Hrithik Roshan was stuck at the Istanbul's Ataturk airport, few hours before the terrorist attack.
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Nearly 80 domestic and international flights received bomb threats in less than 24 hours that later turned out to be hoaxes, keeping thousands of passengers and security agencies on tenterhooks.
Because of strong headwinds on Delhi-Istanbul route for the last two days, the low-cost carrier has been unable to take most of the check-in luggage in the same aircraft along with passengers, said an airline spokesperson.
A match between Bursaspor and Besiktas attended by thousands of people had finished two hours before the blasts.
A soccer derby between Turkish sides Fenerbahce and Galatasaray in Istanbul was cancelled and the stadium evacuated hours before the match was due to start on Sunday evening after the local governor's office said "serious intelligence was obtained".
Agency reports said he had been staying in the house belonging to a Kyrgyz friend.
The result is a glorious spring flower festival with brilliant splashes of color everywhere the eye can see.
Officials added that three suicide bombers carried out the attacks at three different spots at the airport.
Basaksehir fined Israeli player Eden Kartsev for a social media post in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza
Inter Milan escaped Etihad Stadium with a surprise 0-0 draw against Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Thirteen people were taken into custody in Istanbul and nine in the coastal city of Izmir, officials said.
Brennan said global instability is one of the defining issues of the time, and its implications are hard to overstate.
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Roger Federer won the inaugural Istanbul Open on Sunday, beating third seed Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 7-6 (11) for his first clay title in three years.
Paris Games quota-winning women wrestlers on Friday pleaded with the national federation not to subject them to selection trials, saying that every single step they take and every little thing they do from now on will have a bearing on India's medal chances at the Olympics.
The choice of Tokyo instead of Istanbul to host the 2020 Olympic Games was unfair and meant the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was turning its back on the Muslim world, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Monday.
Last week, India asked its students in Bishkek to stay indoors following the incidents of violence.
Tourists were among the victims of the explosion, reports indicate, while wounded persons were transferred to nearby hospitals, mainly Haseki Training and Research Hospital.
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French organisers turned Paris into an open-air Olympic playground where everyone was invited, with or without a ticket.
Istanbul will not host a Formula One Grand Prix in 2012 due to a disagreement between Turkish officials and F1 commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone over payments to stage the race, Turkish media reported on Friday.
No reports so far of any Indian among the casualties, the ministry said.
Aman, who is Asian Games bronze medallist and Asian Championships title winner, is confident that he will be in reckoning for a medal at the Games.
The Russian won the Istanbul Cup after her opponent Aravane Rezai retired hurt.
The Indian ace and her Chinese partner Yang-Jan Chan beat Mervana Jugic-Salkic of Bosnia and Italy's Romina Oprandi in the semi-finals.
European soccer body UEFA will hold a "moment of applause" before the Poland v Portugal Euro 2016 quarter-finals on Thursday in memory of victims of the gun and bomb attack at Istanbul's main airport this week.
For a city that has a timeless spirit to it, one can probably spend an eternity here, says Lakshmi Sharath.
With the Middle East tensions flaring up, Air India has temporarily suspended its Tel Aviv flights and airlines have charted alternative flight paths to avoid the Iranian airspace.
Koneru Humpy defeated lowly placed Zeinab Mamedjarova of Azerbaijan to stay in title race as Zhao Xue of China defeated overnight leader and compatriot Yifan Hao to emerge on top after the eighth round of the Is Bank Ataturk women's Grand Prix chess tournament in Istanbul on Tuesday.
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Nude bikers take to the streets in Mexico City; the Pride parade in Istanbul; Ukrainians grads celebrate the last day of school in Derhachi; the Santa Claus school in Rio de Janeiro and yellow ducks float off Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong.
Istanbul were spared a grilling on Wednesday over protests which have rocked Turkey when the three candidates to host the 2020 Olympics presented their cases to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Amid stiff global competition from major airport construction companies, a consortium led by Indian developer GMR has bagged an about Rs 11,000-crore (two-billion-euro) project to modernise Istanbul's second airport.
The Indo-Taipei pair beat Sandra Kloesel and Anna Koumantou 2-6, 6-1, 10-7 in the quarters.
Aman Sehrawat is the first Indian male wrestler to secure berth for the Paris Olympic Games
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