Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has appealed to his fans to increase support to Sushant Singh Rajput’s family and admirers after a criminal complaint was filed against him for abetting the suicide of the late actor. Rajput, 34, was found dead at his Mumbai residence on Flag Day. Earlier in the week, a Muzaffarpur-based advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha filed a petition naming Bollywood bigwig like Khan, producers Aditya Chopra, Karan Johar, Ekta Kapoor and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali as accused. Taking to Twitter on Saturday, Khan asked his fans to know the emotions Sushant’s admirers were browsing after his demise. “A…
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US President Donald Trump has begun his re-election campaign with a rally in Oklahoma where he launched a frontal attack on his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, describing him as a helpless puppet of the novel left. Trump, 74, is pitted against former vice chairman and Democratic Party’s presidential nominee Biden, 77, within the November 3 presidential election. As per the newest opinion polls, he’s trailing behind Biden on a mean by eight percentage points. Trump, in his address to the thousands of his supporters at an inside stadium in Oklahoma’s Tulsa city on Saturday, said: Biden may be a helpless…
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) Central Secretary-General Milind Parande on Sunday demanded that appropriate steps be taken to make sure that the annual Rath Jatra festival of Lord Jagannath in Puri is widely known observing all health protocols in sight of the COVID-19 outbreak. In a statement, he said the festival has been conducted uninterruptedly for many years and how must be acknowledged to carry the festival this year too. The VHP leader requested the Supreme Court to review its stay order on holding of the Rath Jatra this year in sight of the COVID-19 crisis, saying, in today’s circumstances,…
Skywatchers witnessed a dramatic ring of fire in the sky today, June 21, as an Annular Solar took place. The first solar eclipse of this year which coincides with the summer solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere has the longest day, was an annular eclipse. The Surya Grahan 2020 started at around 9 am in the morning and reached its maximum extent at 12:10 pm. The eclipse ended at around 3:00 pm. H clouds played a spoilsport in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and the solar eclipse was only visible partially. Meanwhile, the ring of fire was only visible in Uttarkhand’s…
Amid the ongoing border dispute with China, Centre has granted a big financial power to the defence forces enabling them to buy any weapon system under Rs 500 crore. “The three services have been granted the financial powers by the Narendra Modi government to buy weapon systems under an emergency requirement procedure. Now they can buy any in inventory or new weapon up to Rs 500 for each project under these powers,” told government sources Under the project, the defence forces, in consultation with the Department of Military Affairs, can go in for buying any weapon which they feel would…
In a major success, the security forces on Sunday gunned down three terrorists in an encounter in Zadibal area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar, said the officials while adding that the operation is still underway. The officials said that the Indian Army, the CRPF and the Jammu and Kashmir police had launched a search operation in the Zadibal area of the city after they recieved specific intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in the region. Two terrorists killed in the encounter were identified as Shakoor Farooq Langoo, Shahid Ahmad Bhat of Semthan Bijbehara while the identity of the third terrorist is yet…
The armed forces deployed along the 3,500-km de-facto border with China have been given “full freedom” to give a “befitting” response to any Chinese misadventure, government sources said after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the situation in eastern Ladakh at a meeting with the top military brass on Sunday. The meeting was attended by Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane, Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh and Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria. India has already mobilised fighter jets and sent thousands of additional Army troops to forward locations along the border with China after 20…
A lawyer appeared during a virtual hearing within the Supreme Court while lying on bed and donning a T-shirt, drawing displeasure of the judge who observed that “minimum court etiquette” should be followed given the general public nature of hearings. The apex court observed that lawyers appearing in matters via video- conferencing should be “presentable” and avoid showing images which aren’t appropriate. Justice S Ravindra Bhat accepted the apology tendered by the advocate, who said it had been “inappropriate on his part to form a court appearance, whilst lying on bed wearing a T-shirt”. “This court is of the view…
The Air Force is decided to deliver and is well prepared and suitably deployed to reply to any contingency, IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said here on Saturday. Addressing a Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) at Air Force Academy (AFA) Dundigal here he said the air force will never let the supreme sacrifice made by our brave soldiers at Galwan in Ladakh enter vain. “…it should be very clear that we are well prepared and suitably deployed to reply to any contingency. I assure the state that we are determined to deliver and can never let the sacrifice of…