Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan recently gave a warm shoutout to WWE icon and Hollywood actor John Cena, calling him a “rockstar.”
During his recent #ASKSrk session, Shah Rukh, in response to a fan’s comment, described Cena as a “rock star. Very humble and kind.”
Moved by his remarks, John Cena appeared to be quite content as he called SRK a “constant inspiration.” In his X post, the actor wrote, “Will never forget your kindness and our conversation. Thank you for the constant inspiration to me personally and your fans around the world!”
Will never forget your kindness and our conversation. Thank you for the constant inspiration to me personally and your fans around the world! @iamsrkhttps://t.co/vfsYvWwoKs
It is worth mentioning that John Cena has time and again expressed his admiration for SRK on social media.
Last year, Cena met the ‘Jawan’ actor at the wedding ceremony of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant in Mumbai and later posted a picture with him.
“An experience filled with so many unforgettable moments which allowed me to connect with countless new friends, including meeting @iamsrk and being able to tell him personally the positive effect he has had on my life,” he wrote.
A surreal 24 hours. So grateful for the Ambani family for their unmatched warmth and hospitality.
An experience filled with so many unforgettable moments which allowed me to connect with countless new friends, including meeting @iamsrk and being able to tell him personally the… pic.twitter.com/MNRb29cFuV
Speaking with ANI over a Zoom video call, Cena, who will be seen in Prime Video’s ‘Jackpot’ film, minutely explained how Shah Rukh inspired him in his life. He also shared that he was “starstruck” and “emotional” when he met him in person.
“He (Shah Rukh) did a Ted Talk that found me at the right time in my life and his words were beyond inspirational to me. They helped orchestrate a change in my life. And since that change, I’ve been able to recognise all the jackpots that I’ve been given and been grateful and work hard to make sure I don’t waste them,” Cena said.
Back in February 2024, a video went viral in which the ‘Fast and Furious’ actor sang ‘Bholi Si Surat’ song from Shah Rukh’s film ‘Dil Toh Pagal Hai’.
The video garnered attention, prompting a response from Shah Rukh himself. (ANI)
Actor Anupam Kher paid a visit to the late actor Satish Shah’s wife, Madhu, and said it was an emotional moment for him.
Taking to his Instagram handle, Kher shared a video with details about Madhu’s health condition as she currently struggles with the early stages of Alzheimer’s. A visibly emotional Kher said, “She recognised me at first and thanked me for coming to meet her. For a flicker of a second, she said, ‘He’s gone,’ and I saw tears in her eyes. But then she lost her memory.”
Kher opened up on how he was overwhelmed with emotions after meeting Shah’s wife, who invited him for a meal.
In the post, the actor also included a brief clip capturing his conversation with Madhu.
Noting that he recently came back from Switzerland, the actor, in his caption, added, “Was trying my best to hold back my tears! I was not able to understand whether there were more tears in the eyes for Satish’s departure or Madhu’s memory too! The one hour I spent at Satish’s house was very sad! But I made a promise to Madhu that I would keep visiting her constantly! And I probably can’t do anything!”
Shah, celebrated for his impeccable comic timing and memorable performances over decades, passed away at the age of 74.
Shah’s funeral was held on Sunday and was attended by several of his co-stars and industry colleagues, including Naseeruddin Shah, Tikku Talsania, David Dhawan, Rumy Jafry, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Ali Asgar, Deepak Parashar, Harish Bhimani, Avtar Gill, Angan Desai, Pankaj Kapoor and Supriya Pathak.
The ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’ team also paid a heartfelt tribute to their late co-star.
The prayer meet for the late actor was held at Jalaram Hall in Juhu, Mumbai. Several celebs, including Johnny Lever with his family, Paresh Ganatra, Deven Bhojani, Sumeet Raghvan and his family, Rajesh Kumar, Divya Dutta, David Dhawan, Nitish Bharadwaj, and Supriya Pilgaonkar, among others, attended it.
Actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha, Supriya Pathak, Anang Desai, veteran actor Raza Murad, were also among those who arrived to pay their last respects. (ANI)
Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Raksha Nikhil Khadse, led ‘Ekta Yatras’ (Unity Marches) at Malkapur in Buldhana and Bhusawal in Jalgaon district, on the historic occasion of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 150th Birth Anniversary, as per a release from SAI media.
The ‘Ekta Yatras’, held under the nationwide Sardar@150 campaign initiated by the ‘My Bharat platform’ of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, witnessed overwhelming public participation from youth, students, and volunteers, creating a vibrant celebration of national unity and civic spirit.
Addressing an enthusiastic gathering at Malkapur, Khadse invoked Sardar Patel’s enduring legacy, saying, “The India we are proud of today — united, strong, and diverse — stands as the result of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s unmatched resolve and vision to integrate over 560 princely states into one nation. This march is not merely symbolic; it is a reaffirmation of our collective commitment to Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat. Guided by the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji, this movement reinforces the spirit of Jan Bhagidari and Viksit Bharat by placing youth at the heart of nation-building.”
The first leg of the event began in Malkapur, drawing huge participation from residents, students, and volunteers. Prominent dignitaries present included Eknath Khadse, Member of the Legislative Council; Chansukh Madanlal Sancheti, MLA, Malkapur; Arvind Kolte, Anil Kharche, Sudhir Chavan, Pranit Sangavikar, District Youth Officer; Ramrao Jhambre, Dnyandev Waghode, and senior officials from the district administration, the release said.
In the afternoon, Khadse led the Bhusawal Unity March, which saw massive crowds lining the streets in solidarity. The event was graced by Girish Mahajan, Minister of Water Resources and Disaster Management and Sanjay Savkare, Minister of Textiles, Government of Maharashtra. Other dignitaries present included Abhishek Chavare, District Youth Officer, and officials from the district administration.
Both marches reflected the energy and enthusiasm of thousands of participants — students, NSS volunteers, My Bharat youth, and citizens — who carried banners and slogans celebrating unity, patriotism, and national pride.
Khadse emphasised that My Bharat is turning into a true movement of youth-driven change — connecting millions of young minds to India’s development journey. She urged that the ideals of Ekta Yatra must be translated into everyday action through service, innovation, and leadership by youth at the grassroots level.
The Unity Marches at Malkapur and Bhusawal mark a significant contribution to the Sardar@150 national campaign, launched by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, which promotes unity, integrity, and collective participation in nation-building–a true tribute to the Iron Man of India.(ANI)
No foreign sky protected me, no stranger’s wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot, survivor of that time, that place… The stars of death stood over us. And Russia, guiltless, beloved, writhed under the crunch of blood-stained boots, under the wheels of Black Marias – Anna Akhmatova, Requiem. (Black Marias: The police vans which took away people.)
Winter has arrived this year like the sadistic summer of 2025: a winter of discontent. Like a bad faith foreboding of a fake nuclear winter, always in the making, the heartless shadow of evil walking the front and back pages of newspapers/TV screens, hanging low for all to see, with a foul smell, sick, distasteful, nauseating. This winter has arrived with a sinister sensation between my eyelids, a lurking nightmare in the next lane, a sleep-walking ghost who walks in the deathly post-midnight corridor.
The only relief is the familiar fragrance and the drifting of tobacco smoke, the table lamp flickering in the dark, a half-burnt cigarette in the ash tray. A book in hand, with its yellow pages smelling of wood, leaves and bark. A flower between the pages. A glass of unfinished whiskey, with one cube of ice.
There is a nip in the polluted air, a sickly chill. Oh, it is so familiar, after tonnes of poison has been wilfully unleashed on our senses, with the fake sound of bombs masquerading as crackers; oh, what joy it brings to the rich who blow up their money in smoke, the sound, non-stop, ceaseless, like a jarring orchestra inside our eardrums, plugged in.
Guns and flowers. The nectar of poison. The slow poison of solitary confinement. There is no way out.
Every year, in the capital of India, the auspicious festival of lights, in the season of festivals, is a divine redemption.
The victory of good over evil.
Good or evil, you are condemned either way.
The sickly winter nip in the air arrives not as a pleasant anticipation, which would rekindle lovely remnants of nostalgia, forgotten traces of buried memories, smells, touch, feelings, sense and sensuality, hand-written postcards used as bookmarks, comic books, camphor inside old trunks with hand-made sweaters and socks, painstakingly stitched, minute after minute, with deft, untiring fingers – the mother’s love for an unborn baby, the beloved’s love for a young lover, the sister’s love for a sister.
I still wear the dark purple sweater – she made it when I was in JNU. My hardworking and frail mother. Dark and warm, in coarse, softened wool. Her entire life of love and giving enclosed inside its every pore and knit.
But this winter is different, and its arrival is replete with bad omen and terrible forebodings. I can sense it inside my intestines, between my fingers, between the eyelashes, inside my old cotton shirt, in the diary with my jottings, in every book I pick up to read, and every note of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons I hear – and not only the lyrical, musical chapter on winter, slow, solitary, sad, static, cold, frozen, uncanny, almost warning of another imminent tragedy. Chronicle of a tale foretold.
A suppressed cry of deep angst. A scream of unexpressed despair. No. Not like that Edvard Munch painting. This is different.
In this winter of discontent, there is neither autumn nor spring, Vivaldi’s violin breaks into the bitter realism of our times. The kaleidoscopic colours of falling leaves are not from The Fall, spring no long reminds of mountain streams gurgling amidst pristine rocks, sculpted by the gushing waters, and the pink, vermillion, blue, yellow wild flowers, swimming in the gurgle of the waters. You don’t remember those Pablo Neruda lines anymore: I touch you, and you ripple, like a river…
The sky is poisoned, overcast, darkened in an artificial cover of clouds which are not clouds, the daylight sun has neither daylight nor sunshine, and the birds, which had choked in the onslaught of the Diwali smoke, trapped by the crackers and the fake bombs, and the street dogs, who had lost their voice, are slowly trying to get back. Even the crows, who wake up earlier than the early morning melody queen, the koel, perched on the tall saptaparini tree in my balcony, have fallen silent.
The koel was my morning alarm clock. The koel has stopped singing.
The stars don’t twinkle anymore. The sun does not shine anymore. The wind reminds of death.
I think of Anna Akhmatova, the great Russian poet, already condemned by the dictator, in the freezing cold of Russia. I think of her standing for hours waiting for a loaf of bread in Leningrad, amidst women, who had faces, but you can’t see their faces anymore. They don’t speak anymore. They whisper. Everyone only whispers these days.
In the poem, Requiem, she writes, while waiting for her son, Lev, imprisoned in Stalin purges, for ‘counter-revolutionary’ activities:
“Instead of a Preface: In the terrible years of the Yezhov terror I spent seventeen months waiting in line outside the prison in Leningrad. One day somebody in the crowd identified me. Standing behind me was a woman, with lips blue from the cold, who had, of course, never heard me called by name before. Now she started out of the torpor common to us all and asked me in a whisper (everyone whispered there): “Can you describe this?” – And I said: “I can.” Then something like a smile passed fleetingly over what had once been her face.”
Since the hyperbole of the Trump ceasefire, not one day has gone by when Israel has not bombed Gaza. It has been relentless. On Thursday, the Israelis targeted, as usual, civilians, shelters, refugee tents, hospitals, schools, while blaming its mythical allegations on Hamas.
More than 100 ordinary people were killed, including, yes, 40 children. As many as 270 were seriously injured, including 70 children. Kids and young women, the main targets of Israel. That is how they have operated since October 7, 2023. Kill the women, the young mothers, the little ones, even the ones just born. Trump has endorsed the killings.
Israel “should hit back” when attacked, he said. “They killed an Israeli soldier. So, the Israelis hit back, and they should hit back. When that happens they should hit.”
Pictures of the faces of the little boys and girls are on social media – smiling faces. Now they will never smile anymore.
(The unconfirmed story goes that one Israeli soldier was killed in the Rafah border by unknown men. Reports say that Hamas is not involved; it has denied involvement in any violence since the ceasefire, negotiated in Egypt with Qatar and other Arab countries, including UK, as mediators. It has been reported that the unknown, underground group which killed the Israeli soldier did not apparently know that a ceasefire is in place.)
Meanwhile, an Al Jazeera and Hind Rijab Foundation (HRF) investigation has disclosed the names of 24 soldiers, including their commanders, who pumped 335 bullets in the ravaged car surrounded by armoured vehicles, where six-year-old Hind Rijab, trapped with the dead bodies of her relatives, was murdered. One of the commanders reportedly has American links.
The foundation has taken the issue to the International Criminal Court in Hague with a 120-page report, with all the evidence. In its report it states: The submission builds on HRF’s first communication of 3 May, 2025, and provides detailed evidence identifying the Vampire Empire Company of the 52nd Armoured Battalion (“Ha-Bok’im / The Breachers”), operating under Israel’s 401st Armoured Brigade.
The complaint names: Colonel Beni Aharon, Commander of the 401st Armoured Brigade. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Ella, Commander of the 52nd Armoured Battalion. Major Sean Glass, Commander of the Vampire Empire Company, along with 22 identified tank crew members of the same company who directly participated in or facilitated the attack.
That is, Nuremberg might be in the past. But, as we know, history can repeat itself. No murderer or mass murderer, can escape forever.
These ‘brave’ commanders and soldiers, in a long phase of ‘self-defence’, killed, first the paramedics of Red Crescent who reached the car to help the little girl, then pumped all their bullets inside her little body.
And what was Hind Rijab, the little girl, asking the woman on the helpline, again and again:
“Will you come and get me? I am so scared?”
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. — Albert Camus
The Indian Women’s Cricket Team’s thrilling victory over Australia in the semi-final of the Women’s World Cup 2025 has sparked celebrations across the country. From fans to film stars, everyone is applauding the team’s outstanding performance and their place in the final.
Several Bollywood celebrities took to social media to share their excitement and pride after Team India’s historic win.
Kareena Kapoor Khan took to her Instagram Story to praise the team for their determination. She wrote, “And like I said GIRLS can do it all. With grit and determination… Well done Team India… on the finals my girls.”
Actor Suniel Shetty, on the other hand, took to his X account to express his excitement and happiness over India’s powerful chase against Australia. In his post, he wrote, “339 … Against Australia!!! That was a huge target to chase. But the confidence was even greater. Jemimah’s unbeaten century and India’s bold chase – pure magic! Team India is heading to the finals, fueled by passion and belief.”
Kantara actor Rishab Shetty also took to his X account to congratulate the team as he wrote, “What a moment for India!”
Varun Dhawan also joined in the celebrations, posting a picture of Jemimah Rodrigues on his Instagram story and writing, “My hero.”
Vikrant Massey added, “One step closer!!! Well played.”
Meanwhile, recapping the encounter between the two sides, Australia won the toss and opted to bat first.
After skipper Alyssa Healy’s early loss, Phoebe Litchfield (119 in 93 balls, with 17 fours and three sixes) and Ellyse Perry (77 in 88 balls, with six fours and two sixes) put up a 155-run stand for the second wicket.
With the wicket of Litchfield, India made a comeback, reducing Australia to 265/6. However, a 66-run stand between Ash Gardner (63 in 45 balls, with four boundaries and four sixes) and Kim Garth (17) took the Aussies to 338 runs in 49.5 overs.
Shree Charani (2/49) and Deepti Sharma (2/73) were among the top bowlers for India. Amanjot Kaur, Kranti Goud and Radha Yadav took a wicket each.
During the run-chase, India was 59/2 in the 10th over, losing openers Shafali Verma (10) and Smriti Mandhana (24 in 24 balls, with two fours and a six). However, Jemimah and Harmanpreet did not let the pressure pile on India.
Richa Ghosh (26 in 16 balls, with two fours and two sixes) and Amanjot (15* in eight balls, with two fours) played important cameos, supporting Jemimah as the run chase was completed with five wickets and nine balls in hand. Jemimah earned the ‘Player of the Match’ award.
With this win, India have booked their spot in the Women’s CWC final and are set to lock horns with South Africa on Sunday. (ANI)
The release date for the upcoming documentary titled ‘Dining with the Kapoors’ was unveiled on Friday.
The special is set to bring together the members of the Kapoor family, often called Bollywood’s first film family, for a rare on-camera gathering that will include conversations about family, food, and cinema.
The documentary marks 100 years of the legendary Raj Kapoor and nearly a century of the Kapoor family’s contribution to Indian cinema. The film features Randhir Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Rima Jain, Ranbir Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, and others. Together, they will share stories, memories, and light-hearted moments from their family’s long association with Indian cinema.
The Series Head at Netflix India, Tanya Bami, as per a press note, said, “For close to a decade, Netflix has championed and expanded India’s appetite for documentary storytelling, exploring diverse genres and distinct voices within the format. With Dining with the Kapoors, we bring a story that is both momentous and heartwarming. As the Kapoor clan comes together to celebrate 100 years of their legendary patriarch, Raj Kapoor, the table overflows with food, laughter, and love. We’re honoured to take viewers on a culinary journey brimming with classic Kapoor wit and humour, legacy, and flavour.”
Creator Armaan Jain said that making the documentary was a personal journey. “Bringing the Kapoor khandan together around the table felt like unlocking generations of stories–the laughter, the chaos, the endless food, and of course, the banter that’s basically in our DNA. Dining with the Kapoors is my way of honouring Nanaji (Raj Kapoor) and celebrating the timeless bond that continues to hold us together,” Armaan said.
The documentary will stream on Netflix from November 21. (ANI)
Voice artist and famous Bigg Boss narrator Vijay Vikram Singh has once again cleared the air, confirming that he is not “Bigg Boss.”
In a recent Instagram video, the well-known voice artist addressed the long-running confusion among fans who believe he is the powerful voice speaking directly to contestants on the show.
Over the years, many viewers have assumed that Singh is the voice of Bigg Boss, the one giving instructions inside the house. However, Singh clarified that his role is limited to narration, which includes updates, recaps, and time cues for the audience.
In the video, he said, “Bigg Boss aap sabhi ko batana chahte hain… bhai, ye main nahi bolta hoon Bigg Boss mein. Matlab, jo awaaz aap show mein sunte hain, jaise ‘Bigg Boss chahte hain’ ya ‘Main chahta hoon ki aap ye karein,’ woh meri awaaz nahi hai. Main Bigg Boss nahi hoon.”
He further explained that there are actually two voices on the show: one is the actual Bigg Boss voice that speaks to contestants, and the other is his voice, used for narration.
“Show mein do awaaz hain,” he said. “Dusri awaaz, jaise ‘Dopahar 12 baje,’ ya ‘Aage dekhiye,’ ye sab meri awaaz hai. Contestants se baat karte waqt jo awaaz aap sunte hain, woh main nahi hoon.”
Singh also addressed one of the most common misconceptions about him: that he influences evictions or contestants’ fates inside the house. He added with a smile, “Baseer nikal gaye hain, Nehal nikal gayi hain, lekin isme mera koi haath nahi hai. Mera yogdan sirf itna hai ki main samay bata deta hoon aur aapko updates deta hoon.”
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Meanwhile, Bigg Boss 19 has also been winning hearts outside the house, with housemates forming their own camps. The theme for this year is ‘Gharwalon Ki Sarkaar.’
Currently, contestants Gaurav Khanna, Kunickaa Sadanand, Ashnoor Kaur, Amaal Mallik, Tanya Mittal, Malti Chahar, Mridul, Farrhana Bhatt, Pranit More, and Shehbaz Badesha remain in the race for the Bigg Boss 19 trophy. (ANI)
Rapper Cardi B left fans stunned after admitting on social media that she hasn’t washed her hair in nearly three months, according to Page Six.
The Bodak Yellow hitmaker made the candid revelation during an Instagram Live session, where she appeared wearing a wig cap. “I haven’t washed my s-t in like two months,” she told viewers, before correcting herself, “Matter of fact I’m lying, probably like three months…” ,”I probably got all types of roach eggs, mosquito eggs, everything in this b**** right here,” she said, pointing to her head.
Her admission quickly went viral, sparking mixed reactions online. Some users on X (formerly Twitter) expressed shock, with one writing, “Ima throw up for real,” while another joked, “Imagine the smell.”
Others dismissed the confession as playful exaggeration. “Y’all believe anything and run with it,” one comment read.
“Yall believe anything and run with it,” one commenter remarked, while another chimed in, “Idk what’s funnier her making fun of her self or ya believing this is true lmao,” according to Page Six.
Still others had different questions. “Okay but who asked, Cardi?” a follower queried, while another wrote, “I wash my hair a couple of times a week. Don’t u get itchy in the hair if u don’t do that?”
The pregnant songstress, who is currently expecting her fourth child, her first with Stefon Diggs, isn’t the first celebrity to raise eyebrows with questionable hygiene habits.
“I use soap, but I don’t wash my hair. I wash it every two months,” talk show host James Corden said on a 2022 episode of “The Late Late Show,” adding, “That is a true story,” according to Page Six.
Jake Gyllenhaal admitted in 2021 that he doesn’t think bathing regularly is “necessary.”
“More and more I find bathing to be less necessary, at times,” the “Brokeback Mountain” star said at the time, according to Page Six. (ANI)
Amid his criticism of Congress over the 1984 anti-Sikh violence, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said that under Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), minorities are “flourishing” in India.
Suggesting that Congress introspects on the events of 1984 anti-Sikh violence, Puri said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) doesn’t believe in appeasement politics while Congress reaches out to minorities only to “do this to them”.
“Every minority community is flourishing today. BJP doesn’t play appeasement politics. Congress reaches out to minority communities, fuels them and then does this to them. I think the people in the Congress party today ought to do some serious introspection on the events of 1984 on that particular day,” Puri said in an interview with ANI.
He said that Congress must apologise properly, which has not happened in all these years.
“I would like to hear a reply from the Congress. I was waiting for somebody to go to the Harmandir Sahib, to Darbar Sahib and at least apologise properly. I haven’t seen that in all these years,” Puri added.
In a post on X, Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, Puri said that one must value the era of inclusive development and peace. He asserted that India keeps its minorities safe and ensures development for all without discrimination.
“Today is the time to remember that violence with anger and rage even as we pay homage to the victims and empathise with the anguish and pain of the families they left behind. It is time to value the era of inclusive development and peace that we live in under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi. Today, India not only keeps its minorities safe but also ensures Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas without prejudice or discrimination,” the Union Minister said.
Puri trained guns on Congress, accusing its leaders of leading mobs outside Gurudwaras to commit violence against the Sikh community. He said that institutions meant to uphold the law surrendered their conscience and allowed the violence to continue.
“Congress leaders were seen leading mobs outside Gurdwaras, as even police stood watching. The very institutions meant to uphold law and order surrendered their conscience and allowed a free hand to these leaders,” Puri posted on X.
He alleged that a meeting was held at the residence of a Congress MLA, where they decided to “teach a lesson” to Sikhs. He further stated that the actions of Congress leaders were corroborated by the Nanavati Commission of 2005.
“At a Congress MLA’s house, leaders met and decided that Sikhs ‘must be taught a lesson’. Inflammable powder and chemicals were procured from factories and handed to mobs. Years later, all this was corroborated by the Nanavati Commission (2005) which very clearly said how ‘There is credible evidence against Congress(I) leaders who led mobs and provoked attacks’,” Puri said.
The Union Minister said that Congress enabled the massacre against Sikhs and protected the perpetrators.
“Even their own report confirmed what survivors always knew. Congress did not fail to stop the massacre. It enabled it. Later, Congress shamelessly went to deny the Anti-Sikh violence for decades. They protected the perpetrators and gave them plum postings (even party tickets to contest elections) as rewards,” Puri said.
Puri recalled the horrors of 1984 violence against the Sikh community, saying that the violence came close to his house in Hauz Khas.
Puri informed that his parents, who lived in a DDA flat, were rescued in time by his friend.
“Like all other members of my Sikh Sangat this violence also came close to my house. I was then a young first secretary posted in Geneva at that time and was extremely worried about the safety and wellbeing of my parents who lived in a DDA flat in SFS, Hauz Khas. They were rescued in time by my Hindu friend and taken to my grandparents’ first floor house in Khan Market even as unimaginable violence raged across Delhi and several other cities,” Puri posted on X.
The anti-Sikh violence started on October 31, 1984, following the assassination of Indira Gandhi and continued for several days.
Earlier, a Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi on Wednesday directed the Prosecution to file written submissions in a 1984 Sikh riots case against former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar.
Sajjan Kumar is facing trial in a case linked to FIRs registered at Janakpuri and Vikas Puri Police Stations.
The Janakpuri case pertains to the killing of two Sikhs, Sohan Singh and his son-in-law Avtar Singh, on November 1, 1984. The second case was registered in the Vikaspuri police station related to the burning of Gurcharan Singh on November 2, 1984.
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh asked the Prosecution to file written submissions and listed the matter for arguements on November 27 and December 4. (ANI)
BJP senior leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Friday accused the DMK of fostering regional hatred, and alleged that the party leaders had been using derogatory remarks against people from northern states.
Soundararajan was speaking to the reporters after paying floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 150th birth anniversary at Guindy, Chennai.
Tamilisai said the country was celebrating National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) with the same spirit as Independence Day.
“Today we are celebrating Unity Day in Delhi with the same pride and emotion with which we celebrate Independence Day,” she said.
She credited Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for laying the foundation of a united India and said the day symbolises “unity in diversity.”
Targeting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, Tamilisai said she strongly condemned his “divisive political approach” on a day meant to celebrate unity.
“On this day of unity, I condemn the Chief Minister for his divisive politics,” she said.
Accusing the ruling DMK of fostering regional hatred, she alleged that party leaders had been using derogatory remarks against people from northern states.
“DMK leaders call people from Bihar beggars and cow urine drinkers. They say those people are not South Indians and even refuse to greet Hindus during festivals,” Tamilisai claimed.
She further alleged that “half the people in the DMK are not Tamils” and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks in Bihar were directed at the DMK, not the Tamil people.
“The Prime Minister criticised the DMK, not the Tamils. He has great respect for Tamil people,” she said.
Tamilisai recalled that the Prime Minister had earlier accused the DMK of insulting the people of Bihar. She also referenced controversial past remarks by Congress and DMK leaders.
“Even Jawaharlal Nehru once said Biharis are unintelligent. Dayanidhi Maran said Biharis are only fit to clean bathrooms and wipe tables,” she alleged.
Clarifying her stance, Tamilisai said the BJP’s criticism was directed solely at the DMK leadership.
“Our criticism is against the DMK, not the Tamil people. I want Chief Minister Stalin to understand this clearly,” she stated.
She also alleged that DMK and its alliance partners in the INDIA bloc had repeatedly insulted the people of Bihar, calling it an “unacceptable form of politics.”
On whether the BJP would participate in the DMK-convened all-party meeting on the SIR (Special Investigation Report), Tamilisai said the party would decide internally.
“Our party will make a decision on participation. But if the meeting is against our principles, we will oppose it,” she said.
Criticising the DMK’s political culture, she said the party chooses condolence visits based on political calculations.
“If someone dies, they check their list before visiting. That’s how the DMK operates,” she alleged.
Referring to the release of the SIR report, she questioned the timing, given it came ahead of the elections.
“Even during the times of Nehru and Manmohan Singh, such reports were released. Why this sudden urgency now? The Chief Minister seems nervous as elections approach,” Tamilisai remarked.
She added that DMK’s comments about Bihar could provoke strong reactions there. “Because DMK is part of the INDIA bloc, I had to address their remarks in Bihar. If DMK leaders like Udhayanidhi Stalin go there, people will chase them away,” she warned.
Commenting on alleged claims of 65 lakh names being excluded from Bihar’s rolls, she said: “If 65 lakh people were removed, wouldn’t they come to the streets and ask questions? Do we have to go to heaven to find them?”
“From Nehru’s dishonest era to today’s Tamil Nadu, where government jobs are sold for lakhs, corruption has become the state’s guiding mantra,” she charged.
Concluding her remarks, she said the Prime Minister’s criticism was directed at the DMK alone and not at the Tamil people, asserting that he holds Tamils in high regard.
“Stalin’s politics of division will not succeed. The Sengol placed in Parliament stands as a symbol of Tamil pride and unity,” she said. (ANI)
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