Air-strike: IAF bombs terror camp across LoC, celebs react
12 days after the deadly Pulwama terror attack, Indian Air Force carried out an air strike and bombed a terror camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed on Tuesday, early in the morning. According to reports, terror camp was located across the LoC in Balakote sector on a hilltop away from any civilian presence and was destroyed by laser bombs.
Over 10 bombs were dropped in the attack by of IAF’s multi-role fighter jet Mirage 2000 around 3:30 on Tuesday morning. The aerial attack comes the day after Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a high-level meeting with all three service chiefs.
According to the foreign secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale, the air strike carried out by IAF is a ‘non-military pre-emptive move’ and it was specifically targeted to the JeM camp making sure to avoid civilian casualty. “JeM were attempting to carry out more suicide attacks in India. The training camp was headed by Yusuf Azhar.”
Lauding the efforts of the Indian Air Force, responses are pouring in from all sectors.
Salute to the #IndianAirForce and our Intelligence Department. #IndianStrikesBack . Jai Hind 🇮🇳
— Vicky Kaushal (@vickykaushal09) February 26, 2019
Proud of our #IndianAirForce fighters for destroying terror camps. अंदर घुस के मारो ! Quiet no more! #IndiaStrikesBack
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) February 26, 2019
Today will be a good day to start saluting Prime Minister @narendramodi too.🇮🇳 https://t.co/cFrSQIz91o
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) February 26, 2019
Mess with the best, die like the rest. Salute #IndianAirForce.@narendramodi.
— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) February 26, 2019
Respect @IAF_MCC Indian Air Force… Jai ho !!!
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) February 26, 2019
Anupam Kher and Madhur Bhandarkar defend Kangana after the mechanical horse video controversy
Kangana Ranaut who has been a center of controversy post her film Manikarnika’s release is now facing backlash on social media. A ‘Behind the scenes’ video was leaked on social media that showed Kangana Ranaut performing a fight scene riding on a mechanical horse. In no time, netizens started attacking the actress questioning her acting ability and calling her fake.
Define Kangana Ranaut’s brand of Nationalism in 10 seconds? pic.twitter.com/ZjFmDN1iyG
— Akash Banerjee (@akashbanerjee) February 21, 2019
While Kangana is yet to respond to the controversy, she has managed to get the support of veteran actors like Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal and director Madhur Bhandarkar who worked with Kangana in the film ‘Fashion.’
Taking to Twitter, Anupam Kher wrote, “How much venom this man has against a self made actress #KanganaRanaut!! This is called ‘acting’ idiot. Actors all over the world do that. That is their job. She will be remembered for decades for her hard work in movies. While you got your fifteen minute fame by using her name.”
How much venom this man has against a self made actress #KanganaRanaut!! This is called ‘acting’ idiot. Actors all over the world do that. That is their job. She will be remembered for decades for her hard work in movies. While you got your fifteen minute fame by using her name. pic.twitter.com/y6vRo1eZfu
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) February 24, 2019
Actor Paresh Rawal also added “According to these dimwits and pinheads they believe that Superman and Batman in Hollywood films are actually flying and it’s not some camera trick or computer-generated effects…!”
According to these dimwits and pinheads they believe that superman and Batman in Hollywood films are actually flying and it’s not some camera trick or CG effects …! https://t.co/9Ko4UdJru0
— Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) February 25, 2019
Madhur Bhandarkar added in his interview that there are many technicalities while filming and every actor has stunt doubles, as well as VFX, is used in the making of films. “Kangana definitely has ridden the horse in the film. But there are close up shots..and you have to take care of that and shoot in that manner also.”
SRK acknowledges his ‘Fan’ with a sweet gesture
SRK has a huge fan following across the globe and his charm and wit have melted the hearts of many cine-goers. Undisputedly the ‘King of Bollywood’, SRK also made a film dedicated to one of his crazy fans. Like a situation out of a film, one of his fans claims to have been tweeting for over 100 days to get his attention. In the video, it can be seen that the fan requests SRK to meet his specially abled brother.
Day 143 : @iamsrk Video message from Raju and family… #RajuMeetsShahrukh pic.twitter.com/yQeu6JldAp
— Amrit (@amritkaran) February 25, 2019
Finally, the ‘Zero’ star tweeted back after over 140 days and wrote a nice message, “Sorry Amrit I hadn’t seen your video. Please give my regards to mummyji & I will figure out & speak to RAJU soon”.
Sorry Amrit I hadn’t seen your video. Please give my regards to mummyji & I will figure out & speak to RAJU soon. https://t.co/hBQvmLqHgQ
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) February 26, 2019
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