Udupi: Congress takes out Padayatre seeking support for Bharat Bandh
Udupi, September 9: Seeking support for the Bharat Bandh from the businessmen, industrialists, merchants and general public, the district Congress workers and leaders took out a Padayatre in the city on Sunday.
Led by district Congress President Janardhan Thonse, the office-bearers and workers took out the Padayatre to Jodukatte, Court Road, KM Road, Service and City Bus Stations, Shops, Offices, Commercial Complexes and other places and appealed the people to support the bandh.
Janardhan Thonse said that the central government has failed to check the fuel price hike. Due to fuel price hike, the general public have been facing the problem. The common people did not have Achhe Din. People need to support the Bharat Bandh. The Congress party has been appealing and requesting the people and it was not a force, he said.
District Congress secretary Harish Kini, KPCC member Veronika Karnalio, Dinesh Puthran, District Youth Congress President Vishwas Ameen, District women Congress President Geetha Vagle,Leaders Ramesh Kanchan, Narasimhamurthy, Janardhan Bhandarkar and others were present.
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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.
