Month: November 2020

Channelling her Friday mood, actor Bhumi Pednekar on Friday treated fans to a stunning picture in an aesthetic attire.

The ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ star took to Instagram and shared a gorgeous picture as she stunningly posed in her balcony. In the snap, Bhumi is seen dressed in a black top with printed jacket and shorts, The ‘Saand Ki Aankh’ star is seen effortlessly posing for the lens as her luscious locks.

The ‘Shubh Mangal Saavdhan’ captioned the picture as, “Breathe & Let go (with a woman fairy emoji) #Hello #insta #fam #mood.”

Celebrities including Rajkummar Rao and more than 45 thousand fans liked the post within 36 minutes of being posted, with many leaving heart emojis in the caption.

Of late, the actor has been quite active on social media and keeps on updating fans on her activities by posting pictures and videos

Bhumi Pednekar who has launched an environment protection initiative called ‘Climate Warrior’, on Diwali, came up with an innovative idea, to spark a conversation on the need for conservation of nature by gifting saplings to her industry friends and colleagues this festive season. (ANI)

Actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja on Friday treated her fans to a stunning picture of herself dressed in a sparkling ivory ensemble.

The ‘Delhi 6,’ actor who is known for her fashion sense, posted several pictures of herself dressed in the white ivory outfit by fashion label Taller Marmo.

The outfit is a shimmery ivory coloured kaftan with tassels towards the end.

She expressed how tassel and sparkle make her a happy girl.

“Give me some tassel, give me some sparkle… and I’m a happy happy girl,” she wrote in the caption. (ANI)

By Siddharth Sharma

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi has been advised by doctors, in view of her chronic chest infection, to shift out of the national capital for a few days to avoid the heavy pollution in the city. Party sources stated that Sonia is likely to shift to either Goa or Chennai, for a few days.

Former Congress President and son Rahul Gandhi is expected to accompany her during the visit which will be finalised by Friday evening.

Sonia has been under heavy medication pursuant to her discharge from the hospital in August, and doctors are concerned about her chronic chest infection, which has not improved on account of pollution in Delhi.

Earlier, Sonia Gandhi had been hospitalised on July 30, this year in Delhi’s Ganga Ram Hospital. Later in September. She had gone abroad with Rahul Gandhi for treatment and had skipped the last Parliament session.

Currently, elevated air pollution in Delhi has aggravated her asthma and her chest condition, and she has been advised by doctors to briefly shift out from here, the source added.

In January last year, she had shifted to Goa for some time where her pictures of cycling had gone viral on social media. (ANI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and top intelligence establishment over the Nagrota encounter in which four terrorists were neutralised, government sources said.

It was found that the terrorists were planning a “major attack” on the anniversary of the 26/11 terror attack, they added.

Mumbai had come under attack on November 26, 2008, when 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists targeted the city in a series of coordinated shootings and bombings that injured over 300 and claimed the lives of 166 people in India’s financial capital.

On Thursday, the encounter between terrorists and security forces broke out in the early hours near Ban Toll Plaza in the Nagrota area of Jammu district. The encounter lasted for three hours in which four terrorists were eliminated.

According to sources, the four terrorists are likely from the United Nations-designated terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). “These terrorists used old modus operandi and had recently infiltrated the Indian side. An investigation is underway,” they added.

Mukesh Singh, Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone had said that it was possible terrorists were planning a “big attack” and targeting the upcoming District Development Council (DDC) elections in the Union Territory.

The DDC elections will be conducted in Jammu and Kashmir in eight phases between November 28 and December 19, and the counting of votes will take place on December 22.

The IG, Jammu Zone also informed that the kind of seizure from the encounter site is “unprecedented”. “It’s possible that they were planning a big attack. This kind of seizure is unprecedented. It is possible that they were targeting the DDC election. However, we are investigating,” Singh said.

The encounter broke out after a truck was intercepted at 5 am on Thursday during a routine check.

“During the search, CRPF soldiers and police were fired upon using heavy ammunition, and grenades were also lobbed. More forces were called in and the encounter went on for 3 hours,” the IG said. (ANI)

Actor Kangana Ranaut on Friday shared with her fans a glimpse of her action rehearsals for her upcoming film ‘Dhaakad,’ and also revealed that she was multi-tasking as she was also shooting for ‘Thalaivi,’ side by side.

The ‘Queen,’ actor took to Instagram to share pictures from her action rehearsals for her film ‘Dhaakad’ with her action directors Jason Ng and Brett Chan.

She also posted a picture of herself and the action director duo with the director of the film Razneesh Ghai.

The 33-year-old actor further went on to talk about how she was multi-tasking as she was prepping for ‘Dhaakad,’ while shooting for ‘Thalaivi,’ in Hyderabad.

“Don’t like to multitask, but in these times one needs to go back to the beginning in those days I worked like a horse, so along with filming Thalaivi I started action rehearsals with @jasonngstunts / @bchanworld for Dhakaad as well, also lovely to see my charming director @razylivingtheblues,” she wrote in the caption.

Besides ‘Thalaivi’ and ‘Dhaakad,’ Ranaut also has the patriotic film ‘Tejas’ in the pipeline. (ANI)

Uttar Pradesh Home Department has sent a proposal to the state’s Department of Law to form a strict law against ‘love jihad’.

“A strict law against ‘love jihad’ will soon be brought in the state. Home Department has sent a proposal to the Department of Law,” the Home Department said in a statement on Friday.

Recently, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had announced that his government will bring a strict law to curb “love jihad” and forcible religious conversion, citing an Allahabad High Court’s order.Responding to a query in Lok Sabha in February this year, the Union Home Ministry had clarified the term ‘love jihad’ is not defined under the existing laws and no such case has been reported so far.

Earlier, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra had said that the state government will bring a bill against ‘love jihad’ in the next Assembly session that will have the provision of five years of rigorous imprisonment. (ANI)

Actor Preity Zinta on Friday marked 22 years of her superhit flick ‘Soldier,’ by sharing a video of the title track of the song featuring her and co-star Bobby Deol.

The 45-year-old actor took to Instagram to share the video and penned down a long note remembering the ‘super cool movie’, and expressing her gratitude for the film.

“Remembering Soldier my super Hot & super Cool movie. So many things to be grateful for. My warm clothes for starters. It was freezing cold & so windy when we were shooting. On the other side poor Bobby was feeling so cold and shivering,” she wrote.

The ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho,’ actor went on to express how grateful she feels that her first feature as a lead had a good soundtrack.

“I’m also grateful that my first feature as a lead had an unbelievable soundtrack. Thank you @RameshTaurani #AbbasMustan and the entire cast and crew for the fun we had in Australia, New Zealand & Rajasthan. I love you @iambobbydeol. You are the bestest,” she added.

Released in 1998, ‘Soldier’ was one of the best films of both Priety and Bobby’s careers. Directed by Abbas-Mustan, the film garnered a lot of appreciation. (ANI)

In the ongoing Malabar exercise in the Indian Ocean region, MiG-29Ks of Indian Navy and F-18s of US Navy carried out simulated attacks on the surface force during a multilateral naval exercise on Friday.

The MiG-29s operated from the INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier. Moreover, coordinated firing on surface target was undertaken during the Phase-2 of the Malabar-2020 exercise.

The Phase-2 of the 24th edition of the multilateral Malabar Naval Exercise will culminate today.

Earlier on Thursday, the second phase of the Malabar exercise saw a high tempo of fighter flying operations from the decks of the two participating aircraft carriers — INS Vikramaditya and USS Nimitz.

“MiG 29K’s of the IN and the F-18 of the US Navy flew along with the IN’s maritime patrol aircraft P-8I and the USN AEW aircraft E2C Hawkeye in seamless coordination,” said the Indian Navy.

The second phase of the Malabar exercise began on Tuesday in the Northern Arabian Sea with the participation of Indian Navy aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, the American aircraft carrier USS Nimitz along with other Indian, US, Australian and Japanese warships carrying out ‘Malabar-2020’ wargames. (ANI)

Welcoming the Supreme Court’s ruling that the state government’s nod is mandatory for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe in its jurisdiction, Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Aslam Shaikh said that the central investigating agency has become a ‘paan shop’ under the BJP government.

“Under the BJP government, the CBI has become like a ‘paan patti ki dukaan‘ (‘paan shop’). It goes anywhere and books anyone, particularly in non-BJP ruled states. It took action against chief ministers and ministers. We welcome the court’s ruling,” Shaikh told ANI.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court held that the consent of the state government is mandatory for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in its jurisdiction and the Central government cannot extend the agency’s jurisdiction to any state without permission of states.

While deciding petitions by the accused in a corruption case in Uttar Pradesh, a bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said the investigation cannot be conducted without states’ nod.

The observation of the Apex Court becomes significant as recently the state governments of Punjab, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh withdrew their “general consent” to the CBI probe in their states. (ANI)

When Mahendra Singh Dhoni burst onto international cricket scene in 2004 he had long hair but the former Indian skipper’s wife Sakshi has revealed she was strictly against his ‘orange hair colour’ look.

Dhoni had made his ODI debut in 2004 and since then, he changed the face of Indian cricket with his calm demeanour, sharp understanding of the game, and astute leadership qualities and soon became a household name.

The former skipper was also praised by the then Pakistan president Parvez Musharraf for his long hair. However, wife Sakshi, who celebrated her 32nd birthday on Thursday, feels that the long hairstyle suited more on Bollywood actor John Abraham and not on Dhoni.

“Luckily I didn’t see him with that long hair. If I had met him when he had that orange long hair I wouldn’t even have looked at him,” Sakshi said in a video posted by IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings.

“There has to be aesthetics. It suited on John but Mahi with long hair and orange colour on top was like…(Sakshi rolls her eyes),” she added.

Dhoni tied the knot with Sakshi on July 4, 2010, a year before he led India to the World Cup title.

The former Indian skipper is among the most successful captains in world cricket. It was under his leadership that India lifted the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011 after having led India to triumph in the ICC World T20 in its maiden edition of the tournament held in 2007 in South Africa.

With India winning the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013 in England, Dhoni became the first and is still the only captain to date to have won all three ICC Trophies.

While his heroics in the limited-overs formats are well documented, it was also under his leadership that India became the number one Test side in 2009 and the team stayed at the top for over 600 days. (ANI)