President Murmu's visit to Jalandhar for convocation event cancelled due to bad weather
Chandigarh (PTI): President Droupadi Murmu's scheduled visit to Jalandhar on Friday for a convocation ceremony was cancelled due to bad weather, an official said.
Murmu, who reached Amritsar on Thursday, where she addressed a convocation function at the Guru Nanak Dev University, was to attend the 21st convocation ceremony of the Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology in Jalandhar as the chief guest on Friday.
“The president's visit was cancelled due to bad weather conditions,” Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal said over the phone.
Notably, many places in Punjab have been blanketed by dense fog during morning hours over the past few days.
The convocation ceremony at the Jalandhar institute was held as per schedule, with Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator, Gulab Chand Kataria, in attendance.
On Thursday evening, the Punjab government hosted a dinner in the president's honour in Amritsar, which was attended by Kataria, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, and some state ministers.
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Patna-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow due to bad weather
Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
