The farmer leader also raised objection over the use of tear gas to stop protesting farmers
Wing Commander Deepak V Sathe has flown the MiG-21 fighter aircraft with 17 Squadron (Golden Arrows) in Ambala before shifting to civilian flying and joining Air India.
The aircraft with 190 persons onboard battled heavy rains while landing. Although the aircraft broke in two, it, fortunately did not catch fire at the time of landing, thus averting a major disaster.
This is the first batch of 36 Rafale fighter jets for which India had signed an inter-governmental agreement with France in 2016 for Rs 58,000 crore.
Uttar Pradesh's most wanted gangster and the main accused in the killing of eight policemen in Kanpur on July 3, Vikas Dubey died on Friday after he was shot dead by the Uttar Pradesh Police in an encounter as he allegedly tried to flee while being taken to Kanpur.
The 87th Air Force Day was also marked by aerial displays of newly inducted Apache attack choppers and the heavy-lift twin-rotor transport Chinook helicopter besides other aircraft.
A proposal has been made to have a full-fledged maritime route that serves as a link between Chennai and Vladivostok, PM Modi announced at the India-Russia 20th Annual Summit.
Immediately after the news of the leader's demise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Arun Jaitley’s wife and son and expressed his condolences.
Challenging the CBI demand for five-day custody of Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal said custody is an exception and not a rule, adding that the former minister had never skipped any interrogation.
In a change from the conventional Hindu tradition, her daughter Bansuri was empowered to carry out the last rites.
