Morning Digest | IndiGo plane grounded after engine catches fire at Delhi airport; Coimbatore car blast accused conducted reconnaissance of targets before attack, and more

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IndiGo plane grounded after engine catches fire at Delhi airport

An IndiGo plane made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport on Friday, October 28, 2022, after one of its engines caught fire at the time of taxiing, according to sources. The Bengaluru-bound A320 aircraft, which had 184 people on board, later returned to the bay. The people were safely deboarded, the sources said.

You are in charge, won’t interfere, Rahul Gandhi tells Mallikarjun Kharge

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has conveyed to newly elected President Mallikarjun Kharge that he would not interfere in organisational matters, and the latter was free to make decisions independently, party sources have said. 

PM Modi a ‘great patriot’, says Russian President Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 27, 2022 praised India’s foreign policy regarding the crisis in Ukraine and described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “great patriot”. The Russian President was addressing the 19th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club on the theme of ‘A Post-Hegemonic World: Justice and Security for Everyone’. “India has come a long way from a British colony to an independent country with which we have special ties. Prime Minister Modi is a great patriot who is able to pursue independent foreign policy,” said the Russian President at the discussion forum which was set up in 2004 as a platform for dialogue on international issues.

Accused conducted reconnaissance of targets before attack