Afternoon brief: Chandigarh mayor polls scuffle amid abduction claims; SpiceJet flyer trapped in toilet to get refund

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Published on: Jan 17, 2024, 13:00:15 IST

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Chandigarh Congress president Harmohinder Singh Lucky on Wednesday dismissed the allegations against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of abducting its mayoral candidate, saying the BJP is making such claims because of its impending defeat in the upcoming elections. Tensions reached a boiling point on Tuesday at the municipal corporation office in Chandigarh as scuffles broke out between workers of the BJP and the Congress-AAP alliance. Dig deeper

Councillors BJP , Congress and AAP party scuffle at sector 17 in Chandigarh. Photo by Keshav Singh/Hindustan Times

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SpiceJet on Wednesday announced that the passenger who got stuck inside the lavatory for about an hour on the flight from Mumbai to Bengaluru is being provided a full refund, ANI reported. A male passenger was trapped inside the lavatory for almost the entire part of the journey on Tuesday as the door of the toilet malfunctioned mid-air. Dig deeper

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That’s all we have at this hour in our afternoon briefing. Catch you in the evening.

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