HUBBALI: A newlywed couple were forced to attend their own wedding reception virtually after nationwide flight disruptions left them stranded in Bhubaneswar, over a thousand kilometres from their venue in Hubballi, news agency Megha Ksheerasagar and Sangam Das, software engineers based in Bengaluru, were scheduled to travel for their reception on 3 December. But their IndiGo flight — delayed repeatedly from the morning of 2 December — was eventually cancelled as the airline’s ongoing operational crisis triggered massive disruptions across the country. With guests already arriving and the venue decorated, the couple appeared on a large screen at the reception hall through a video call. The event went ahead with the bride’s parents representing the newlyweds in person at Gujarat

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