The flight was organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah and departed on July 2 before arriving in Delhi at around 6:00 AM on Thursday morning. Board officials and members of the media contingent from the tournament were also on the flight.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and held a review meeting over Kota Greenfield Airport in the national capital on Wednesday.
The T20 World Cup winner Team India departed from Barbados on Wednesday in a special flight after they found themselves stranded in the country due to airport closure amid Hurricane Beryl's impact.
Rajya Sabha member from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P Wilson on Wednesday met Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu in New Delhi and sought the latter's intervention to expedite the pending site clearance for the new greenfield airport proposed for Chennai in Parandur in
Air India special flight landed at Barbados Airport on Wednesday in order to take back the T20 World Cup champions India home who are stranded in West Indies due to airport shutdown because of Hurricane Beryl.
Zimbabwe Cricket welcomed T20 World Cup Champions, India following their arrival at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for the five-match T20I series starting from Saturday.
Officers of the DRI Mumbai Zonal Unit seized contraband item weighing 5.34 kg, valued at Rs. 5 crores and arrested one person at Mumbai International Airport on Tuesday, DRI Mumbai said in a press note.
Heavy rain continued to lash many parts of Gujarat on Tuesday causing waterlogging, traffic snarls and closing of roads. One of the cities in the state affected by heavy rain is Valsad, where two main underpasses are closed for traffic due to flooding.
The World Cup-winning Indian team and members of the media from India are stuck in Barbados as flights have been cancelled because of the curfew imposed due to the hurricane.