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  KKR's Kolkata-bound flight diverted twice due to bad weather, team stays in Varanasi overnight

  Cricket | May 07, 2024 9:48 IST

  Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are in Varanasi following a couple of diversions on their way to Kolkata from Lucknow. The rain and thunderstorms in the City of Joy meant that KKR's charter flight was first diverted to Guwahati and the second attempt failed too, which took them to Varanasi.

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  Dehradun-bound Air India flight stalled after passengers spot rat onboard

  India | January 28, 2020 14:21 IST

  A senior AI official said the flight could not take off with the rat since it could have nibbled away at some wire, causing technical snag during the flight. Engineers were later called in from Delhi and renewed efforts were made to find the rat.

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  Varanasi: Passenger suffers cardiac arrest at airport, CISF official's timely act saves life

  India | February 12, 2019 16:36 IST

    According to a statement by the force to ANI, the patient's condition was stable and he discharged from the hospital on Tuesday.   

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  Fire breaks out at Varanasi airport; furniture, computers suffer damage

  India | November 19, 2018 10:59 IST

  No officer or staff was present at the counter at the time of the incident as the first flight of Air India comes from New Delhi at 11.35 a.m, an official said.  

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  SpiceJet flight makes emergency landing in Varanasi after Thai national suffers heart attack, dies

  India | October 05, 2018 17:25 IST

    The Spice Jet flight took off from Bangkok at 7.40 a.m. with 189 passengers on board including a 22-member Thai group of tourists of which the deceased, identified as Atabot Thngcusorn (53), was a member.

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  Tele Astrologer Dr Laxman Das Caught With Rs 24 Lakh Cash At Varanasi Airport

  India | January 15, 2012 10:06 IST

  Varanasi, Jan 15 : About Rs 24 lakh cash was recovered from Dr Laxman Das, a noted astrologer from Varanasi during a security check at the Lal Bahadur Shashtri International Airport near here on Saturday.According

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  Air Mishap Averted At Varanasi Airport

  India | November 08, 2011 9:07 IST

  Varanasi, Nov 8: A major mishap was averted at the airport here on Monday when the pilot of a SpiceJet flight with 200 passengers on board spotted a Jet Airways plane on the runway as