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As firecrackers were being burst to celebrate India’s nail-biting win in the final of the T20 World Cup, a piece of steel pierced into a five-year-old’s boy’s stomach in Madhya Pradesh, killing him. The incident was reported from Jabalpur, some 300 km from capital Bhopal, on Sunday. Deepak Thakur and his friends decided to cover a firecracker with a steel glass, thinking that it would fly off. However, when it burst, the glass exploded into many pieces. One of those pieces pierced into the stomach of the boy, who was standing at a distance. He was rushed to a hospital…
Badminton player PV Sindhu is a true Deepika Padukone fan and her latest Instagram post can vouch for that. After watching Kalki 2898 AD, PV Sindhu shared an appreciation post on her Instagram stories. Sharing a film still featuring Deepika Padukone, PV Sindhu wrote, “Deepika Padukone just wow.” This is not the first time PV Sindhu admired Deepika’s performance in public. After watching Fighter (which released in January this year), PV Sindhu wrote, “WHAT A MOVIEEEE, Hrithik and Deepika just uff, Anil (Kapoor) sir, just timeless,” accompanied by red heart emojis. Resharing the post, Deepika Padukone said “Love you,” with…
How can we forget the star-studded song — Deewangi Deewangi — from Shah Rukh Khan’s film Om Shanti Om? The party number featured the who’s who of Bollywood, including Rekha, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Vidya Balan, Lara Dutta, Shilpa Shetty, Priyanka Chopra, Tabu, and Rani Mukerji. But did you know SRK gave “expensive” gifts to all the celebrities who made guest appearances? Well, Tabu, who was also part of the song, opened up about it recently. In an interview with Zoom, she said, “Ek shot hum sabne kiya tha. [There was a shot that all of us did.] I did it for Farah…
Do not disturb Nupur Shikhare. He is enjoying some quality time with his mother Pritam Shikhare in Phuket, Thailand. The fitness trainer, who is also the husband of Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira Khan, shared a carousel of pictures from his trip on Instagram. The first photo is a selfie where the mother and son are smiling with a beach backdrop. Up next, Pritam Shikhare is seen walking barefoot on the beach, holding her sneakers in her hands. Next, she proudly displaying her “introductory diving program” certificate. In his caption, the fitness coach wrote, “Phuket was wonderful as always Khop Khun Khap [Thank you.]…
A court here on Monday sentenced activist Medha Patkar to five months simple imprisonment in a 23-year-old defamation case lodged against her by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena when he headed an NGO in Gujarat. Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Ms Patkar. The court sentenced Ms Patkar after considering the evidence before it and the fact that the case went on for over two decades. However, the court suspended the sentence for one month to enable Ms Patkar to file an appeal against the order. Rejecting Ms Patkar’s prayer to release…
The National Human Rights Commission has taken note of the instance where a man and a woman were publicly beaten up in Bengal for allegedly being involved in an illicit relationship. The man seen beating them with a stick in a widely circulated cellphone video, is said to be part of the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress. The Commission has now directed the state police chief and the Chief Secretary to submit a detailed report within a week. The Commission also said it would send its team for a spot inquiry. In a statement, the Rights Commission said the matter indicates…
Arguably the title-defining moment in the T20 World Cup 2024 final, Suryakumar Yadav’s catch remains a big talking point among fans. The India star’s spectacular effort on the boundary rope to deny South Africa batter David Miller a six and send him packing turned out to be a crucial factor in deciding the result of the final. While Surya’s catch was called legal by the third umpire, there remain arguments on social media over the rope cushion being moved behind the designated boundary line. There are those too who feel Surya’s catch did touch the cushion but the third umpire…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah rubbished attacks of opposition that new criminal laws were not debated and consultations were not done before rolling them out. “In the history of independent India, I can say with surety no laws have been discussed so much as these new laws have been discussed. I have myself attended discussion meetings 118 times,” Amit Shah said. According to him, 30 hours of discussions were done and 34 members participated in it. “After 77 years of Independence, the criminal justice system is now completely ‘swadeshi’ and embedded in Indian ethos,” he said. The opposition has been…
President Joe Biden’s shaky performance against his rival, Donald Trump, in the first presidential debate on Thursday has sent shockwaves across both sides of the Atlantic. In the US, a CBS News/YouGov poll on Sunday suggested that 72% of registered voters believed Biden did not have the mental fitness to serve as President. Biden is 81 and Trump is 78, but those who watched the debate would have noticed that Biden made his rival look a lot younger. More worrying for the Democratic Party was that the poll indicated that 45% of registered Democrats wanted Biden to step aside for…
Polls are long over, the action has moved to parliament. It’s now time for debate and discussion. And, disagreements, too. The parliament witnessed one such spirited exchange between Rahul Gandhi, the first time Leader of Opposition, and Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister, over Agniveers. Mr Gandhi, while speaking in Lok Sabha, targeted the government over the Agnipath scheme, terming it “use-and-throw labour” for the government. Launched in 2022, Agnipath scheme provides for short-term induction of personnel into the armed forces with an aim to bring down the age profile of the three services. Those recruited under the scheme are called Agniveers.…