As many as 20 lakh security personnel were deployed in the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls, rendering the exercise bigger than India's well known 'Operation Brasstacks' in the 1980s, which was larger than any NATO exercise since World War- II, officials said Monday. The 'Operation Brasstacks' was a major military exercise of the Indian Army in Rajasthan.
Not often we get to see films like Maharshi, which live up to the expectations despite coming in with huge baggage of expectations. Mahesh Babu's Maharshi had walked in to the theatres on May 9, 2019 and ever since that day, the film has been ruling the box office. Reportedly, the film enjoyed a good second Monday at the box office with decent collections.
An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 struck Nicobar islands region on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed.
According to a tweet by ANI, the quake struck the region at 2:04 am on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. No casualties or loss of property has been reported so far.
England paceman James Anderson returned to action for Lancashire on Monday, taking five wickets against Worcestershire. The seamer gave cause for concern after he was forced off during Lancashire's Royal London One-Day Cup semi-final loss against Hampshire on May 12 when a shot from James Fuller hit him in the knee. But, he showed no signs of any damage.