The body was taken in a hearse from Bangalore airport to Mr Pal's home before the last rites were performed.

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Without the transfer traffic, the viability of the direct flights from Heathrow to Denver and Bangalore also suffers, so the flights are rerouted to originate in Paris and all their passengers transferred to that airport.

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