An alternate aircraft of Indian budget carrier SpiceJet flew to Dubai from Karachi's Jinnah International Airport on Tuesday night, ending a wait of nearly 11 hours for 138 passengers who got stranded there after taking off from New Delhi in the morning.
IndiGo's Sharjah-Hyderabad flight was diverted to Karachi as a precaution on Sunday after pilots observed defect in one of the engines, officials of aviation regulator DGCA said.
The dogged persistence of a man of Indian origin, who exiled himself in the transit lounge of a Kenyan airport for 13 months, paid off when he won his battle for a British passport.
Business leaders world over reflected on the legacy of Nelson Mandela, who passed away on Friday.
Shocked by the footage of horror shown on television, spin legend Shane Warne, stranded in Singapore en route to Mumbai, said no amount of money would make him tour the troubled Indian metropolis for the now-postponed Champions League.
Ecuador has said that it would "responsibly" review the asylum request of former CIA operative Edward Snowden and asked the US to argue its case for his extradition.
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