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Passengers stranded at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport protested after an Air India Express flight to Kathmandu was repeatedly diverted due to bad weather, leaving them waiting for more than 18 hours. About 180 travellers, including a Karnataka tour group, faced inadequate arrangements during diversions to Varanasi and Lucknow. The airline has offered hotel stays and options to reschedule.
A 30-year-old housekeeper, Sonali Khatun, was found murdered near an agricultural field in Bengaluru, with preliminary findings suggesting strangulation. She went out to retrieve her phone from work on Tuesday evening and never returned. Her body was discovered on Wednesday, and police are examining CCTV footage and attempting to trace her missing phone.