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(Reuters) -All seven people on a helicopter in northern India were killed early on Sunday when it crashed while ferrying passengers on a popular Hindu pilgrimage route in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, officials said. The helicopter was headed to Guptkashi from the shrine of Kedarnath, said the state’s director-general of information, Bansidhar Tripathi. The …

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(Reuters) -At least two people died and a number were swept away after a bridge over the Indrayani river in the western Indian city of Pune collapsed on Sunday, Maharashtra state chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said. “Some people got swept away, so a search operation is underway on a war footing to find them,” he …

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NICOSIA (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Cyprus on Sunday in a visit focused on the potential role the island could play in linking India to Europe via a trade corridor, officials said. Modi, who was on his way to a summit of the G7 group of nations in Canada, and Cypriot President …

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(Refiles to remove repeated word in paragraph 11) By Sudipto Ganguly AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -Around 30 minutes before an Air India jet crashed into a college hostel in India, Ravi Thakor, the cook in the hostel canteen, and his wife stepped out to deliver lunchboxes – leaving behind their two-year-old daughter and his mother. The …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s King Charles and other senior royals wore black armbands at the “Trooping the Colour” military parade on Saturday as a mark of respect for the victims of the Air India plane crash. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday, killing at least 270 …

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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Dozens of members of Britain’s Indian community gathered at a Hindu temple in London on Saturday for a vigil mourning the victims of this week’s Air India crash, many of whom had personal connections to the temple. Leaders from the Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Muslim, Parsi, Zoroastrian and other communities offered …

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By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Air India’s deadly plane crash that killed at least 270 people has triggered a wave of speculation about what led to the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade, but authorities are slowly narrowing down areas of investigation. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is one of the most advanced jets …

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