Actor Bhupesh Kumar Pandya, who was best-known for featuring in films like Vicky Donor and Parmanu, died of lung cancer on Wednesday night. The news of the actor’s death was tweeted by the National School of Drama (NSD) on Wednesday. “The news of Bhupesh Kumar Pandya’s (alumnus NSD 2001 batch) death is extremely sad. The NSD family pays a heartfelt tribute. God bless the departed soul,” the School announced in a tweet posted in Hindi. Actors Manoj Bajpayee, Gajraj Rao, filmmaker Mukesh Chhabra and other celebrities posted tribute for the late actor on Twitter. Bhupesh Pandya’s Alma mater National School…
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A CRPF officer was killed in an attack by militants in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. Militants shot at and injured the Assistant Sub Inspector of the CRPF of 117 battalion at Kaisermulla in Budgam district, a police official said. He said the militants also decamped with the service weapon, an AK assault gun , of ASI N C Badoley. Badoley succumbed to injuries at the Army’s 92 base hospital at Badami Bagh here, the official said. He said the world has been cordoned off and a manhunt launched for the militants.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath came certain praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday for the measures taken by the Uttar Pradesh government to tackle COVID-19 and handling the migrants crisis, consistent with a press release . During his meeting with the chief ministers over video conference, the prime minister acknowledged the efforts of Adityanath and his team for taking “proactive steps” in reducing the coronavirus fatalities, it said. The statement said Modi singled out Uttar Pradesh for doing the foremost tests — 1.50 lakh per day and having tested 90 lakh people thus far , the very best within…
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1308796654364037120?s=20 Minister of State for Railways and Karnataka BJP MP Suresh Angadi passed away on Wednesday, days after he tested positive for Covid-19. The 65-year-old minister breathed his last at around 8 pm at the AIIMS trauma centre which has been converted into a dedicated Covid-19 facility, sources at the hospital said. A fourth-term MP from Belagavi, Angadi is the first Union minister to have died of Coronavirus. At least six MLAs and three MPs have succumbed to the pandemic in the recent past. Former President Pranab Mukherjee, who died on August 31, was also diagnosed as Covid-19 positive. On…
If Emperor Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal for his wife, a Pak man inspired by late actor Sushant Singh Rajput bought land for his wife. He gifted a one-acre plot of land on the moon as a wedding gift for his wife. https://twitter.com/HoorUlJannat5/status/1307022246523928578?s=20 Sohaib Ahmed, a resident of Rawalpindi, bought the lunar land in the region called ‘Sea of Vapour’. The land was bought for $45 from the International Lunar Lands Registry. Ahmed said that he was inspired by late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput to buy the piece of land on the moon. The land bought by Sushant in…
Ayushmann Khurrana, Bollywood’s poster boy of meaningful cinema, is the only Indian actor to be featured on the list of the world’s 100 most influential people of 2020 by the prestigious Time magazine. This year, he shares the honours with four other Indians – Prime minister Narendra Modi, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the UK-based doctor of Indian origin, Ravindra Gupta, who found a cure to AIDS and the 82-year-old Bilkis Dadi of the Shaheen Bagh fame. Khurranna, the youngest Indian on the list, is also among the only three international actors to feature on the list. Delighted over the honour,…
Advertisement suggesting bigotry by Mumbai real estate owners is spread all overseveral real estate portals have listed advertisements that sell and rent properties in Mumbai exclusively to Muslims, reported Square Feat India. These ads, put up by brokers and sellers, actively discriminate against non-Muslims while dealing with sale and lease of real estate properties. One such advertisement popped up on the real estate website, No Broker. A 1-BHK property, measuring 320 sq.ft, up for rent in Western suburbs of Mumbai clearly states on the portal, “Only Muslims allowed.” The ad was later removed by No Broker. When journalist Varun Singh…
An asteroid will pass by Earth today coming close enough to travel near the orbit of some satellites, according to NASA. The space object is thought to be “about the size of a small school bus,” or upwards of 30 feet wide, the space administration said. It will “make its close approach below the ring of geostationary satellites orbiting about 22,000 miles” above the surface of the planet. If it did impact Earth, NASA said, it would likely break up in the atmosphere as a fireball. NASA has made it an institutional priority to spot what are known as near-Earth objects prior to their approach to…
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test fired the Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) from the Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun. This exercise was conducted at Indian Army’s Armoured Corps Centre and School (ACC&S) that is situated at KK Ranges in Ahmednagar. “Congratulations to @DRDO_India for successfully conducting test firing of Laser Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missile from MBT Arjun at KK Ranges (ACC&S) in Ahmednagar,” Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted. https://twitter.com/rajnathsingh/status/1308681180095545345 He also congratulated the organisation for consciously striving towards reducing India’s dependency over imports in the near future. DRDO’s labratory Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) has…
A spontaneous protest erupted in front of the Chinese Embassy in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on Wednesday (23 September) afternoon over the encroachment of Nepalese territory by the China in western-northern part of Humla district. A number of protesters, including youths, chanted slogans against the encroachment and demanded that the Chinese leave Nepal’s territory immediately and respect the bilateral border treaty. Some young protesters carried placards that asked China to back off. Later, police dispersed the protesters who also demanded reopening of two border points between Nepal and China that were shut 10 months ago. Tatopani in Sindhupalchok district and Rasuwagadhi…