The Turkish 727 flight was flying from Nepal’s capital Kathmandu to Istanbul in Turkey, when the captain informed Kolkata Air Traffic Control (ATC) about the suspected fire. After receiving clearance, the flight was diverted to Kolkata.

Govindas Konthoujam, the northeastern state’s new home minister, also took oath on Wednesday. Yumnam Singh was announced as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) legislative party leader on Tuesday.

On January 26, a group of men were harassing a 70-year-old Muslim shopkeeper — who suffers from Parkinson’s disease — asking him to change the name of his shop, when Deepak intervened. A video of the confrontation went viral on social media, thrusting Deepak into the limelight.