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  • How Mumbai cops cracked IC 814 Kandahar hijack case: A riveting personal account

    Hemant Karkare informed me that Research and Analysis Wing had procured a phone number which was in Mumbai and in constant touch with a phone number in Pakistan, says Sivanandhan

  • 'To my dearest sister:’ Chandigarh woman holds onto shawl IC 814 hijacker 'Burger' gifted her

    He wrote 'to my dearest sister and her handsome husband… Burger 30/12/99’. People are mocking me for this, but I have kept that shawl as a symbol of our second birth, says Pooja Kataria.

  • IC 814 flight's sole casualty 25-year-old Rupin Katyal's last words "Papa Pani..."

    The hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 remains one of the most harrowing events in Indian aviation history. On December 24, 1999, the flight, en route from Kathmandu, Nepal to New Delhi, India, was hijacked by five Pakistani terrorists shortly after takeoff.

  • In Kandahar Hijack, fake call in the name of govt official allowed IC 814 to fly away from India

    According to the government sources, that bogus call was made in the name of union government joint secretary J Lal, and it led the staff at Amritsar airport to remove barricades and allow the aircraft to take off

  • IC814 hijack: Rupin Katyal's widow Rachna remarried, and her father-in-law did her kanyadan

    The hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 on December 24, 1999, is a dark chapter in Indian history, marked by the tragic death of Rupin Katyal, a 25-year-old businessman who was brutally killed by terrorists. His young wife, Rachna Katyal, was left widowed just 21 days into their marriage, a honeymoon that turned into a nightmare.

  • Netflix's 'IC 814' web series courts controversy: Here's the real story of Kandahar hijack of 1999

    The controversy around the latest web series on Kandahar hijacking incident has rekindled memories of the seven agonising days when 155 passengers and crew were held captive by Pakistan-based terrorists.

  • Netizens slam ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ series, says its soft on terror

    The recent release of the Netflix series "IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack," starring Vijay Varma, has sparked considerable debate among viewers and netizens.

  • Dia Mirza on her role of Editor Shalini in IC 814: Anubhav Sinha tried to use every device to camouflage me – EXCLUSIVE

    Bollywood actress Dia Mirza, who is playing the role of a newspaper editor, Shalini, or Sha as she is called in the series IC 814, delved into her role as a journalist. In an exclusive conversation with MoneyControl, she thanked director Anubhav Sinha for giving her such a role and investing so much in her character’s look in the series.

  • IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack releases, a look at its cast and crew

    Anubhav Sinha’s highly anticipated series, IC814: The Kandahar Hijack has finally landed on screens today, and it’s already sparking intense conversations. Here’s why you absolutely need to tune in.

  • IC 814 Kandahar Hijack real story: Five terrorists hijacked the plane in 1999 and held 180 passengers as hostage for eight days

    The hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC-814, also known as the Kandahar hijacking, remains one of the most traumatic and intense episodes in aviation history. The event, which occurred in December 1999, gripped the world's attention and highlighted significant loopholes in global aviation security.

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