Friday, December 26, 2025

Terrorists open fire at security forces in Kupwara

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Tehelka Web Desk
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An encounter between security forces and terrorists broke out in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday evening.

According to police officials, exchange of fire between Security forces and terrorists broke out after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in forest areas of Handwara, in the north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

Terrorists open fire on security forces during the search operation. The exchange of fire was going on when last reports came in, the official said.

Meanwhile Bomb disposal squad timely detected and diffused an IED in Pulwama of Jammu and Kashmir saving life and property.

Sushma Swaraj assures to provide all assistance to the family of student killed in Kansas city

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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday condoled the death of Sharath Kopuu, an Indian student killed in Kansas City in the US during a robbery attempt.

Sharath Kopuu, who hails from Telangana, was shot dead on Friday, during a suspected incident of robbery at J’s Fish and Chicken Market, where he worked as a part-time employee.

Kopuu came to the US in January to pursue his master’s degree at University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC).

Sushma Swaraj in a tweet said, “Kansas incident – My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. We will follow this up with the Police and provide all assistance to the family.”

“I have spoken to Sharath’s father Shri Ram Mohan Reddy in Hyderabad to convey our heartfelt condolences. We have offered that in case a family member wishes to go to Kansas, we will facilitate the US Visa. Else we will bring the mortal remains at the earliest,” she said in another tweet.

Consulate General of India in Chicago expressed condolences and promised to provided all assistance. “Deepest condolences to the family of K Sharat who was victim of a shooting in Kansas City Missouri. Consulate officials are on the way. We will provide all assistance,” the consulate tweeted on Saturday.

Meanwhile the Kansas City Police has released a video of the suspect and has announced a USD 10,000 reward for information leading to him.

Human Trafficking: A tweet in time saves 25 girls

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Pari Saikia
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When hate-mongers were busy blazing the Twitter with trolling, vilifying women, spewing communal venom, a Samaritan’s tweet in time saved almost 25 girls on board the Muzaffarpur-Bandra Avadh Express from being trafficked on July 5.

“26 girls were found with two men, aged 22 and 55 years. All of them are from West Champaran in Bihar. The girls were being taken from Narkatikyaganj to Idgah. When questioned, the girls were unable to answer anything convincingly, so they have been handed over to the child welfare committee. The girls are believed to be aged between 10 and 14 years. Their parents have been informed and the men have been taken into custody,” a statement from RPF said.

Samaritan Adarsh Shrivastava who was a passenger on the same train alerted the Indian Railways through Twitter after he grew suspicious of the physical behaviour of the girls. He tweeted,“… some of them are crying and all feeling unsecure. ” Acting on the tweets and without delaying further, the Government Railway Police (GRP), Railway Police Force (RPF) and other officials from Lucknow and Varanasi swung into full action to investigate the matter.     

Ever since the news has spread, Twitteratis haven’t stopped congratulating Adarsh for his commendable work. Not only he has turned into a social media hero but has set an example of how digital medium could be effectively used to thwart untoward incidents in future.

Indian origin student from Telengana shot dead in US restaurant

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Tehelka Web Desk
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A 25-year-old Indian origin student was shot dead at a restaurant in Kansas City in the US state of Missouri on Friday night.

The deceased has been identified as Sharath Kopuu of Telangana.

A man opened fire at Sharath Kopuu at J’s Fish and Chicken Market, where he worked as a part-time employee. Sharath, a student at University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), was critically injured after the fire and was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Kansas police have identified a suspect who was caught on CCTV camera in connection with the murder and released a video of the suspect. The incident is described as an armed robbery and a man hunt has been launched and a reward is being announced. “Looking for this suspect in the robbery & murder of 25-y.o. Sharath Kopuu at 5412 Prospect last night. Sharath was from India and is a student at UMKC. $10,000 reward for info leading to charges in this (& every KCMO murder),” Kansas police tweeted.

Image of the suspect

After getting the tragic information the deceased family at Telangana has requested state NRI Minister KT Rama Rao to provide help to bring back the dead body to India.

Bomb scare halts New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express at Ghaziabad

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Tehelka Web Desk
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The New Delhi Howrah Rajdhani Express was halted at Ghaziabad for two hours after a call was received informing about the presence of a bomb on the train.

A bomb call was received at New Delhi Railway Station, minutes after the train departed from New Delhi.

On receiving the information, the police along with a bomb squad and dogs were immediately pressed into action.

The train was completely evacuated at Ghaziabad station and thorough search was done to find the bomb but police did not find anything, later the train departed from Ghaziabad.

The police is now tracing the caller.

PM Modi to address farmers of three states in Punjab on July 11

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Tehelka Web Desk
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 11 will address farmers of three states (Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan) at Malout town of Muktsar District in Punjab.

The  decision of the rally has reportedly been taken on the initiative of SAD president Sukhbir Badal after central government announced steep hike in MSP of Paddy and other kharif crops.

State unit of BJP would meet at Jalandhar to discuss the preparations of the rally. It will be a joint rally of Akali – BJP and both the parties will try their best to make it successful.

Former CM Prakash Singh Badal spoke to the district authorities and confirmed about PM’s visit.

Malout, which is situated close to the border of other two states, will be the ideal venue for the rally. 

Twitter suspends over 70 mn fake accounts in past two months

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Tehelka Web Desk
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Twitter has suspended more than 70 million fake accounts worldwide in May and June during a process to crackdown on suspicious accounts.

The series of account suspensions by the world’s largest social network is one of several recent campaigns by Twitter to monitor its platform and stop spam and abuse of fake accounts.

Last month, Twitter announced “new measures to fight abuse and trolls, new policies on hateful conduct and violent extremism, and are bringing in new technology and staff to fight spam and abuse.”

Focusing on improving the health of conversations on Twitter means “ensuring people have access to credible, relevant, and high-quality information on Twitter,” Del Harvey, Vice President of Trust and Safety of Twitter, said in an official blog post in June. 

“In May 2018, our systems identified and challenged more than 9.9 million potentially spammy or automated accounts per week. That’s up from 6.4 million in December 2017, and 3.2 million in September. Due to technology and process improvements during the past year, we are now removing 214% more accounts for violating our spam policies on a year-on-year basis.” Twitter said in an official blog post in June. 

Three civilians die, as Army opens fire after stone-pelting in Kulgam

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Tehelka Web Desk
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Three civilians, including a teenage girl died as the army allegedly fired at a group of protesters in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday.

According  to locals, clashes broke out when security forces entered Mishpora and Hawoora villages in Kulgam district for a cordon and search operation (CASO).

The deceased have been identified as Shakir Ahmad (22), Irshad Ahmad (20) and 16-year-old girl Andleeb.

As per sources, locals resorted to stone pelting, after army entered the villages, forcing the security personnel to retaliate by opening firing at the protesters, killing three civilians and injuring five others.

Government has suspended internet services in the area, after protests triggered due to the death of the three civilians.

Heavy rain lashes Maharashtra; affects train services

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Tehelka Web Desk
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Heavy monsoon rains have lashed Maharashtra and areas of Mumbai on Saturday, affecting train services in the region. 6.3 mm and 5.2 mm rainfall have been recorded by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Santa Cruz Observatory and Colaba Observatory.

Areas like Malad, Powai, Bhandup and parts of Thane and Kalyan witnessed a heavy downpour.

Due to heavy rains the central Railway trains were running late by 10 minutes, while water-logging has been reported between Vithalwadi and Kalyan.

As a precautionary measure train services have been stopped between Badlapur and Kalyan Railway Station. 

IMD has issued a forecast of heavy rains for the places of the island City and suburbs for the next 24 hours. 

Netflix launches its first Indian Drama Series : Sacred Games

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Tehelka Web Desk
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Friendship, betrayal, love is what you will see in Vikram chandra’s novel Sacred Games. Sacred Games sees Bollywood stars Saif Ali Khan and Radhika Apte in crucial roles .

The eight-part series, filmed mainly in Hindi and dubbed in various other languages is the first of seven Indian series that Netflix has commissioned.

“India is seeing the biggest and fastest investment in content for any country we have launched in,” said Erik Barmack, Netflix’s vice-president of international originals. Most of all, though, the 900-page book is a story about Mumbai. Sprawling yet focused, there is something cinematic in the writing.

“Right from the beginning even before the book was published there was already interest in doing something cinematic with it. Before the book was released (in 2006) it had been optioned by a major feature film company in Hollywood. They tried for a couple of years but it became clear to both them and me that it needed a much longer format,” said Chandra on the phone from the US.

In 2016 The company launched in India , Subscriptions start at 500 rupees (around £5) a month.

Other Indian series in the pipeline include Ghoul, a horror set in a covert detention centre, and Crocodile, a murder mystery set in Goa.

The availability of cheap data and the burgeoning number of smartphone users have made India one of the world’s fastest-growing internet markets.

Yet Netflix faces stiff competition from homegrown apps like Hotstar and Voot, while Amazon Prime has 11 million monthly subscribers, compared with Netflix’s five million.

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