Rajpal Yadav reacts to Nawazuddin’s praise
Watch how Rajpal Yadav reacted to Nawazuddin Siddiqui praising him for helping fellow actors during their struggling days in Mumbai.
On this episode of India First, Gaurav Sawant discusses the diplomatic flashpoints between New Delhi and Dhaka as 2025 ends. The Muhammad Yunus administration’s claim that the killers of student leader Osman Bin Hadi fled to India has been debunked. The prime accused, Faisal Karim Masood, released a video from Dubai, denying links to India and blaming the Jamaat-e-Islami. The programme also analyses External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar’s visit to Dhaka for the funeral of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Experts Salauddin Shoaib Choudhury, Pinakranjan Chakravarti and Subir Bhaumik discuss the implications of these events on the upcoming February 2026 elections and the rise of radicalism in Bangladesh.
Watch how Rajpal Yadav reacted to Nawazuddin Siddiqui praising him for helping fellow actors during their struggling days in Mumbai.
Yogi Adityanath on Saturday presented a saffron gamcha to Suvendu Adhikari, shortly after the latter took oath as the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal. The crowd also erupted into a loud cheer as the scene unfolded at the swearing-in ceremony in Kolkata. This was at least the second such instance in recent weeks when the duo's bonhomie was witnessed publicly. Earlier, during the election campaign in the state, a powerful scene was witnessed when Adhikari bowed down at the feet of the UP Chief Minister as a mark of respect.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hugged and honoured 98-year-old Makhanlal Sarkar, one of the earliest and senior most members of the BJP. The scene unfolded on the stage ahead of Suvendu Adhikari's swearing-in as West Bengal's Chief Minister in Kolkata. PM Modi also touched Sarkar's feet and presented a shawl to him as a mark of respect. In 1952, Sarkar was arrested in Kashmir while he was accompanying Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee as the latter was marching to hoist the tricolour there. BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya described the elderly party leader as "one of the earliest grassroots figures associated with the nationalist movement in post-Independence India."
The political landscape of West Bengal witnesses a major transition as the newly appointed Chief Minister takes the oath of office and secrecy.