The Gujarat government will hold a state funeral for former CM Vijay Rupani in Rajkot on Monday, coinciding with a day of state mourning.

The death toll due to the Ahmedabad plane crash has reportedly crossed the 270 mark after several students of the BJ Medical College died as the Air India plane crashed there. The AI-171 plane turned into a fireball,

PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an official statement, confirmed that a second black box has been recovered from the Ahmedabad plane crash site.

The bodies of the 274 victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash, who have been identified, are set to be handed over to their families by the Gujarat government on Sunday, sources said.

In a significant development related to the Ahmedabad plane crash, authorities have successfully matched the DNA of 31 victims. So far, 12 of the identified bodies have been handed over to their respective families.

Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

The committee is expected to focus on "formulating Standard Operating Procedures for preventing such occurrences in the future". A separate investigation is also being carried out by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is looking into the technical aspects of the crash.

Maharashtra minister Aditi Tatkare expressed sorrow over the death of her relative, who was killed in the tragic Air India plane crash, and recalled having reflections with her on the unpredictability of life.