Shah took to Twitter and termed India’s victory as “another strike on Pakistan” adding that every Indian is feeling proud and celebrating the win. “Another strike on Pakistan by team India and the result is the same. Congratulations to the entire team for this superb performance. Every Indian is feeling proud and celebrating this impressive win,” the Union Home Minister tweeted.
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Former India opener Gautam Gambhir padded up to begin his new innings as a parliamentarian as he took oath as the Lok Sabha MP on Monday (June 17). Gambhir, who only retired from international and domestic cricket in December last year, began his political journey by joining the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) just days before India went to polls. The task was cut out for Gambhir when he was thrown into the deep end as the BJP candidate to represent East Delhi. A resident of Rajinder Nagar from New Delhi constituency, East Delhi was proverbial new ‘pitch’ for Gambhir, who…
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The first interaction I had with Narendra Modi – albeit telephonic– was way back in 2006, when I used to work with a news weekly. I used to track the Congress, as my primary beat, but was majorly interested in Modi’s rise and his performance as the “CM cum CEO of Gujarat”. I didn’t have his mobile number. So, I called on the CM residence number listed on his official website. Without expecting much success, I asked the operator to connect me to the Chief Minister. Lo and behold – CM Modi was on the line! I asked him a few questions…