Kolkata, May 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday personally approached Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and enquired about his well-being after his helicopter recently "went out of its scheduled route" but returned safely after the pilot noticed an "approaching storm system".

On Thursday, due to bad weather, Shinde's helicopter had reportedly lost its course, following which it had to make an emergency landing at Pawan Hans in Juhu. "PM Modi asked Shinde about the incident and also gave him fatherly advice to be more careful during air travel in the future," as per the Shiv Sena release.

Earlier today, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar had travelle...