Tensions soar as Israel targets Iranian missile sites after Tehran’s retaliatory strikes. Two Iranian generals are dead. Israel hit targets near Tehran. Rockets struck residential areas in Israel, causing casualties. The conflict escalates with strikes deep inside Iran. Iran retaliated with missile barrages at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. International calls for calm are growing louder.

The Minister of Civil Aviation held a press conference regarding the Air India 171 crash and detailed the developments since the incident that took place on Thursday afternoon.

On the day of the tragedy, Deepak had called his mother from Ahmedabad in the morning, telling her he was about to depart for London.