The Delhi Police on Monday arrested two militants of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) group following a brief exchange of fire in northwest Delhi.
Six pistols and 40 cartridges were also recovered from their possession, news agency ANI reported.
The accused have been identified as Bhupender alias Dilawar Singh and Kulwant Singh, both residents of Ludhiana, the police said, adding that they were also wanted in some cases in Punjab.
Police received a tip-off about the activities of the two men, leading to their arrest.
“Acting on this input, a trap was laid near the underpass on Burari to Majlis Park road. The accused were identified and overpowered by the team members after a brief exchange of fire,” Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said.
The special cell has said that an attack was being planned on a politician. The suspects belonged to Ludhiana and got cartridges and pistols from Uttar Pradesh. One of the suspects was detained by Punjab police but managed to get a bail in January. Further interrogations are on in this matter.
IPL, IPL 2020, Indian Premier League, Delhi Capitals, Shreyas Iyer
Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan has expressed his confidence in the young captain of the Delhi Capitals team, Shreyas Iyer, and has said that he will lead the team in an aggressive way in the upcoming season of IPL.
“As a team, we are looking forward to the tournament. We are really confident and are building a great bond. We are all coming back to cricket now, and are already creating that energy, and creating that bond within the team. I feel the trust is also very good between all of us, and I think we have a very balanced side that can do well in the conditions here in UAE. We are confident that we are going to take the cup this season,” Dhawan said while speaking to the media on Sunday.
“Last season he (Iyer) led in a very nice manner, and with Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane coming in with their experience, I think they will share their insights, and it can be really helpful for the team. I think Shreyas has an open mind to learn from both seniors and juniors, and he will lead us in the right way.”
“With only three venues being used and lots of matches happening, I think during the course of the season, wickets will turn and get slower, and that’s where our great spinners in Ashwin, Sandeep, Amit, and Axar will help us. Their experience will be really valuable. Not just our bowling, but our batting goes deep, so we will focus on a good overall team performance throughout. The whole team has to play well – that is our focus, and if we are able to do that, we can become champions,” said the 34-year-old.
When asked about traveling in the havoc situation, Dhawan said, “Not traveling much will definitely help us in avoiding fatigue and being able to recover quickly between matches. When you say it might be easier for batsmen, it depends on the pitches. If the pitches aren’t good and have wear and tear then it becomes difficult – to score off the bowlers and at a quick rate.”
Dhawan also commented on his plans with the Indian team. “Currently, I’m not in the Test team, but that does not mean I have lost hope of making a comeback. Whenever I have had the opportunities, like in the Ranji Trophy last year, I ended up making a century, and return to the ODI team. I believe as long as I have the bat in my hand, I can keep scoring and keep performing well.”
“I focus on my process – which involves staying fit and strong – scoring consistently – if I keep doing that, the rest will follow,” said the star Indian batsman Dhawan.
Despite the increasing cases of coronavirus in France, viewers will be allowed to enter in the French Open starting this month. The organisers shared this information on Monday.
The organisers of the French Open had released the health protocols for this sole Grand Slam at Clécourt. The tournament was supposed to be held in May, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic now it will now be played from September 21 to October 11.
The federation wants to receive 50 to 60 percent of the stadium’s capacity or about 20,000 fans per day in the tournament. Roland Garrow will be divided into three zones and the audience will also be divided accordingly.
The FFT clarifies the conditions under which Roland-Garros 2020 can be held and gets ready to welcome tennis fans on 21st September : #RolandGarrospic.twitter.com/IFcbNFuzc0
The organisers said that corona tests of all the players will be conducted and they will be able to play only if found negative. They will be re-examined after every five days.
There have been more than 3 lakh coronavirus cases and 30,000 deaths in France but still the the authorities want to conduct the tournament with full pack audience. The result of this tournament could the tables for the sporting future in the entire world.
England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler will not be able to play in the third and final T20 International against Australia on Tuesday as he broke the bio-secure bubble.
The 29-year-old played an important role in a six-wicket win for England by scoring an unbeaten 77 runs in the second T20I.
Buttler moved out of the bio-secure environment of England’s team to spend some time with his family. After this England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has released a statement and stated that, “The wicket-keeper batsman will not play in the final T20I match against Australia on Tuesday in the Rose Bowl.”
England are in the lead of 2–0 in the three-match T20I series. As a member of the Test team, Butler spent two months in a bio-safe environment for the Test series against the West Indies and Pakistan too. Later he joined the limited-overs team for the Australian series.
“Butler will return to the bio-safe environment on Thursday before the first ODI match at Old Trafford on Friday, but he will be tested before that,” said the ECB official. Both teams will play three matches after the final T20 at the Rose Bowl. They will go to Manchester for the ODI series.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) released the schedule of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after a long wait and the defending champions Mumbai Indians will take on last year’s runners-up Chennai Super Kings in the first match on September 19 in Abu Dhabi.
The world’s most famous T20 league is being organised this year in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah, the three top cricketing venues in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid the surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in India.
This time the organisers have decided to start the matches 30 minutes prior to the regular timings of the IPL matches. The day games, now instead of 4 pm, they will start at 3:30 pm. The evening matches will be played from 7:30 pm, which was earlier from 8 pm.
Only 10 doubleheaders will be played in this season. The tournament will start on September 19 and run for 53 days and the final will be held on November 10. The IPL 2020 playoff venues will be announced later. This tournament will run for a total of 53 days and thus it will become the longest-running season in the history of IPL.
To target the market in a strategic way, Vodafone and Idea has unified into a new brand – Vi (read as ‘We’). Aptly using the initials of both the former brands symbolizing the unification of both brands, the name is quirky and simpler. A virtual conference was hosted to announce the news, it was stated that the new brand is designed to target wide spectrum of consumers and providing them the best of technology for the digital era.
Two years earlier, on August 31, 2018, both the companies announced a merger and the current announcement of the new unified brand is the final stage of integration. The new branding has been updated on the website and app, and will soon make its way to all the products.
Ravinder Takkar, MD and CEO at Vodafone Idea Limited, said, “Vodafone Idea came together as a merged entity two years ago. We have since then focusses on integrating two large networks, our people, and processes. And today I am delighted to present Vi, an brand that will bring important meaning to lives of our customers. Indians are optimistic and want to get ahead in life. They would love a credible partner to help them on this journey. Vi’s positioning is built around this promise and will focus on meeting the customer needs to help them thrive.”
Takkar added that Vi not only marks the completion of the largest telecom merger in the world, but kicks off a journey to bring “world class digital experience” to 1 billion Indians on 4G network. The deployment of many principles of 5G architecture has helped the brand become a “future-fit, digital network” for the customers.
In order to attract the customers early on its track, company also announced a ‘Happy Surprises’ program that rewards people with daily prizes for spotting the new logo in the Vi app.
It will be interesting to see how Jio and Vi will go head to head for the market share, as Jio is currently a market leader for 3 years now with its unbeatable offerings for the price.
Launching a social media campaign to promote “Poshan Maah”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday stressed the importance of proper nutrition in building a prosperous nation and asked the people to contribute towards a malnutrition-free India.
The theme for National Nutrition Week 2020 is ‘Eat Right, Bite by Bite’. The theme for 2019 was ‘Har Ghar Poshan Vyavahar’.
The theme for National Nutrition Week 2018 was ‘Go Further with Food’ whereas, in 2017, it was ‘Optimal Infant & Young Child Feeding Practices: Better Child Health’.
The problem of malnutrition in the country is in a very serious condition. According to the National Family Health Survey-4, 38 per cent of India’s children are short. At the same time, 21 per cent of the children are underweight in proportion to their length, while more than 35 per cent of the children are underweight. In order to deal with all these problems, PM Narendra Modi started the nutrition campaign in 2018.
Proper nutrition is vital to build a prosperous nation. #POSHANMaah2020 starts today. Let us undertake efforts to reach out to people across the length and breadth of India and spread awareness on eradicating malnutrition. This will help our Nari Shakti and Yuva Shakti. pic.twitter.com/mpPEuaT210
Smriti Irani has given information about this by tweeting. Through a video, she has told that a unique effort is being made in the history of the country with the inspiration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is the effort of the government that unique information of each district should be kept on a website that which vegetable, crop or fruit of that district can be part of a balanced diet.
The aim behind the celebration of Poshan Maah is to encourage Jan Bhagidaari in order to ensure health and nutrition for everyone.
Our nation is home to dozens of healthy dishes, which have high nutrition value. Share them on a specially created space on @mygovindia. May your family recipe contribute to a nutritious as well as healthy India. #POSHANMaah2020https://t.co/svVCymanwo
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Women and Child Development Ministry have been encouraging all the stakeholders to celebrate Poshan Maah through digital platforms.
Sushant Singh Rajput’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty has now become the only topic of discussion across the country. Ever since Sushant’s death, not even of a single move of Rhea goes unnoticed, and that’s why, when it was learned that she would be appearing at NCB, a number of reporters mobbed the 28-year-old actress on her way to the NCB office.
A few pictures of the actress being attacked by a number of reporters in order to take her byte surfaced on the internet, leaving a section of Bollywood baffled over the treatment given to her.
Celebrities like Shibani Dandekar, Sayani Gupta, Taapsee Pannu, Richa Chadha and Swara Bhasker have not only slammed the unfair treatment to the young actress, but also demanded justice for her.
Shibani Dandekar, who has known Rhea since her teenage, started the hashtag, #JusticeforRhea to show solidarity with the actress. The hashtag soon gained momentum with a number of Bollywood celebrities joining the bandwagon.
Richa Chadha took to Twitter to share a cryptic note on Sunday. “You may think no one is watching… no one can from the sunken depths of their existence… that no one notices your naked greed, your black heart, the real rotting maggot-infested ogre that you are. But you’re wrong. We’re watching. Because for now that’s all we can do. Watch. But watching we are… And we will make sure you pay for your actions , one way or another… It is this righteous rage that frightens you… you rush to muzzle it’s voice. But you’re destined to fail… for truth emerges, like the sun… night after night… Wait. Watch. You’re welcome,” she wrote.
“In the name of justice these people have lynched a human being off her right to live even before proven guilty. I sincerely pray karma finds the address of each and every human being part of this lowest low of mankind we are witness to,” Taapsee wrote.
She, meanwhile, shared a quote from Priyanka Chopra starrer Mary Kom. “Kissi ko itna bhi mat darao ki dar hi khatam ho jaye. Aur jisko dar nahi hota na usse thoda darna chahiye. (Don’t scare someone so that they have nothing to be afraid of. Those without fear should be feared),” she wrote in Hindi.
“किसी को इतना भी मत डराओ कि डर ही ख़त्म हो जाए।” और जिसको डर नहीं होता ना उससे थोड़ा डरना चाहिए।
Taapsee had earlier tweeted, “Every woman who is with a relatively more successful man is NOT a ‘gold digger’ and for the rest , truth and investigating agencies will do their job. One step at a time.”
Rhea was grilled by NCB for two consecutive days in her possible connection with drug trafficking that emerged after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. Rhea’s brother Showik is already under the custody of NCB in the same light.
Actor Kangana Ranaut has accused the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation of vandalising her office space. Kangana took to Twitter to share a video of what she claimed to be BMC officials in her private property.
Kangana’s recent remark comparing Mumbai to Pakistan- occupied Kashmir (PoK) has drawn ire of the ruling Shiv Sena whose leaders are targeting the BJP for defending her.
Tweeting a video, she said, “This is the office of Manikarnika films in Mumbai, which I have worked hard for fifteen years, I had only one dream in my life, whenever I become a filmmaker, I have my own office, but it seems that the time has come to break this dream, Suddenly today @mybmc some people have come.”
Claiming that members of the Municipal corporation entered her office without a necessary notice, she said, “I have all the papers, BMC permissions nothing has been done illegal in my property, BMC should send a structure plan to show the illegal construction with a notice, today they raided my place and without any notice tomorrow they demolishing the entire structure.”
“They have forcefully taken over my office measuring everything, also harassing my neighbors,” she tweeted. “I am informed tomorrow they are demolishing my property,” she added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the inaugural session of the Governors’ Conference on the National Education Policy (NEP) through video conference.
PM Modi said that NEP 2020 is working towards building an Atmanirbhar Bharat. President Kovind said that the policy would be helpful in making Indian students global citizens.
Ministry of Education organised the conference titled ‘Role of NEP-2020 in Transforming Higher Education’.
It was attended by education ministers of all states, vice-chancellors of state universities and other senior officials. National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 aims to turn India into an “equitable and vibrant knowledge society”.
Addressing the Conference of Governors on National Education Policy 2020. https://t.co/S2CWEfFRYt
PM Modi said that the NEP will prepare the country’s youth on parameters of both knowledge and skill needed in the future.
“Today the world is discussing the fast-changing nature of work, jobs in the future. This policy will prepare the country’s youth according to the needs of the future on both knowledge and skills front,” he said.
The Prime Minister credited the wide-ranging consultation undertaken by the Education Ministry in the drafting stages for the NEP’s acceptance in the country.
Neerja Bhanot born to Harish and Rama Bhanot on 7 September 1963 in Chandigarh. She was the heart of her family, all of whom called her their ‘lado’.
She studied in Chandigarh and later in Mumbai. And she became a model, endorsing Binaca toothpaste, Forhans and Godrej.
At the age of 19, she was married to a marine engineer and moved to Sharjah, UAE. After two months of abuse, including starvation, verbal taunts and threats, Neerja left her husband, returned to Mumbai and decided to become a flight attendant.
Flight attendant Neerja Bhanot was hardcore Rajesh Khanna fan, she often dream herself in scenarios. For one such imaginary situation, she asked her mother to suggest a plan of action in case of a hijack.
Her mother told her, “Agar aisa kuch hua toh bhaag jaana”.
Then Neerja replied, “Mummy, tumhari jaisi maa hongi toh desh ka kya hoga? Mar jayungi lekin bhagungi nahin”.
But who knew her hypothetical situation will become reality of her life.
On 5 September 1986, Pan Am flight 73 flew from Mumbai to the U.S. with a stop in Karachi, Pakistan. The plane was hijacked by four Palestinian Abu Nidal Organization terrorists who wanted to use the Boeing 747-121 to free prisoners in Syria and Israel.
There were 380 passengers and 13 crew on board the aircraft. All but 22 survived, and much of the credit goes to the flight’s purser, 22 year old Neerja Bhanot who died near the end of the standoff.
The hijacking was not supposed to be an easy as there were armed guards near the aircraft. Hijackers showed up dressed as though they were airport security, and they drove a vehicle disguised as airport security as well.
Neerja Bhanot warned the cockpit crew by using the hijack code to alert them. The flight engineer, co-pilot, and pilot all escaped from a hatch, leaving terrorists with no one to fly the plane.
Then hijackers demanded passengers’ passports. Flight attendants started collecting them. Neerja Bhanot, realizing that Hijack is to threat Americans. She started disposing many American passports hidden under seats and down the trash.
She removed a page out of the flight manual that described procedures for aircraft door 3R. She gave it to a passenger hidden inside a magazine. This showed how to open the exit door and deploy the slide.
She saved many passengers but died at the end.
Awards- Neerja Bhanot got awarded “Ashoka Chakra” for her bravery. Ashoka Chakra is the highest award for the military in India.
“Her loyalties to the passengers of the aircraft in distress will forever be a lasting tribute to the finest qualities of the human spirit.”
She is the first lady to be awarded Ashoka Chakra award
She was the first civilian to get Ashika Chakra
Neerja Bhanot received “Tamgha-e-Insaaniyat,” the civilian award for bravery from Pakistan.
She is the only person on the face of the earth to receive peace award from both India and Pakistan.
She was the youngest recipient of the Ashoka Chakra award to date.
Kalka Shimla train to ran only for two passengers. Actually the passenger were students who were appearing for the UPSC NDA, NA Examinations.
The Kalka-Shimla heritage train on Sunday resumed services after five months with only two passengers. The train carried two special passenger from Solan to Shimla who were appearing for the National Defence Academy exams yesterday.
Amar Singh Thakur, Chief Commercial Inspector, Kalka-Shimla railway told ANI, “This special train has been started amid of COVID-19 pandemic to provide transportation to the candidates appearing in the National Defense Academy (NDA) examination of India which are being conducted by the Union Public Service Commission Examination across India.”
“Covering the distance of 47 kilometers, two passengers travelled in this train this morning. The same train would return back in the evening and we are expecting more travellers,” Thakur said. This train has the capacity of 248 passengers, he added.
Anurag Sharma, passenger said, “I have come from Solan to appear in the NDA examination. I decided to travel on this train as it is more comfortable and safe as compared to the bus.”
Also Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal had already said on Friday that Central Railways of the Indian Railways will run 23 special trains for the comfort of candidates appearing for NDA and Naval Academy exams.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for successfully testing the indigenously developed Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV).
This technology is a landmark achievement towards realising PM’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, Rajnath Singh said.
“The @DRDO_India has today successfully flight tested the Hypersonic Technology Demontrator Vehicle using the indigenously developed scramjet propulsion system. With this success, all critical technologies are now established to progress to the next phase,” Singh said on Twitter.
“I congratulate to DRDO on this landmark achievement towards realising PM’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat. I spoke to the scientists associated with the project and congratulated them on this great achievement. India is proud of them,” he said in subsequent tweet.
HSDTV: The HSTDV is an unmanned scramjet demonstration aircraft for hypersonic speed flight.
India is pushing ahead with the development of ground and flight test hardware as part of an ambitious plan for a hypersonic cruise missile.
Uses: This is dual-use technology, which when developed, will have multiple civilian applications. It can be used for launching satellites at low cost.
It will also be available for long-range cruise missiles of the future.
Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, is alleging in a new book that Trump made disparaging remarks about Black world leaders including former South African President Nelson Mandela, as well as about U.S. minorities in general, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.
Cohen and Trump shared a good work bond together, for years before turning against him, most publicly in testimony to Congress last year prior to Trump’s impeachment.
Currently, Cohen is serving a three-year sentence for, among other things, making untrue allegations to Congress. In a book due to be published next week, Cohen alleges that Trump characterized Mandela as a poor leader, according to the Washington Post which reported it obtained a copy of the book.
According to the newspaper, Cohen depicted that after Mandela’s death in 2013, Trump said: “Mandela f—ed the whole country up. Now it’s a s—hole. F— Mandela. He was no leader.”
Cohen also asserted that Trump said: “Tell me one country run by a black person that isn’t a s—hole. They are all complete f—ing toilets.”
The Indian National Congress on Sunday evening announced panels in the run-up to the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls and former Union minister Salman Khursheed has been tasked with the responsibility of heading the Manifesto Committee.
The Indian Express reported on Monday. Notably, some leaders who were signatories to a letter asking for the overhaul of the party have been left out of the committees.
Prominent party leaders from Uttar Pradesh, such as former Union minister Jitin Prasada, ex-UP Congress chief Raj Babbar and AICC Jharkhand in-charge RPN Singh, were excluded from the committees.
Those in the membership committee are Anugrah Narayan Singh, Ajay Kapoor, BL Khabri, Mohd Muqeem, former MP Kamal Kishore “Commando” and former Varanasi MLA Ajay Rai.
The media and communication advisory committee has Rashid Alvi, Lalitesh Pati Tripathi, Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Surendra Rajput, Omkar Singh and Virendra Madan. The UPPCC president and the CLP leader will be ex-officio members of all the committees, an official communication from the party said.
“Appropriate people have been picked for appropriate functions. I am sure they will do well. As far as I am concerned, I have left UP,” said Raj Babbar. Meanwhile, Jitin Prasada, who has also been in news for making an outreach to the Brahmin community, did not respond to it.
