On December 31, 1999, after seven days, the hostage crisis came to an end as India agreed to release three dreaded terrorists including Masood Azhar, the founder of Jaish-e-Mohammed.
TN Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan emphasised that it was 'incorrect' to assume that the patient was infected with the newly discovered strain of Coronavirus.
The book 'The Descent of Air India' blamed senior NCP leader and former minister of civil aviation in the UPA government, Praful Patel for the national airline's weak financial health.