New Delhi: Star Indian Cricketer Mohammad Shami on Tuesday posted his picture with his late father with a heartfelt message on the fourth death anniversary of his father.

Shami took to twitter expressed his despair and recalled how his father had given him strength during his struggle.

“4th years complete today . I know you can feel my tears and you don’t won’t me to cry,l pray that god will give me strength as you given always and somehow get me through as i struggle with heartache when I lost you . proud to be your son and miss you so much love you dad!” (SIC) Shami wrote in the tweet with a picture.

In the picture, Shami is seen clicking a selfie with his father who is on the hospital bed.

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Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): The Karnataka government on Wednesday tabled the Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crime (Prevention) Bill in the state Assembly.

The bill has a provision for a fine up to Rs one lakh and a jail term up to 10 years.

The bill was cleared by the state cabinet on December 4.

According to the bill, any expression, which is made, published or circulated in words either spoken or written or by signs or by visible representations or through electronic communication or otherwise, in public view, with an intention to cause injury, disharmony or feelings of enmity or hatred or ill-will against person alive or dead, class or group of persons or community, to meet any prejudicial interest is hate speech.

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Any biases on the grounds of religion, race, caste or community, sex, gender, sexual orientation, place of birth, residence, language, disability, or tribe has also been categorised as hate speech.

The 'Hate Crime' has been defined as communication of hate speech, by making, publishing or circulating or any act of promoting, propagating, inciting or abetting or attempting, such hate speech, to cause disharmony or feelings of enmity or hatred or ill-will against any person dead or alive or group of persons or organisation.

Communicating hate speech has been defined as expression, made in public view, by way of verbal, print, publication, electronic means, or other means to convey such expression.

Whoever commits hate crime will be punished with imprisonment for a term which should not be less than one year, but may extend to seven years with a fine of Rs 50,000.

Further, for any subsequent or repetitive offences the punishment should not be less than two years which may extend to 10 years with fine of Rs one lakh.