Top news at 9 am: Plane with 300 Indians grounded in France, Hindu temple defaced with pro-Khalistan slogans in US

New Delhi : A Nicaragua-bound plane with more than 300 Indian passengers onboard was grounded in France on Friday over suspected “human trafficking”. After receiving the specific input from an anonymous source, the aircraft was detained at Vatry airport in France. Meanwhile, a Hindu temple has been vandalised in the US with anti-India and pro-Khalistan slogans spray-painted on its wall.

French authorities on Friday grounded a Nicaragua-bound plane with more than 300 Indian passengers onboard over suspected “human trafficking”. After receiving the specific input from an anonymous source, the aircraft was detained at Vatry airport in France. In a post on X, Indian Embassy in France said it has initiated the probe and obtained consular access of the Indians onboard the plane.

Read more A Hindu temple in California in United States has been defaced with anti-India and pro-Khalistan graffiti, causing outrage among the Indian community. The temple, located in Newark city in California, has been left vandalised with hate-filled slogans against India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi spray-painted on its wall. Read more Vivek Bindra, a popular YouTuber and motivational speaker, has been accused of assaulting his wife Yanika.

A case has been registered against Vivek at Noida Sector 126 police station. The video of Vivek Bindra assaulting a woman went viral, after which it was revealed that his wife had accused him of violence and harassment. Read more India’s star batter Suryakumar Yadav has picked up an ankle injury and because of that he will stay out of action for almost seven weeks in what is being considered a big blow to team India’s preparation for the T20 World Cup next year.

He had also led the Men in Blue in the recently concluded T20I series against Australia and South Africa, where he sustained a Grade-II tear in his ankle. Read more In fresh allegations against Iran, the United States has accused the country of being closely involved in attacks on commercial ships by Yemen’s Houthi group. The US has accused Tehran of providing missiles, drones, as well as tactical intelligence to the group.

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Read more Do they climb up there? That is the first question that comes to mind when we wonder how the mountains have been measured. How do the experts and the governments measure the tall mountains on this planet? No, they do not climb to the peak for that. They deploy several methods to deduce the height.

Read more A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death by another teenager in Delhi’s Dwarka after an argument broke out between them while eating momos. The incident took place last week in Dabri area of Dwarka. Read more “Fast and Furious” star Vin Diesel has been accused by his former assistant of sexual battery while working for him in 2010.

Asta Jonasson filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Thursday alleging that Diesel forced himself onto her in a hotel suite in Atlanta. Read more.