After a backlash from its users, Twitter has decided not to remove inactive accounts until it finds a way to memoralise accounts of the deceased. The micro-blogging platform on November 26 announced to permanently delete inactive accounts from December 11 that have not been used for more than six months. The action […]
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Intel to open design and engineering centre in Hyderabad next week
Global chip maker giant Intel Corporation will open its new design and engineering centre in Hyderabad on December 2. “Happy to share that global tech leader Intel will be unveiling their new design and engineering centre in Hyderabad on December 2. Excited that this will further boost Hyderabad’s position as […]
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I respect Mahatma Gandhi, my statement in Parliament was distorted, says Pragya Thakur
BJP MP Pragya Thakur on Friday tendered an apology in Lok Sabha for her comments calling Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse “a patriot”. Replying on her remarks, the Bhopal MP said she respects “Mahatma Gandhi’s contribution to the nation.” Thakur also alleged that her statement was distorted and she was dubbed a terrorist […]
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12 held for rape of tribal law student in Ranchi
Police on Thursday arrested 12 persons allegedly involved in gang-rape of a 25-year-old tribal law student, who was abducted on gun point from ring road and raped in a nearby brick kiln two days ago. The victim reported the matter to Kanke police station Wednesday and an FIR was registered […]
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Four of a family, including 12-yr old, killed in Mumbai Pune highway crash
Four of a family, including two women and a 12-year-old girl, were killed after their car crashed into a tanker on the Mumbai Pune Expressway in Rasayani of Maharashtra’s Raigad district early on Friday. The family was returning to Mumbai from a wedding in Sangli, when the car rammed into […]
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Uddhav Thackeray asked if Shiv Sena has become secular.
Maharashtra’s new chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, who also doubles up as Shiv Sena boss and a strident champion of Hindutva, was asked at his very first press meet if his party’s alliance with the Congress and NCP meant it was accepting secularism. The CM, deftly skirting a direct answer, threw […]
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Private photos put on net, Kerala lecturer rejects suicide, fights back
A Kerala man sexually abused a local lecturer on pretext of marriage and then posted her intimate photos on social media and porn sites before fleeing to the UAE, from where the cops are trying to have him extradited. The incident came to light on the complaint of the Malappuram […]
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India slams Pakistan at UNHRC over its ‘malicious propaganda’ on Ayodhya verdict
India on Thursday lambasted Pakistan over its statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Supreme Court’s verdict on Ayodhya land dispute case and asked the country to rather work constructively and positively for education and upliftment of its own minorities instead of spewing lies for a self-serving […]
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Video app TikTok unblocks teen who posted on China’s Muslims
Chinese-owned video app TikTok says it has unblocked a U.S. teenager and restored her viral video condemning China’s treatment of its Muslim minority. The video was removed for 50 minutes Wednesday due to a “human moderation error,” according to a statement from Eric Han, an American who heads TikTok’s U.S. […]
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John Boyega says he’s one behind Star Wars script leak
British actor John Boyega said on Wednesday that he left his copy of the closely-guarded script for the new Star Wars movie under his bed, and that it ended up for sale on eBay. Boyega, who plays Stormtrooper turned resistance fighter Finn in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, told U.S. television show Good […]
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World-renowned US rock climber Brad Gobright falls to death in Mexico
A world-renowned rock climber, US national Brad Gobright, fell to his death while climbing a sheer rock face in northern Mexico, authorities said Thursday. Gobright, 31, and fellow American Aidan Jacobson, 26, were climbing a route known as the Shining Path in the northern state of Nuevo Leon on Wednesday […]
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Farhan on Gully Boy at Oscars: ‘We have a lot of work to do’
He’s proved his finesse in all departments of filmmaking, be it directing a film like Dil Chahta Hai (2001) which brought in the ‘cool’ factor in modern cinema, acting in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) and hitting the bulls eye, or even singing tracks such as Rock On (Rock On!!; 2008). Clearly, Farhan Akhtar is […]
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Iraqi forces kill 45 protesters after Iranian consulate torched
Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 45 protesters on Thursday after demonstrators stormed and torched an Iranian consulate overnight, in what could mark a turning point in the uprising against the Tehran-backed authorities. At least 29 people died in the southern city of Nassiriya when troops opened fire on […]
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The Irishman review: Martin Scorsese helms Netflix’s most ambitious film
The Irishman Director – Martin Scorsese Cast – Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale There is no truth that Martin Scorsese’s camera can’t capture. Even if it is buried beneath four inches of digital makeup. In The Irishman, his long-gestating passion project about life, loss, and misplaced priorities, […]