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Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Tuesday said that Israeli Prime Minister has ‘full confidence’ in India’s security under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and teams are already coordinating a new visit date.

“Israel’s bond with India and between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Prime Minister @narendramodi is very strong. The PM has full confidence in India’s security under PM Modi, and teams are already coordinating a new visit date,” said the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in a post on X.

સાઉથ એક્ટર ધનુષ અને બોલિવૂડ એક્ટ્રેસ મૃણાલ ઠાકુર થોડા સમય પહેલા તેમની લવ લાઈફને લઈને ચર્ચામાં હતા. સમાચાર હતા કે બંને એકબીજાને ડેટ કરી રહ્યા છે. હવે ફરી એકવાર આ બંને તેમના સંબંધોને લઈને ચર્ચામાં આવ્યા છે અને આ વખતે કારણ બંને દ્વારા કરવામાં આવેલી એક કોમેન્ટ છે.

ધનુષે મૃણાલના પોસ્ટર પર રિએક્શન આપ્યું

વાસ્તવમાં, ફિલ્મમેકર સંજય લીલા ભણસાલીની નવી ફિલ્મ ‘દો દીવાને શહર મેં’માં મૃણાલ ઠાકુર અને સિદ્ધાંત ચતુર્વેદી લીડ રોલમાં છે. 21 નવેમ્બરે મેકર્સે ફિલ્મનું પહેલું પોસ્ટર શેર કર્યું, જેના પછી તેના પર ફેન્સની સાથે ઘણા સેલેબ્સે પણ રિએક્શન આપ્યા. આ દરમિયાન ધનુષે કોમેન્ટ કરતા લખ્યું, ‘જોવામાં અને સાંભળવામાં સારું લાગી રહ્યું છે.’ તેના જવાબમાં મૃણાલ ઠાકુરે રેડ હાર્ટ અને સૂરજમુખીવાળો ઇમોજી પોસ્ટ કર્યો.

મૃણાલની ફિલ્મના પોસ્ટર પર ધનુષે કોમેન્ટ કરી.

ધનુષ-મૃણાલ વચ્ચે લાંબા સમયથી ડેટિંગની ચર્ચા

આ કોમેન્ટ પછી સોશિયલ મીડિયા પર ફરી એકવાર ચર્ચા શરૂ થઈ ગઈ કે ધનુષ અને મૃણાલ ઠાકુર એકબીજાને ડેટ કરી રહ્યા છે. આ પહેલા પણ આ વર્ષે ઓગસ્ટમાં ફિલ્મ ‘સન ઓફ સરદાર 2’ના પ્રીમિયર દરમિયાન બંનેના ડેટિંગના સમાચાર સામે આવ્યા હતા. આ ઉપરાંત, ધનુષની ફિલ્મ ‘તેરે ઇશ્ક મેં’ની રેપ-અપ પાર્ટીમાં પણ મૃણાલ ઠાકુર જોવા મળી હતી. જોકે, અત્યાર સુધી બંને તરફથી આ મામલે કોઈ પ્રતિક્રિયા સામે આવી નથી.

‘દો દીવાને સહર મેં’ વેલેન્ટાઇન વીકમાં રિલીઝ થશે

નોંધનીય છે કે, ફિલ્મ ‘દો દીવાને સહર’ની ઘોષણા કરતા મેકર્સે કેપ્શનમાં લખ્યું, ‘બે દિલ, એક સહર અને એક સંપૂર્ણપણે પરફેક્ટ પ્રેમ કહાણી. આ વેલેન્ટાઈન ડે પર ઇશ્કથી ઇશ્ક થઈ જશે.’ સાથે જ મેકર્સે એ પણ જણાવ્યું કે ફિલ્મ 20 ફેબ્રુઆરી 2026ના રોજ રિલીઝ થશે.

‘દો દિવાને ઇસ સહર મેં’ 20 ફેબ્રુઆરી 2026ના રોજ રિલીઝ થશે.

The US Department of Justice has filed motions asking two judges in the Southern District of New York to authorize the public release of grand jury transcripts and exhibits from the prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, ABC News reported. The move comes amid a 30-day deadline imposed by the newly enacted Epstein Files Transparency Act.

US Attorney Jay Clayton, appointed by Attorney General Pam Bondi to oversee investigations linked to Epstein, signed the motion seeking judicial approval for the release of materials, subject to necessary redactions.

“In the light of the Act’s clear mandate, the Court should authorize the Department of Justice to release the grand jury transcripts and exhibits and modify any preexisting protective orders that would otherwise prevent public disclosure by the Government of materials the disclosure of which is required by the Act,” the motion stated, according to the news outlet.

The filings noted that redactions could be applied to materials that “would jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution,” though they did not reference ongoing investigations into prominent figures including Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, and Reid Hoffman, recently ordered by Trump.

Ruling requested

The DOJ requested an expedited ruling, emphasizing that it would coordinate with relevant US Attorney’s offices to properly redact victim-related and personally identifying information.

Judge Richard Berman previously denied release

The department had previously sought approval to release the grand jury materials in August, but judges denied the request, ruling the government had not demonstrated sufficient legal grounds to unseal the documents.

Judge Richard Berman, who presided over Epstein’s 2019 case, rejected a Trump administration request in August, writing that a “significant and compelling reason” existed to keep the transcripts sealed.

Berman noted that the government already possessed over 100,000 pages of Epstein-related materials, dwarfing the roughly 70 pages of grand jury documents.

Grand jury sessions

The grand jury sessions took place on June 18 and July 2, 2019. The July 2 session concluded with grand jurors voting to indict Epstein. The remainder of the presentation included a PowerPoint slideshow and a call log. Epstein was arrested on July 6, 2019, and was later found dead in his Manhattan federal jail cell on August 10, 2019, in what authorities have ruled a suicide.

A four-judge panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday (November 24) unanimously voted to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in police custody, two days after Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered his arrest citing a flight risk.

Justices Flávio Dino, Cristiano Zanin and Carmen Lúcia joined Moraes in upholding the decision, ending more than 100 days of house arrest for the former leader.

Bolsonaro, 70, is awaiting final appeals against his 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup after his 2022 election loss to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Monitor tampering triggered arrest

Bolsonaro was arrested early Saturday after authorities said he reportedly used a soldering iron to tamper with his court-mandated ankle monitor. The breach occurred just hours before supporters were expected to gather outside his home — a gathering Justice Moraes warned could disrupt police monitoring.

In Sunday testimony, Bolsonaro said he had suffered a “nervous breakdown” caused by a change in medication, leading to “paranoia and hallucination” when he attempted to break the device. He denied any intention to flee.

Justice Dino rejected that argument in his written vote: “The admitted breach of electronic monitoring not only increases the risk of escape but also indicates a blatant violation of the precautionary measures imposed by the Judiciary.”

Judges cite repeated defiance

Moraes, who issued the arrest warrant, wrote that Bolsonaro had shown “repeated non-compliance with precautionary measures” and “evident disrespect to the court,” noting that the former president himself acknowledged tampering with the device.

According to case documents, authorities detected interference with Bolsonaro’s ankle monitor at 12:08 a.m. on Saturday, prompting the arrest order hours later.

From house arrest to police cell

Bolsonaro had been under house arrest since August, following his conviction in September for plotting a coup aimed at overturning his 2022 defeat. He has now been transferred to a special cell at Federal Police headquarters in Brasília.

Doctors and lawyers repeated Bolsonaro’s claim that medication changes led to hallucinations, telling reporters his actions were not an escape attempt.

Political downfall

Bolsonaro’s downfall has been dramatic — from rising to the presidency on anti-establishment rhetoric seven years ago to now facing a lengthy prison sentence.

His conviction stems from investigations into the January 8, 2023 insurrection, when thousands of his supporters stormed federal buildings in Brasília urging the military to overturn Lula’s election victory.

The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) recently came forward and announced their squad for the upcoming ODI series against South Africa. It is worth noting that after the conclusion of the ongoing second Test, both India and South Africa will lock horns across three ODIs that are slated to be played on November 30, December 3, and December 6. 

Announcing the squad, the BCCI named star batter KL Rahul as team India’s ODI skipper for the series. Notably, Rahul will be taking up the mantle of the captain as regular skipper Shubman Gill misses out due to a neck injury.

With Rahul being appointed as the stand-in ODI skipper in Gill’s absence, former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif came forward and backed the decision to name the star batter as the captain in the 50-over format. 

“There’s no one else. Rohit Sharma should’ve captained but they moved on from him earlier. He should’ve been the captain now, given he is coming off a hundred in Sydney. The Indian team is now having a mindset of having to move on and giving opportunities to new players. Till the time Rohit is playing and in form, he should’ve captained. Virat Kohli won’t captain, Yashasvi Jaiswal doesn’t play that regularly, Tilak Varma and Ruturaj Gaikwad have been given opportunities. Even Rishabh Pant is coming back after a long time,” Kaif said in a video on his YouTube channel. 

Kaif pointed out KL Rahul’s captaincy experience in the IPL

Furthermore, Kaif went on to state that with KL Rahul having some experience with captaincy in the IPL, the same could go on to help him as he is set to take on the Proteas as captain across three ODIs. 

“Hence, he seems like the right choice. He has captaincy experience and even did it in IPL. Until Shubman Gill returns, Rahul seems like the right option. I’m still surprised though. The player who made the team, who backed KL Rahul, it’s Rohit Sharma. Despite being in the squad, the captaincy is snatched away from him. There will be questions about that,” he added.

Nigeria has suffered one of its worst mass kidnapping as gunmen abducted over 300 schoolchildren in Niger state in central Nigeria on Friday, amid security fears.

Earlier, it was estimated that 227 students were abducted. However, the Christian Association of Nigeria on Saturday said that the number of students and teachers abducted from a Catholic school St Mary’s co-education school is 315.

The Christian Association of Nigeria said a verification exercise had found that a further 88 students had been captured after they tried to escape.

“This now makes it 303 students (and) … 12 teachers, bringing the total number of abducted persons to 315,” it said in a statement.

No group has so far claimed the responsibility.

On Monday, the gunmen stormed a secondary school in neighbouring Kebbi state, abducting 25 girls.

The two abduction operations have taken place since US President Donald Trump threatened military action over what he called the killing of Christians by radical Islamists in Nigeria.

Though the Nigerian government has not commented on the number of abducted students and teachers, the number is almost half of the school’s student population of 629.

The intelligence department and police were “doing the head count” and the figure would be released by the end of the day, reported A,P quoting Niger state governor Mohammed Umar Bago, as saying to reporters.

As a precautionary measure, Bago, whose government had ordered some schools shut, also ordered the closure of all schools in his state.

The national education ministry has also ordered 47 boarding secondary schools across the country be shut.

President Bola Tinubu has cancelled international engagements, including attending the G20 summit in Johannesburg, to handle the crisis.

Meanwhile, in a statement, Pentagon has said that during talks with Nigerian National Security Advisor Nuhu Ribadu, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called on Abuja to “take both urgent and enduring action to stop violence against Christians.

Nigeria is still scarred by the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls by Boko Haram jihadists at Chibok in northestern Borno state more than a decade ago. Some of those girls are still missing.

Fans were left puzzled when swashbuckling opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi didn’t come out to bat during the Super Over between India A and Bangladesh A in the Asia Cup Rising Stars. The Jitesh Sharma-led Indian team had somehow pushed the semifinal against the Bangladesh side at the West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha, to the Super Over.

Both teams were tied at 194 after the end of the 40 overs, with India failing to chase down 16 in the last over, and some drama from the Bangladesh side pushing the clash to the one-over shoot-off. 

Many speculated Suryavanshi to turn out to bat, but were surprised when Jitesh Sharma and Ramandeep Singh came out to bat. In fact, Suryavanshi did not even come to bat at No.3 with Ashutosh Sharma batting at the spot. 

India A captain Jitesh, opened up on the rationale behind the decision. “They are masters of powerplay (Vaibhav and Priyansh), but in the death me, Ashu and Raman are who can hit at will. So it was a team decision and my decision (lineup for Super Over),” Jitesh said after India A’s loss.

India had a golden chance of winning the semifinal after they took the clash into the Super Over when both teams got tied on 194 in the regular 40-over clash. However, India A failed to score a single run in the Super Over as Ripon Mondol dismissed Jitesh Sharma and Ashutosh Sharma on the first two balls of the one-over shoot-off.

Meanwhile, the drama wasn’t over yet as Bangladesh A lost Yasir Ali on the first ball of their reply in the Super Over as Suyash Sharma dismissed the batter with Ramandeep Singh taking a brilliant catch at long-on. But it ended when Suyash bowled a wide down the leg side to Bangladesh A captain Akbar, which brought curtains to the drama. 

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JOHANNESBURG -South Africa’s president said on Thursday the U.S. had signalled it might change its mind and participate in the G20 summit in Johannesburg after a boycott by the Trump administration, but the White House dismissed the report as “fake news.”

Cyril Ramaphosa was speaking at a joint news conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa.

“We have received notice from the United States, a notice which we are still in discussions with them over, about a change of mind, about participating in one shape or form or other in the summit,” he said.

“This comes in the days before the summit. And so therefore we need to engage in those types of discussions to see how practical it is and what it finally really means.”

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration had said it will not attend the first G20 summit in Africa, alleging that the host country, previously ruled by its white minority apartheid system until 1994, discriminates against white people.

On Thursday, a White House official said an envoy would attend a ceremony for the official handover of the G20 presidency from South Africa to the U.S. but there was no question of Washington participating.

“This is fake news. The chargé d’affaires in Pretoria will attend the handover ceremony as a formality, but the United States is not joining G20 discussions,” they added.

But South African presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said “the president will not hand over to a chargé d’affaires.”

Trump has rejected South Africa’s agenda for the November 22-23 summit of promoting solidarity and helping developing nations adapt to worse weather disasters, transition to clean energy and cut their excessive debt costs.

Ramaphosa said last week of the handover of the G20 presidency to the United States: “I don’t want to hand over to an empty chair, but the empty chair will be there.”

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NEW DELHI: The potential radicalisation of Indian students in Bangladesh may soon emerge as a major security concern for India, said intelligence sources on Thursday.

Over 8,000 Indian medical students were studying in Bangladesh at the time of the 2024 political crisis there, which led to the ouster of then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Inputs emerging from the neighbouring country suggest that a number of students in medical colleges in Dhaka, Sylhet, Rajshahi and Chittagong have become the target of ideological grooming by radical elements who hold sway in the country after PM Hasina was ousted from power, the sources said.

A senior intelligence official said, “After Hasina, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and its student wing, Chatra Shibir, have re-entered campuses. The Chatra Shibir controls student hostels, prayer groups and weekend camps in Faridpur, Mirpur and Uttara medical zones. These medical colleges are serving as ideological moorings for Indian and Nepali students.”