The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it, along with the country’s interior ministry, had attempted to launch a terrorist attack in Makhachkala, the Republic of Dagestan. Four members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group were arrested, said the FSB in a press release on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported. The attackers intended to detonate an explosive device in the proximity of an administration facility for law enforcement officials and initiate an armed assault on police officers. Law enforcement agents confiscated a stockpile of weapons for the attack and discovered signs of coordination from overseas on their cell…
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Home minister Amit Shah checked the law and order situation in Assam on Saturday during his two-day state visit. Shah checked the condition of law and order while chairing a high-level meeting attended by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, State Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and other senior government officials. Shah took part in the meeting earlier this day after the announcement of several development schemes for Assam, saying that the state has embarked on a journey of peace and development. Earlier, Shah distributed financial grants to 8,000 Namghars (the traditional Vaishnavite monasteries of…
Seventeen people who have recently returned from the United Kingdom and two family members of such returnees have been confirmed positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra so far, a health official said. “Their samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune to find out if they are carrying the new strain of the virus that was detected in the UK,” he said. S Screening of passengers travelling from the United Kingdom started after a new strain of coronavirus had been identified in that region. Flights from the United Kingdom were banned earlier this week. In the…
About 109,000 previously unrecognised impact craters on the moon using machine learning techniques have been identified by a team of researchers. The study, led by Jilin University researchers, was published in the journal Nature Communications. Effect craters are the most prominent feature on the lunar surface and cover most of the surface of the moon. Standard automated detection methods typically make it impossible to identify unusual and badly damaged impact craters that may have formed in the early stages. In order to accurately classify craters and predict their age, researchers used a transfer learning approach and trained a deep neural…
PM Modi pointed out on Saturday that J&K elections showed the transparent election process and enthusiastic participation of voters to as it is a “moment of pride” for India. While launching a scheme virtually, Modi also hit back at Congress for giving him lessons in democracy while “not carrying out panchayat and municipal polls” in Puducherry, a UT where the opposition party is in control. Modi also pointed out that the elections were held after a year it became a a union territory. Referring to Rahul Gandhi, without naming him he said, some people in Delhi offered him lessons in…
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen men resorted to indiscriminate firing last week injuring several people. One wounded person has succumbed to his injuries on Saturday. According to police, Syed Zameer (55), a former councilor of Adilabad municipality, succumbed to his bullet injuries while undergoing treatment at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad. Last week, the petty squabble between the two sides in the cricket match turned into a big brawl, after which the president of the Asaduddin Owaisi-led district of Adilabad, MIM Farooq Ahmed, interfered and set fire to the rival party. Later, he even threatened competing gangs with…
Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal recently got married to Dhanashree Verma, and has been active on social media updating his fans and followers daily on wedding rituals. On Saturday, the player posted some a couple of photos with his wife Dhanashree Verma from their Sangeet ceremony. Chahal and Dhanashree got married on December 22 and since then both have been posting pictures from their various wedding rituals. “Meet my queen Sangeet day #DhanaSaidYuz,” Chahal fondly captioned the pictures on Twitter. Chahal was last seen in action playing in the limited-overs series against Australia.
https://twitter.com/BiharKaLall/status/1342682819726778368?s=20 Several Hindus had taken out a Ramnidhi Sangrahan rally in Ujjain to collect donations for the Ram Mandir constructions at Ayodhya when it was attacked by stones in a Muslim dominated area. Muslim mob attacked Hindu groups who were carrying out a yatra. The muslim mob had resorted to severe pelting of stones at them near Begumbagh in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, on Friday night. Eyewitnesses say, a number of Hindus took part in the Ramnidhi Sangrahan rally in Ujjain to raise donations for the Ram Mandir construction in Ayodhya. The rally was scheduled to begin from the tower area…
The actress Gauahar Khan has tied the knot with Beau Zaid Darbar on Christmas Day, and the couple posted wedding pictures on their checked Instagram pages. Qubool Hai,” they wrote as caption, and fans showered love and blessings. Gauahar and Zaid chose to twin with their wedding outfit colour. While Gauahar wore a heavily embroidered ivory-hued Sharara along with traditional bridal jewellery, Zaid chose a sherwani and churidar in the same colour. Gauahar and Zaid recently revealed their wedding date on social media and held fans up-to-date with pictures of their plans as well as their lock-down love tale. On…
Superstar Rajinikanth, who was admitted to the hospital here on Friday with extreme blood pressure spikes, is doing well, the doctors said on Saturday. “Mr Rajinikanth who was admitted in the hospital yesterday is progressing well. He has had an eventful night and his blood pressure is still on the higher side although under better control than yesterday,” Apollo Hospital said in a tweet. S The doctors say that the actor’s health didn’t show anything troublesome. A further series of inquiries is planned for Saturday, and will be accessible by night. “His blood pressure medications are being titrated carefully and…