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  • CM Stalin meets Nirmala Sitharaman at Delhi airport

    CM Stalin meets Nirmala Sitharaman at Delhi airport

    CHENNAI: The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin called on Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman at the Delhi airport before leaving for Chennai.

    Stalin left for the national capital early this morning. Later, he personally met President Droupadi Murmu at her residence and invited her to preside over the inauguration event of a 1,000-bed multi-super specialty hospital in Chennai’s Guindy.

    Following this, Murmu accepted Chief Minister’s invitation and promised to visit the city on June 5.

    Murmu was also invited to inaugurate ‘Kalaignar Kottam’ which has been set up in Tiruvarur district, where former chief minister M Karunanidhi was born.

  • ‘Like being on deathbed’: Rescued Indians share tales of ordeals in Sudan

    ‘Like being on deathbed’: Rescued Indians share tales of ordeals in Sudan

    Delhi: “It was like we were on a deathbed,” recalled a relieved Sukhvinder Singh from Haryana as he arrived at the Delhi airport from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday night after being evacuated from strife-torn Sudan.

    In his mid-40s, the engineer was among the first batch of 360 Indian nationals who returned home under India’s ‘Operation Kaveri’ evacuation mission.

    Singh, a native of Faridabad in Haryana, recalled his ordeal in Sudan and said he was “still very scared”.

  • Emergency declared at Delhi airport after bird hit in cargo plane

    Emergency declared at Delhi airport after bird hit in cargo plane

    New Delhi (IANS)| Authorities at the Delhi airport declared a state of emergency on Saturday after a Dubai-bound FedEx flight hit a bird shortly after takeoff. Officials said the step has been taken so that the aircraft can land and technical experts can check the aircraft for any technical glitches before evacuation.

    The flight landed safely and proper inspections were carried out.

    Sources said bird-hit incidents are not uncommon, but they pose huge technical challenges and can prove fatal.

    In October last year, an Akasa Air flight to Bengaluru was diverted back to Mumbai due to a bird hit.

    –IANS