Just days after his wife, Bharatiben, succumbed to cancer, Arjun Patoliya visited their native Gujarat village in India last week to fulfill her dying wish of being laid to rest there.

DNA samples of a total of eleven deceased were successfully matched, Additional Superintendent Rajnish Patel said

Ahmedabad Civil Hospital authorities said they had identified 11 victims of the Air India plane crash as their DNA samples matched.

A 17-year-old boy who inadvertently filmed one of India’s deadliest aviation disasters has come forward to share his experience, two days after a harrowing Air India crash claimed over 265 lives shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.

Authorities at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital have so far identified 19 victims of the June 12 Air India plane crash through DNA testing, state minister Harsh Sanghavi said on Saturday. DNA tests are being carried out as bodies of the victims of the horrific plane crash are either charred beyond recognition

Markets in Rajkot remained closed for half of Saturday as a mark of respect for Vijay Rupani, the former Chief Minister of Gujarat, who died in the Ahmedabad Plane Crash on Thursday, reported ANI. The senior BJP leader was among the 241 people on board the ill-fated London-bound Air India Flight AI171,

In another post on Air India’s official X handle, the airlines said, “Air India stands in solidarity with the families of the passengers who tragically lost their lives in the recent accident. Our teams on the ground are doing everything possible to extend care and support during this incredibly difficult time.

In the aftermath of the Gujarat air crash, a mother wounded while trying to save her son lies unaware of his death, as her family waits in grief to perform his last rites.