‘My father was on the flight’: Jaishankar opens up about 1984 Air India hijack | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday broke silence on the recent controversy around the Netflix’s recent series ‘IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack’ and recalled another hijack story of 1984 in which his father was on the flight.Jaishankar, who was addressing Indian dispora in Geneva, said he hasn’t seen the series but added…

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‘Don’t know why controversy, Bhola, Shankar names factual’: IC-814 passenger on Netflix row | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Amid row over Netflix series regarding the names used to portray the hijackers of IC-814 flight in 1999, a passesnger relived her experience and said that Bhola and Shankar were the real names.“I don’t know why people are making a controversy around the series. The series is based on a real event and…

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‘Nobody has right to …’: Why government summoned Netflix India content head over Kandahar hijack series | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The ministry of information and broadcasting has summoned the content head of Netflix India on Tuesday regarding the series ‘IC-814 – The Kandahar Hijack’, which has sparked controversy on social media due to the portrayal of the hijackers.In the series, the five hijackers are referred to as ‘Chief’, ‘Doctor’, ‘Burger’, ‘Bhola’ and ‘Shankar’.Sources…

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