Melania Trump returns to White House after kidney surgery
Washington, May 20: US First Lady Melania Trump has returned to the White House after undergoing kidney surgery, said her office.
"The First Lady returned home to the White House this morning," her office said in a statement on Saturday, Xinhua reported.
"She is resting comfortably and remains in high spirits," the statement said.
On Monday, Trump, 48, underwent "an embolisation procedure to treat a benign kidney condition" at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, state of Maryland.
"The procedure was successful and there were no complications," according to her office. "The first lady looks forward to a full recovery."
President Donald Trump visited his wife on Monday evening at the military hospital, where she stayed after the procedure.
Trump welcomed Melania home in a tweet Saturday afternoon, saying that she "is feeling and doing really well."
The president misspelled her name as "Melanie" in an initial tweet, which was later deleted.
An embolisation is a minimally invasive treatment that often used to block one or more blood vessels or abnormal vascular channels.
A Slovenia-born former model, Melania married Trump in 2005. They have a 12-year-old son, Barron.
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Indigo crisis: Shivakumar urges Centre to act immediately, bring situation under control
Bengaluru (PTI): With large scale flight cancellations by Indigo airlines leaving passengers stranded, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday urged the Centre to act immediately and bring the situation under control.
He called the IndiGo fiasco a the direct result of the govt's monopoly model.
Taking to social media platform 'X', Shivakumar said India is witnessing the worst aviation meltdown in its history. "Thousands of flights cancelled - leaving our people stranded everywhere".
"The IndiGo fiasco is the direct result of the govt's monopoly model. And as always, it is ordinary Indians who are paying the price," he said.
Shivakumar said that the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, which is India's 3rd busiest airport with nearly 40 million travellers a year, is in complete chaos.
"This is hurting families, businesses and our national reputation. I urge the Union Government to act immediately and bring this situation under control. Our people deserve better," he added.
Domestic carrier IndiGo cancelled over 800 flights on Saturday, the fifth day of the ongoing crisis, even as the government imposed a cap on airfares and directed the airline to process all refunds by Sunday evening.
