IAF Pilot Abhinandan Varthaman returns back to India
New Delhi: IAF Pilot and national hero Abhinandan Varthaman returned back into the Indian side by the Pakistani authorities on Friday evening at Attari Wagah Border.
The news of his release by the Pakistani PM Imran Khan had come as a sigh of relief for the nation, who were concerned about the officer’s well being in the Pakistan.
He was held captive by the Pakistan Army after IAF’s Mig 21 he was flying was shot down by Pakistan when he was chasing back the Pakistan fighter jets who tried to attack military installation on India side on Wednesday.
On Thursday, Pakistan PM had announced in parliament that the officer will be handed over to India as a ‘peace gesture’ while deescalating the prevailing tension between the neighbors over the Pulwama attack followed by India’s response by carrying out Air Strikes inside Pakistan territory in an anti-terror operation on Tuesday.
People started gathering at Wagah border right from Friday afternoon, to celebrate the homecoming of the brave officer.
Reports of celebrations also came from different parts of the country to mark the occasion.
After announcement of the officer’s release, demand for Nobel Peace Prize for Pakistan PM Imran Khan went trending on twitter, while people of India lauded the diplomacy and international pressure built by PM Modi on Pakistan and credited it for the release of Abhinandan.
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After fake ID crackdown, IRCTC daily new accounts down to 5000 from one lakh: Railways
New Delhi (PTI): With a new, stringent system to establish user identity, the number of new user IDs being added daily on the IRCTC website has declined to about 5,000 from nearly one lakh, officials said on Saturday.
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw noted that the crackdown by Indian Railways on train ticket booking through fake identities is yielding positive results, according to a press note.
Before the latest reforms, this number had touched nearly one lakh new user IDs per day, it said.
"Following the introduction of a stringent system to establish user identity and detect fake IDs, about 5,000 new user IDs are now being added daily on the IRCTC website," the note said.
The officials stated that these steps have already helped Indian Railways deactivate 3.03 crore fake accounts.
"Another 2.7 crore user IDs have either been temporarily suspended or identified for suspension based on the suspicious activities they are indulging in," they said.
The Union minister directed officials to ensure that the ticketing system is reformed to a level where all travellers are able to book tickets easily through a real and genuine user ID, the press note added.
Additionally, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has directed officials to provide local cuisine of the region in Vande Bharat trains.
Introducing local cuisine that reflects the culture and tastes of the regions being traversed will significantly enhance the passenger experience, officials said.
This facility will be expanded to all the trains progressively in future, they added.
