Cross-border firing injures two soldiers in Narowal: Chenab Rangers

This representative images shows security forces personnel guarding the border separating India and Pakistan. — AFP/File

SIALKOT: Cross-border firing between Pakistani border guards and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel injured two soldiers in the Shakargarh sector of Narowal district on Wednesday, a Chenab Rangers spokesman said.


The injured included Naik Riaz Shakar and Lance Naik Safdar of Chenab Rangers, the spokesman said, adding that the exchange broke out ahead of a flag meeting ceremony in the sector.




Earlier in October and November, skirmishes at the Indo-Pak border increased hostilities between the two countries with both accusing each other of initiating the firing.

Reportedly more than 20 people had lost their lives on both sides of the border.

Ranbir Kapoor plans to gain weight for Sanjay Dutt biopic

Sanjay Dutt and Ranbir Kapoor. - Photo courtesy: Santabanta.com

Ranbir Kapoor who has been roped in to portray Sanjay Dutt in a biopic based on the legendary star's life, plans to put on weight for the venture.

According to Hindustan Times, Ranbir will be bulking up considerably for an accurate portrayal.
Director Rajkumar Hirani said: "Ranbir is a great actor and I am sure he will be able to do full justice to the role. For the film, he wants to put on weight, so that he can take up the journey (of the character) effectively. We have already told Ranbir what are we doing, and how we are going to approach the story. And he is excited."

Is it really important to just look like the person you are embodying on screen?

Hirani reportedly conveyed that it is not vital since once the audience is captivated by the movie, looks will only matter so much.

He clarifies that he can't have "someone who looks like Sanju (Sanjay Dutt), but is a bad actor. I would rather have it the other way round."

"It wasn’t necessary that we have to find an actor who resembles Sanju. Still, you look at Sanju’s picture from Rocky days and Ranbir’s. They both have a similar ‘stardom’ on their face.

"Also, if you look at Ben Kingsley (who played Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi), he has no real resemblance with Gandhiji. Unlike Gandhiji, Kingsley is tall."

Hirani, who has been working on the script for the past several months, shares that it is not so simple as Dutt has led a seemingly notorious life: "It’s a challenge — how do you do it, what do you say in it? People shouldn’t get hurt, but still, you should tell the story."

Idaho Toddler Shoots And kills His Mother Inside Walmart

Police in Idaho say a two-year-old boy shot and killed his 29-year-old mother in a Walmart store after finding the weapon in her purse.

The Kootenai county sheriff’s office said Veronica Rutledge was shopping with her son and three other children in the small town of Hayden when the boy, sitting in the front of the shopping cart, found the gun and shot her at about 10.20am local time.

The sheriff’s spokesman Stu Miller said Rutledge, who was from Blackfoot in southeastern Idaho, had a concealed weapons permit. She was visiting relatives in the area, he added.

Miller said the young boy had reached into his mother’s purse and grabbed a small caliber handgun, which discharged once. “It appears to be a pretty tragic accident,” he added.

Rutledge’s husband was not in the store when the shooting happened but arrived shortly after the shooting. All the children were taken to a relative’s house.
The victim’s father-in-law, Terry Rutledge, told Associated Press that she “was a beautiful, young, loving mother.”

“She was not the least bit irresponsible,” he said. “She was taken much too soon.”

The shooting happened near the store’s electronics section. Police reviewed store video to determine the shooting was accidental, the Associated Press and local media reported.

A Walmart spokesperson called the incident “very sad,” and said the store was “fully cooperating with the sheriffs deputies as they investigate this matter”.

The store was closed for the evening but will reopen at 6am Wednesday, according to information provided to the sheriff’s office by store managers.

Hayden is a northern Idaho town of 13,000 people, about 35 miles east of Spokane, Washington.

In November, a woman in Oklahoma was fatally shot by her three-year-old with a semi-automatic handgun. Police said it appeared the child picked up the gun while his mother was changing a one-year-old’s diaper.