India, Dec. 5 -- An unusual situation played out in Hubballi, Karnataka, when a newly married couple was forced to "attend" their own wedding reception through a video call after widespread IndiGo flight disruptions left them stranded hundreds of kilometres away.

Medha Kshirsagar from Hubballi and her husband, Sangama Das from Bhubaneswar, both Bengaluru-based software professionals, had planned a traditional reception at Gujarat Bhavan in Hubballi on Wednesday, following their wedding in Bhubaneswar on November 23.

But what was meant to be a joyful second celebration soon went off script, said a report by the NDTV. Ongoing nationwide flight cancellations triggered by IndiGo's pilot shortage completely derailed their travel plans. The c...