Udupi: The workers of Congress and BJP exchanged heated words when the saffron party workers opposed the Congressmen’s demand to close the shops to support the bandh at Kadiyala this morning.

A group of Congress workers, led by Udupi Congress municipal council member Ramesh Kanchan, demanded the closure of shops in Kadiyala. Opposing this, Sangh Parivar activist Chaitra stopped Congress workers and shouted slogans in favor of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In turn, bandh supporters shouted slogans in favor of the Congress party. Meanwhile, BJP activists led by councilor Girish Kumar chanted slogans in support of Modi. Following which, heated arguments took place over the incident, which caused a tense atmosphere in the area. Police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.

It is reported that a clash has was broke out between the Congress and the BJP activists demanding the band in Manipal.

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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.