The Pakistan government on Friday released 80 Indian fishermen who were arrested after crossing the international border while fishing.

The officials of the Indian Army received the fishermen at the Attari-Wagah Border in Punjab’s Amritsar.

The released fishermen told ANI about their experience and said that they crossed the Pakistan border by mistake while fishing.

They also urged the Union government to get other Indian fishermen also released who are imprisoned in Pakistan jails.

#WATCH | Amritsar, Punjab: 80 Indian fishermen, who were released by Pakistan, entered India via the Attari-Wagah border today pic.twitter.com/gHDqnN2dIR

— ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2023

Speaking to ANI, a fisherman said, “We accidentally crossed the international border amid a storm. We were in prison for three years. We are 12 people in total and now everybody has returned”.

“There are 184 others in prison. I would like to urge the government to bring them back as well. Many of them are sick and also suffering with other problems,” he added.

“We couldn’t realise when we crossed the border. The Pakistan Navy came and arrested us. It is around 3 years, 3 months after which I have come. I would also urge the government to get our boats released. They are very expensive,” another fisherman said.

“We are very happy that we are returning back to home. There are others also in prison, they should also be released. Our boats are very expensive and are our source of livelihood, it should be returned,” a fisherman added.

More than 100,000 residents of the Gaza Strip have fled southwards over the last two days as Israeli forces operate “deep in Gaza City,” chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Friday.

In a televised briefing, Hagari said efforts were underway to release hostages held in the Gaza Strip but that such efforts take time.

“We are working all the time and with initiative on a range of efforts to return the hostages. These efforts are complex, they are not final. They take time, they are going to take time,” he said.

Ahead of the Assembly election 2023, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has collaborated with viral meme sensation Bhupendra Jogi in a hilarious Instagram video. In the clip, the minister playfully engages with Mr Jogi, in the format that initially made Mr Jogi famous in 2018. Their conversation centres around Mr Jogi’s name and awareness of the government schemes, and then culminates into a lighthearted moment of tree planting. 

“Naam me kya rakha hai, aapka kaam bolna chahiye [What’s in a name, your actions should speak],” Mr Chouhan captioned the post. 

Watch the video below:

In the clip, the Madhya Pradesh CM asks Mr Jogi his name and if he is aware of his policies. To this, Mr Jogi answers in the affirmative. Mr Chohan then asks him to name a few of the policies. To this, Mr Jogi hilariously replies with his own name- Bhupendra Jogi.

Mr Chohan shared the clip just a day back and since then it has accumulated more than 647,000 likes and over 8.5 million views. Several users took to the comments section to share their reactions.

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“Winner of the trend,” wrote one user. “Power of memes and memers,” said another. “Unexpected collaboration,” commented a third. “Collaboration we don’t deserve,” added another. 

Meanwhile, Bhupendra Jogi first gained attention during a candid conversation with a journalist in 2018 ahead of the election in Madhya Pradesh. In the video, a man (Mr Jogi) claimed that the roads in his state are better than those in the United States. The journalist then asks the man’s name, to which he replies “Bhupendra Jogi”. The journalist then requests him to name a few places he has been in the US. To this, Mr Jogi replies with his own name again.

This straightforward introduction made Bhupendra Jogi an overnight internet sensation in 2018. And now as the video has recently resurfaced on social media, it has made Mr Jogi popular yet again.