Actor Mohit Baghel, best known for playing Amar Chaudhary in superstar Salman Khan’s Ready, died of cancer, reported news agency PTI. He was 26. Writer-director Raaj Shaandilyaa told PTI that the actor passed away on Saturday morning in his hometown Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. “He is gone too soon. He has been undergoing treatment for cancer in AIIMS hospital in Delhi since six months. I spoke to him last on May 15 and that time he was ok, he had started recovering. He stayed with his parents and elder brother in Mathura. I learnt about his demise from a common friend, who…
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The Indian Army has refuted reports of a patrol party being detained by the Chinese forces in Ladakh, calling them “inaccurate”. This comes amid reports that an Indian patrol party comprising Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel was detained by the Chinese forces last week after the clashes in Ladakh. Sources in the Indian Army have said that the reports on detention are inaccurate, however, there has been no official denial. “It was brief detention. They were released soon and weapons were also handed back,” a source said. Earlier this month, several Indian and Chinese troops sustained injuries…
The ICC has advised its member nations to exercise caution while resuming cricket activities, fearing a spurt in local transmission with many countries still struggling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. As member nations ease restrictions imposed to contain the pandemic, International Cricket Council on Friday issued comprehensive guidelines aimed toward getting the game up and running around the world while at an equivalent time maintaining the very best safety protocols. ‘Safety first’ is one among the first considerations of the ICC’s back-to-cricket guidelines and involving the governments in the least stages may be necessary. “The resumption of cricket activities should…
Superstar Salman Khan on Saturday unveiled the poster of Mithun Chakraborty’s son Namashi’s acting debut film “Bad Boy.” The film, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, also marks acting debut of actor Amrin Qureshi, daughter of producer Sajid Qureshi. Sharing the poster of the film, Salman wrote on Twitter, “All the absolute best Namashi for #BadBoy. Poster lajawaab!” In a statement, Namashi said it’s a dream come true for him to be launched during a commercial film like “Bad Boy.” “‘Bad Boy’ may be a dream come true on behalf of me. To be launched in an out and out commercial film,…
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Saturday that La Liga can resume from its coronavirus lockdown on the week of June 8. “The resumption of major professional sporting competitions and especially La Liga are going to be allowed from the week of June 8,” Sanchez told a news conference . More than two months after the COVID-19 pandemic halted the season in Spain, players have begun training in small groups as they aim to be as ready as possible for the planned reboot next month.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked the Railway Ministry to not send Shramik Special trains to the state till May 26 in sight of Cyclone Amphan. The letter from West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha to Chairman of Railway board V K Yadav dated May 22, stated that the state has been severely impacted by Super Cyclone Amphan on May 20-21 which caused extensive damage to the infrastructure. “As the district administrations are involved in relief and rehabilitation works, it’ll not be possible to receive special trains for subsequent few days. It’s therefore requested that no train should be…
The death toll due to Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal has risen to 85, as frustrated residents resorted to protest and road blockades in various parts of the city over the administration’s failure to revive normalcy even after three days. With normal life thrown out of drugs by the region’s worst natural disasters, the authorities scrambled in various parts of the state to revive normalcy. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee went to visit Cyclone hit South 24 Parganas district on Saturday and reviewed of disaster management. News has come that Indian Army’s eastern command will help state machinery to fasten the disaster…
All scheduled commercial passenger flights have been suspended in India since March 25 when the Modi government imposed a lockdown to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic. If Situation Eases, International Flights Could ‘Resume Even By Mid-June’: Aviation Minister Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, addresses a press conference on issues related to the civil aviation sector, in New Delhi. India will try to restart a good percentage of international passenger flights before August, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday, three days after announcing resumption of domestic flights from May 25. All scheduled commercial passenger flights have been…
Six members of a family were among nine found dead inside a well in Telangana’s Warangal Rural district, the police said. Of the remaining three, two are from Bihar and one from Tripura, police. The police first recovered four bodies on Thursday and another five bodies on Friday. Investigators say there are no injury marks on the bodies. A case of suspicious death has been filed and investigators are looking at whether it could be suicide or murder, Warangal Police chief V Ravinder said. The well has been emptied of water now. Officials said seven of those found dead were…
A home quarantined migrant labourer who returned from Maharashtra allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on Friday in Musiwan village in the Kamasin police station area of Banda district in Uttar Pradesh. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Lal Bharat Kumar Pal said “Migrant labourer Sunil (19), who returned to his Musiwian village from Maharashtra, committed suicide by hanging himself with an iron bar in the unfinished house in the early hours of Friday.” “Due to the lockdown, he cycled to the village in seven days and he was completing the home quarantine period,” he said. “After the postmortem, the body…