain Sathe, 58, died in the air crash.