Railway minister holds ‘rail pe charcha’ with passengers on Mysuru-Chennai Express
Mysuru: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal held ‘rail pe charcha’ with commuters by travelling in Mysuru-Chennai Express train on Monday.
Goyal, who was in the city to take part in the inauguration of Mysuru-Bengaluru double track and other development works along with PM Narendra Modi, returned to Bengaluru in the train.
Railway staff and passengers were shocked when they saw Goyal in general compartment and the minister walked from one sleeper coach to another interacting with travellers. He is said to have enquired about their journey, services, cleanliness and also sought suggestions if they have any.
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Bengaluru-bound Air India flight makes emergency landing in TN's Tiruchirappally
Tiruchirappalli (PTI): A Bengaluru bound Air India Express flight with about 137 passengers made an "emergency landing," here following a technical glitch, sources at the airport said.
The Thiruvananthapuram-Bengaluru service suffered the glitch mid-air, following which it made the safe landing here, the sources added.
All the passengers disembarked the flight and the technical crew was attending to the fault.
An Air India Express spokesperson said the flight "was diverted to Tiruchirappalli due to a technical issue."
"A replacement aircraft is being organised to operate the flight to Bengaluru. We are providing all administrative arrangements and regret the inconvenience caused to the travel schedule (of passengers)," the spokesperson added.
