Hardened criminal and murderer Vikas Dubey, who was responsible for the death of 8 policemen in Kanpur, had tortured his school headmaster Siddheshwar Pandey to death during his childhood, reported AajTak. After killing Pandey, Dubey had deliberately stained his hands with the blood of his headmaster. According to headmaster Siddheshwar Pandey’s son Rajendra, Pandey had pleaded Vikas Dubey to spare his life but the gangster did not budge. On Thursday, Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh Narottam Mishra informed that Dubey had a criminal mindset since childhood. Vikas arrested The notorious gangster Vikas Dubey, who was responsible for the death of…
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Actor Pooja Bhatt on Wednesday said her home banner Vishesh Films, under father Mahesh and uncle Mukesh Bhatt, has done much more than the combined efforts of Bollywood in launching new talent across the board within the movie industry. The actor’s comments came as a response to the nepotism debate that has intensified after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. Her family has been at the receiving end of the divided social media discourse, with both her filmmaker father and her half-sister, actor Alia Bhatt being criticised for riding on the privileges of an insider. Taking to Twitter, Pooja Bhatt…
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday announced cancellation of the Asia Cup T20, which was scheduled to be held in September. Pakistan had the hosting rights of the six-team continental event but it had been expected to be held within the UAE. “Asia Cup cancel ho chuka hai, jo September me tha (Asia Cup, which was to be held in September, has been cancelled),” Ganguly told ‘sports tak’ in an instagram live session. The former India skipper didn’t specify the rationale for the cancellation of the event but its conduct was shrouded in uncertainty amidst the coronavirus pandemic. With T20…
India reported 22,752 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total so far to 7,42,417, government data shows. The number of death has risen to 20,642 with 482 deaths in the last 24 hours. A total of 4,56,831 have recovered and the recovery rate is 61.53 per cent. The rate of patients testing positive is 8.66 per cent. Maharashtra, the state with the highest number of COVID-19 cases in India, reported 5,134 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 217,121. Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation or WHO has said it would study fresh evidence…
Amidst the ongoing border tensions with Pakistan and now China, the Indian Army has decided to ban a total of 89 apps for the Army personnel on both Android and iOS platforms posing security threats. Though these apps would continue to remain accessible by civilians, the Army men will not be able to use these 89 apps henceforth. The Army has claimed that the “all-weather” friends have been trying to trouble India at the LOC and LAC. Out of these 89 apps, most are Chinese mobile apps, which the Army believes are being used to send out important data and…
Bihar court, on Wednesday, dismissed a petition seeking registration of cases against Bollywood bigwigs like Salman Khan, Ekta Kapoor, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Karan Johar for allegedly abetting actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide, citing jurisdictional limitations. Chief Judicial Magistrate of Muzaffarpur, Mukesh Kumar, dismissed the petition filed by local advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha, pointing out that the matter lay outside the court’s jurisdiction. In the petition, filed barely three days after the 34-year-old actor was found hanging from the ceiling of his Mumbai residence on June 14, Ojha had also named, among ‘witnesses’, Kangana Ranaut who came out with a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the inaugural address for the India Global Week 2020 — which will be attended by 5,000 participants from over 30 nations — at 1.30 pm today. Pitched as one of the biggest international events on India’s globalization, the three-day virtual event — themed “Be The Revival : India and a Better New World” —- is expected to help the global economy emerge from the shadow of the coronavirus. Around 250 speakers will address the virtual meet on geopolitics, business, technology, banking and finance, pharma, defence and security, and arts and culture. “Will be addressing…
Veteran actor-comedian Jagdeep, best known for his roles in films such as Sholay, Purana Mandir and Andaz Apna Apna, died at his Mumbai residence on Wednesday. He was 81. “He passed away at 8.30 pm at his residence in Bandra. He was not keeping well due to age related issues,” filmmaker Mehmood Ali, a close family friend, told news agency PTI. Jagdeep is survived by his wife, daughters and sons, among them actors Jaaved Jaaferi and TV personality Naved Jafri. Born as Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri, the legendary actor was popularly known as Jagdeep, his stage name. Among cinephiles, Jagdeep…
Pakistan’s claim that Indian national Kulbhushan Yadav — sentenced to death by its military court — has refused review of his case and wants to appeal for mercy, is proof of its “reticence” to implement the order of the International Court of Justice in “letter and spirit”, India said today. Calling Pakistan’s move a continuation of the four-year-long “farce”, the foreign ministry said the media statement “seeks to mask its continuing reticence”. In July last year, the International Court of Justice said Pakistan must review the death sentence of Kulbhushan Jadhav, and it should remain suspended meanwhile. The court also…
A BJP leader and an ex-district president of the party for North Kashmir’s Bandipore was killed by suspected terrorists on Wednesday evening. According to sources, the former BJP president of Bandipora district Wasim Bari was at his shop with his father and brother when some unidentified terrorists struck and shot at them injuring them critically. All three succumbed to the injuries. The family had component of 8 security people but unfortunately none of them was there at the time of the incident. DGP, J&K Dilbag Singh told that a probe has been ordered and all the eight men who were…