Plane carrying Nepal’s Foreign Minister Deuba diverted to Kolkata due to bad weather 

The western low-pressure system caused light rain in the Kathmandu Valley Friday morning, causing low visibility.

• By: PTI
• Kathmandu | February 28, 2025 03:07 PM IST

1 min read

Deuba, 63, was returning home on a regular flight after attending a UN meeting in Geneva. (File Image)

A Kathmandu-bound Qatar Airways flight carrying Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba was diverted to Kolkata on Friday after failing to land at the Tribhuvan International Airport due to bad weather.

Deuba, 63, was returning home on a regular flight after attending a UN meeting in Geneva.

You have exhausted your
monthly limit of free stories.

Read more stories for free
with an Express account.

Register

Already have an account? Sign In

This story is exclusive to subscribers. Become one now. Use code IE10

Subscribe Now

Already a subscriber? Sign In

This premium article is free for now.

Register to continue reading this story

Free Read

Already have an account? Sign In

This story is exclusive to subscribers. Become one now. Use code IE10

Subscribe Now

This content is exclusive for our subscribers.

Subscribe now to get unlimited access to The Indian Express exclusive and premium stories.

Continue

Already a subscriber? Sign In

According to sources at Tribhuvan International Airport, the Qatar Airways flight from Doha landed in Kolkata amid the deteriorated weather conditions.

The western low-pressure system caused light rain in the Kathmandu Valley Friday morning, causing low visibility.

“The Qatar Airways flight diverted to Kolkata will return to Nepal once the weather gets normal,” a staff member at the airport said.

There was no information about the number of passengers on the flight except for Deuba

From the homepage

India, Russia ‘lost to deepest, darkest China’, says Donald Trump days after SCO summit

‘Inaccurate and misleading’: India rejects Navarro’s ‘strategic freeloader’ remark amid US tariffs

The Bengal Files movie review: Vivek Agnihotri’s film comes unstuck in its loose, confused stretched-out execution