In cricket, India won double kabaddi gold at the Asian Games. The Federation of Indian Pilots has sought representation on the panel expected to review the draft final probe report into the Air India AI-171 crash, which killed 260 people in Ahmedabad in June 2025. In Pakistan, a blast at a police checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan killed 11 people and injured 30.
Good evening, readers. The Election Commission extended Delhi’s SIR and ruled out mandatory ERO hearings amid concerns over voter-list deletions and calls for CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. Ed Sheeran’s two Gillette Stadium shows were cancelled due to severe weather.
Blast in Pakistan’s Dera Ismail Khan kills 11, injures several at police checkpoint
Read more here At least 11 people were killed in a blast in Dera Ismail Khan city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said. 30 others sustained injuries in the incident, which took place at a roadside police checkpoint, Reuters news agency cited Pakistan’s emergency service Rescue 1122 as saying.
The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) wrote to union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu seeking representation in an independent committee which is expected to be constituted to review the draft final investigation report on the Air India AI-171 crash. The Air India flight, a Boeing 787 Dreamline, crashed in Ahmedabad moments after take off on June 12, 2025, killing 260 people. Read more here
