Ic-814 Hijack

Netflix has been sued by Indian news agency ANI for using its content without permission. The series, called IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack - a fictionalised version of the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight 814 from Kathmandu - has been embroiled in controversy since its release last month.

Netflix series "IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack" - a fictionalised version of the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu - has been embroiled in controversy since its release last month.

Indian Airlines' Airbus A300 took off from Kathmandu at 4:53 pm on December 24, 1999, for Delhi. A two-hour long flight lasted for almost eight days when terrorists from Pakistan-based outfit Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) hijacked the aircraft.

Netflix's 'IC-814 Kandahar Hijack' - on a 1999 hijack by Pak-based terrorists - is "based on a real event and the names (of the hijackers, which led to a row over historical accuracy) are factual", Pooja Kataria, one of the hostages, said.

Netflix will be adding new disclaimers to an Indian series called 'IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack'. The step comes after the platform was criticised for what social media users said was a wrong portrayal of the hijackers as Hindus with Hindu names when they were Muslims.

Anil Sharma, who was present in the hijacked Airbus aircraft as chief steward, and saw the series of events unfolding in front of his eyes, said on Tuesday that some of the scenes in the web series are fictitious.

Netflix India has updated the opening disclaimer on its web series 'IC-814 Kandahar Hijack" to include the real and code names of the hijackers, the OTT giant's country content chief, Monika Shergill, said Tuesday.

The anti-terror agency NIA (National Investigation Agency) today attached the house of top terrorist commander Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latram, who was released from prison in exchange of hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814 at Kandahar in 1999.

Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, who was involved in a series of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and was one of the released terrorists in the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999, has been designated as a terrorist by the Union government.

Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim, one of the hijackers of the IC-814 Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Delhi in 1999, was shot dead in Pakistan's Karachi, government sources said.

Captain Devi Sharan, a retired pilot of Air India whose plane IC-814 was hijacked to Kandahar in December 1999, said the Taliban, which has seized power in Kabul, can't be trusted as their ground fighters don't follow rules.

The release of terror mastermind Masood Azhar in 1999 in exchange for the 155 passengers held hostage on the hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814 is at the core of an electoral battle today, but many details of this swap remain secret.

The Indian Air Force, sources said, eliminated 300 terrorists in "non-military, pre-emptive air strikes" across the Line of Control today, targeting terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed, which had claimed responsibility for the attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district in which 40 soldiers were killed two weeks ago.

Days after the release of a terrorist's father in exchange for kidnapped family members of policemen, a top level police officer in Jammu and Kashmir has been transferred. Sources say state police chief SP Vaid is the next in line and the order is likely to come tomorrow. In nearly 20 years, the government has not negotiated with terrorists -- the ...

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear two appeals challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court verdict convicting co-conspirator Abdul Latif Adam Momin and acquitting another accused in the sensational 1999 Kandahar hijacking case.

Netflix has been sued by Indian news agency ANI for using its content without permission. The series, called IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack - a fictionalised version of the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight 814 from Kathmandu - has been embroiled in controversy since its release last month.

Netflix series "IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack" - a fictionalised version of the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu - has been embroiled in controversy since its release last month.

Indian Airlines' Airbus A300 took off from Kathmandu at 4:53 pm on December 24, 1999, for Delhi. A two-hour long flight lasted for almost eight days when terrorists from Pakistan-based outfit Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) hijacked the aircraft.

Netflix's 'IC-814 Kandahar Hijack' - on a 1999 hijack by Pak-based terrorists - is "based on a real event and the names (of the hijackers, which led to a row over historical accuracy) are factual", Pooja Kataria, one of the hostages, said.

Netflix will be adding new disclaimers to an Indian series called 'IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack'. The step comes after the platform was criticised for what social media users said was a wrong portrayal of the hijackers as Hindus with Hindu names when they were Muslims.

Anil Sharma, who was present in the hijacked Airbus aircraft as chief steward, and saw the series of events unfolding in front of his eyes, said on Tuesday that some of the scenes in the web series are fictitious.

Netflix India has updated the opening disclaimer on its web series 'IC-814 Kandahar Hijack" to include the real and code names of the hijackers, the OTT giant's country content chief, Monika Shergill, said Tuesday.

The anti-terror agency NIA (National Investigation Agency) today attached the house of top terrorist commander Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latram, who was released from prison in exchange of hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814 at Kandahar in 1999.

Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, who was involved in a series of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and was one of the released terrorists in the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999, has been designated as a terrorist by the Union government.

Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim, one of the hijackers of the IC-814 Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Delhi in 1999, was shot dead in Pakistan's Karachi, government sources said.

Captain Devi Sharan, a retired pilot of Air India whose plane IC-814 was hijacked to Kandahar in December 1999, said the Taliban, which has seized power in Kabul, can't be trusted as their ground fighters don't follow rules.

The release of terror mastermind Masood Azhar in 1999 in exchange for the 155 passengers held hostage on the hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814 is at the core of an electoral battle today, but many details of this swap remain secret.

The Indian Air Force, sources said, eliminated 300 terrorists in "non-military, pre-emptive air strikes" across the Line of Control today, targeting terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed, which had claimed responsibility for the attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district in which 40 soldiers were killed two weeks ago.

Days after the release of a terrorist's father in exchange for kidnapped family members of policemen, a top level police officer in Jammu and Kashmir has been transferred. Sources say state police chief SP Vaid is the next in line and the order is likely to come tomorrow. In nearly 20 years, the government has not negotiated with terrorists -- the ...

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear two appeals challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court verdict convicting co-conspirator Abdul Latif Adam Momin and acquitting another accused in the sensational 1999 Kandahar hijacking case.