Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, congratulating him on a glorious career, and describing the former India captain’s journey and influence as a sportsperson, coming from the cricketing backwaters of Ranchi. The Prime Minister addressed Dhoni as ‘Dear Mahendra’ and called him “one of the important illustrations of the spirit of New India where family name does not make young people’s destiny ”. This is what the PM said in his tribute – along with the relevant context of Dhoni’s life and career. “Rising from humble beginnings in a small town, you burst onto…
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A day after the Hindu minor girl from Begusarai, who was abducted on gunpoint on July 26, was rescued, the main accused, Izmul Khan alias Nazmul alias Aryan, has also been arrested. https://twitter.com/swati_gs/status/1296452235891744774?s=20 Nazmul has uploaded picture of the minor girl of Begusarai wearing Sindoor The journalist has also shared some posts made from the Facebook account of Izmul Khan, who used ‘Captain America’ as his Facebook name. According to locals, who had been tracking his account, Izmul Khan had after the kidnapping, posted a picture of the minor girl wearing sindoor (vermillion) in her hair and a pendant of…
https://twitter.com/srinistuff/status/1296396399693533195?s=20 Marketing is an extremely important concept in today’s time. It brings a product in limelight. These days, some great concepts of marketing are coming forward and the latest one that we came across is from an Ikea in Bahrain. Twitter user Sneha recently shared an image of the aforementioned Ikea store. But the special thing about this Ikea is the text that is written in Arabic on the building. According to Sneha, the text in Arabic which is written under the words ‘create your perfect night’s sleep,’ reads, “Same text, but in Arabic.” Yes, that is correct. https://twitter.com/abhishek_tri/status/1296387812862943232?s=20 https://twitter.com/SparklinGuy/status/1296424060822474753?s=20…
The war between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress over Facebook’s alleged bias towards the ruling party has flared up. A day after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor breach of privilege notices against each other, it has come to light that the BJP MP had taken a dig at the Congress leader’s English in his letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Nishikant Dubey’s letter to the Speaker says that “speaking in English with a foreign accent does not give freedom to disregard India’s glorious parliamentary organs to meet own political ambitions”. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey…
Actor Kangana Ranaut while speaking to Republic TV yesterday (19 August) took on Naseeruddin Shah for his “half-educated starlet’ comment by saying that he is angry on her because she praised Hinduism and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Naseeruddin Shah had condescendingly criticised Kangana a few days ago by saying that, “No one is interested in the opinion of some half-educated starlet who takes it upon herself to get justice for Sushant..”. After his comments stirred up a row, Kangana responded to him while speaking to Arnab Goswami by saying that people like Naseeruddin Shah work towards a particular political agenda.…
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, the ‘creative’ Railway Minister of Pakistan, who had once blamed breakfast made of eggs as the reason for the train disaster in Lahore, has once again boasted about his country having “very small, calculated and perfect bombs to target India all the way up to Assam, but in a way that Muslims are not harmed.” In an interview to a television channel, Sheikh Rasheed admitted that the Indian Army is far superior to the Pakistan Army in conventional warfare. Therefore, Pakistan is working on these miniaturised nuclear weapons. He said that their bombs are so perfect and…
According to sources, intelligence brought the issue into the notice of Regional Police Officer Sohail Habib Tajik last month. The intelligence intimated that since the IIAP is a sensitive airport covered by greenwoods and located at a quite long distance from Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Attock, it should have rescue teams available 24 hours. It said: “Due to the long distance from the three cities, it will not be easy for the rescue teams and bomb disposal squads to reach the airport on time in case of an emergency situation.” “Besides, the airport should also have detection dogs,” the report said…
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday left for a two-day visit to China to attend the second round of the China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers Strategic Dialogue. In a video message released before his departure, Qureshi said he was going on a “very important trip to China” and that he had a discussion with Prime Minister Imran Khan before leaving, reports Dawn news. “I am leaving on a very important visit to China. I had a discussion with the Prime Minister regarding this visit yesterday (Wednesday). My delegation will represent the stance of the political and military leadership of the…
Iran has unveiled two new missiles amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States. State TV said officials unveiled the two new missiles on Thursday — National Defense Industry Day in Iran. They are named after top Iranian Gen Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed outside Baghdad’s international airport in a US strike in January. The Martyr Hajj Qassem surface-to-surface ballistic missile has a 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) range, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. State TV said the Martyr Abu Mahdi naval cruise missile has a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) range. State TV said the…
Sidharth Shukla fans are proud of the actor, who with his kind gesture is winning the Internet. On Wednesday, a fan contacted Sidharth Shukla, as her father, who’s tested coronavirus positive needed to be admitted in a hospital in Andheri, Mumbai. Sidharth saw the message after four hours and apologised to her for the delay and asked her to give him five minutes. “Dear @sidharth_shukla i need your help my dad has been tested positive for covid & he has been shifted to brahmakumaris hospital of andheri but their is a bed problem their can you in any way help…