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Two policemen were suspended on Wednesday after a preliminary investigation, following a security lapse in the movement of PM Narendra Modi's motorcade during his recent Noida visit. After the inauguration of Delhi Metro's Magenta Line, PM Modi's motorcade took a route other than the sanitised one, after which the convoy was stuck in a traffic jam for three minutes.

During a discussion on fake advertisements in the Rajya Sabha, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu recalled an incident when he lost ₹1,000 after being fooled by a fake weight-loss advertisement. Adding that he became suspicious, Naidu said that an inquiry revealed that the company that issued the advertisement was not based in Delhi but in the US.

Actress and BJP MP Hema Malini has been trolled for blaming the rising population of Mumbai for the fire at a restaurant in Kamala Mills Compound, which killed 14 people. "Hema Malini should restrict her opinions to drinking water quality," tweeted a user. "We apologise that we chose her as an MP," wrote another user.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said that India was facing a "possible mental health epidemic". Adding that technological, economic, and demographic changes were transforming the nature of diseases, he pointed out that there were only about 5,000 psychiatrists and less than 2,000 clinical psychologists in the country.

Announcing his decision to enter politics, actor Rajinikanth on Sunday said he will form a new party to contest the next Tamil Nadu Assembly elections from all constituencies. Claiming that other states make fun of Tamil Nadu, Rajinikanth said he would feel guilty if he did not take this decision. Politicians are robbing us on our own land, he added.

Congratulating Rajinikanth on his entry into politics, actor Kamal Haasan said, "I congratulate my brother Rajini for his social consciousness and his political entry. Welcome welcome." Haasan, who has also expressed his interest in joining politics, has met various political leaders like Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in the last few months in this regard.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi celebrated New Year with his mother Sonia Gandhi in Goa, a party official said on Monday. Sonia, who retired as Congress President after Rahul took charge, was photographed riding a bicycle in a Goa resort earlier this week. Party dignitaries were not invited to the private celebrations, the official added.

While talking about the bill criminalising instant Triple Talaq which was passed in Lok Sabha, actor Ali Fazal tweeted, "What a trap this triple talaq bill is. Wow...and nobody is consulted?" He further wrote, "(You) send the husband into jail by criminalising it. (You are back) to square one. The family is again abandoned!"

A carton full of organically grown fresh vegetables was one of the New Year gifts that jailed RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav got on Monday. "Laluji has heart ailments and needs to follow a healthy diet," the RJD leader's brothers who brought the vegetables said. Lalu's quantum of punishment in the fodder scam case will be announced on January 3.

Poet Anwar Jalalpuri, who translated Bhagavad Gita to Urdu, passed away at the age of 71 on Tuesday after suffering a brain stroke. The Yash Bharti awardee is known for his literary works like 'Rahrau se Rahnuma Tak' and translation of Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali. His last rites will be held in his native village Jalalpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Actor Prakash Raj has said that he will enter politics if someone challenges him to take a plunge. "Of late, communal politics is gaining importance in the country... We must not let this happen," he added. However, Prakash further said he neither has any political aspiration nor liking for a particular party.

After a video showing Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman walking without any security to have lunch with common people in Bengaluru surfaced online, a Twitter user wrote, "Indian defence is in good hands." Another user wrote, "She is a no nonsense person." Meanwhile, a tweet read, "Please do not expose yourself to danger... the nation needs you."

After author Suhel Seth corrected Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's grammar in a Twitter post, a user tweeted, "This will go down in history. Someone correcting Tharoorian English is the rarest sight." "Finally there is someone who has not only understood but found mistake in Dr Tharoor's english," another tweet read. A user posted, "Catching the "Farrago" guy on wrong foot".

Social networking site Facebook has said that PM Narendra Modi was the most talked about Lok Sabha MP and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar the most talked about Rajya Sabha MP in 2017 on the platform. It also revealed that Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath was the most popular among state leaders, followed by Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday tweeted a video of a Kannada speech she made during a BJP election rally in 1999. She captioned the video as "I am proud of all Indian languages. I speak some of them fluently." This comes after Congress leader Shashi Tharoor slammed Swaraj's efforts to make Hindi an official language at the UN.

Tamil Nadu government is reportedly planning to acquire late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's Veda Nilayam residence at Poes Garden within four months. The revenue department will unseal two rooms of the bungalow to evaluate its value, according to the reports. As per Jayalalithaa's affidavit filed in the 2016 assembly election, the market value of the house was ₹72.09 crore.

After actor Rajinikanth launched a website on Monday to unite his fans and people to bring a good change in Tamil Nadu politics, over 3 lakh people reportedly joined his portal within two days. The website was launched a day after he announced his entry into politics with a new party, which will contest the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.

Replying to a letter from former Telecom Minister A Raja, former PM Manmohan Singh wrote that he was happy the DMK leader was cleared in the 2G scam case. In his letter to Singh, Raja had said he understood the compulsions that prevented Singh from supporting him, adding that a propaganda machine was launched against their government.

Speaking about the taxes on sanitary napkins, actor Akshay Kumar said, "I think it should be free. We can spend 2% less on defence." He added that it will definitely help women. The actor further questioned, "What is the point of buying so (many) defence (weapons) when your woman is not strong?"

Commenting on actor Rajinikanth's entry into politics with his own party, music composer AR Rahman said, "It doesn't matter who comes in, whether it's Rajinikanth or not, (Tamil Nadu) needs strong leadership." Rahman further said, "We need a leader who can cater to the needs of people in bettering infrastructure, music, and arts, and make lives better for all farmers."