CM Bommai arrives late, Tennis legend Borg declines felicitation
Bengaluru: Tennis legend Bjorn Borg on Tuesday declined a felicitation here as Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai arrived late for the event.
The former Swedish player is in Bengaluru as his son Leo is a wildcard entry for the main draw of the ongoing Bengaluru Open tennis tournament, reports Hindustan Times.
The Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association had organized a felicitation of Borg and former Indian tennis player Padma Shri Vijay Amritraj in the city on Tuesday. The felicitation had been scheduled for 9:30 am, but was initially postponed to 10:15 am as Bommai had to fulfil other commitments, reports Hindustan Times.
While it was then decided that the felicitation would be held at 11, Borg politely declined the felicitation as he was watching his son’s game.
The chief minister arrived at 11:15 am and reportedly watched the game for some time before leaving.
“The chief minister had been informed that Borg would be held up by his son’s game that would begin at 11 am. He was sportive about it and decided to come to the court and watch the game for some time,” said an official from the organizing committee.
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Around 60 flights delayed at Kolkata airport due to poor visibility
Kolkata (PTI): Around 60 flights were delayed at the Kolkata airport on Monday due to poor visibility, an official said.
Due to dense fog, low visibility procedures (LVP) had to be implemented at the airport from 7 am, the official said.
According to the Director of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBIA) Pravat Ranjan Beuria no traffic movement happened from 7.10 am to 9 am and around 30 flight arrivals and 30 departures were delayed, the airport director said.
In addition, five incoming flights to Kolkata were diverted to other airports.
All arrangements were made to facilitate the stranded passengers in the airport's terminal, Beuria claimed.
He said that visibility conditions improved after 9 am and the first flight to arrive at the airport was the Emirates flight from Dubai to Kolkata (EK 570). It landed at 9.04 am.
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