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Is Elon Musk coming up with a new social media platform to rival Twitter? Read what the Tesla CEO hinted at

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Is Elon Musk coming up with a new social media platform to rival Twitter? Read what the Tesla CEO hinted at

In the middle of his bitter legal battle with Twitter, Elon Musk hinted at launching a new social media platform which he would refer as X.com.

In a cryptic Tweet on August 10, Wednesday, Elon Musk responded to one of his followers’ questions, who asked him his plausible course of action should the Twitter deal falls apart.

“Have you considered creating your own social platform? If the Twitter transaction falls through, what then?” an account on Twitter called “Tesla Owners Silicon Valley” queried, to which Elon Musk responded with, “X.com.”

Notably, X.com was the web address of a company that Musk co-founded in 1999 but it was later acquired by PayPal. In 2017, Musk bought the domain name back from PayPal. Shortly later, Musk declared the site’s relaunch, albeit all that is currently visible is a little “x” in the top left corner of a white screen.

Musk further hinted at his intentions for “X.com” in the “hopefully improbable event” that Twitter pushes this acquisition to complete and certain equity partners don’t come through.

Musk’s Tweet comes at a time when Musk is involved in a high-stakes legal battle with Twitter.

Elon Musk Vs Twitter

It may be recalled that on Friday (May 13), Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the 44 billion dollar Twitter deal has been temporarily put on hold, subject to the estimate that less than 5% of users on the micro-blogging platform are spam/fake accounts.

Elon Musk, who was already the largest individual shareholder of Twitter holding 9.2% of the company, had earlier stated that he had no faith in the management and couldn’t fulfil Twitter’s true potential under them. He aimed to make the company private so that he could have full control over it and could direct Twitter to fulfil its full potential.

Twitter’s board had tried its best to resist Elon Musk’s takeover bid, including trying to trigger the poison pill strategy. However, the price Musk offered coupled with the mood of the majority of Twitter shareholders eventually forced the Twitter board’s hand.

Elon Musk, who is already the CEO of electric vehicle giant Tesla and SpaceX, had sealed the fate of the micro-blogging platform in a 44 billion dollar deal. Following the takeover, Twitter Inc. has locked changes to its source code to prevent disgruntled employees from making unauthorised changes to the platform.

‘Pakistan Zindabad’, ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogans raised in Jaunpur during Muharram, Mohammad Shakeel, Mohammad Jeeshaan and 2 others arrested

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‘Pakistan Zindabad’, ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogans raised in Jaunpur during Muharram, Mohammad Shakeel, Mohammad Jeeshaan and 2 others arrested

The Jaunpur police in Uttar Pradesh have arrested four people after a video went viral where a Muslim mob was heard raising ‘sar tan se juda’ and ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogans during a Muharram procession. The video of the incident went viral on social media on August 10, Wednesday.

The incident reportedly took place in the Karianv Bazar of Mirganj police station area of ​​Jaunpur. On Wednesday, a group of Muslims were participating in the Tazia procession in the evening, when some Islamists in the crowd started shouting objectionable slogans and also tried to instigate the people belonging to the other community.

After the video went viral, the police sprung into action. It registered an FIR and arrested the people who chanted these slogans.

The Jaunpur police took to Twitter to apprise about the incident. Superintendent of Police (SP) Rural said, “It had come to light that during the Tazia procession, some objectionable slogans were raised. There were videos of the incident, it was investigated and the accused were traced. Since it was objectionable FIR was registered and four people were arrested. Action being taken.”

He further said that Mohammed Shakeel, Abdul Zabbar, Mohammed Jeeshan, and Mohammed Kharish were arrested for raising the hateful slogans.

Multiple murders in the name of “Gustakh-e-Nabi ki ek saza, sar tan se zuda”

India has seen murders and multiple threats in the name of blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed (Nabi) for nearly a century, with Mahashay Rajpal being a notable figure to lose his life. However, these incidents have spiked in recent days after Nupur Sharma’s incident where she commented on Prophet Mohammed.

Since then, we have seen the open beheading of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur in broad daylight, the murder of Umesh Kolhe, and dozens of threats against individuals who supported Nupur Sharma. In all these cases, the threat was the same, “Gustakh-e-Nabi ki ek saza, sar tan se zuda.”

Meerut: Headless body of a young woman found in Lisari Gate area, identity yet to be known

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Meerut: Headless body of a young woman found in Lisari Gate area, identity yet to be known

In Meerut’s Lisari Gate police station area, a headless body of a young woman has been found in the Lakkhipura area. The case has created sensation and fear among locals.

As per reports, the Kotwali CO Arvind Chaurasia and other personnel arrived at the spot to begin an investigation. The body was first spotted by locals in a drain near Lane number 28 in the Lakkhipura area. Prima facie, the police believe that the actual crime of the murder has been committed elsewhere and the headless body has been abandoned in the drain to conceal identity.

The body seems to belong to a woman in her twenties.

The body has been sent for postmortem examination.

A team of forensic experts have been called to the spot. Police teams have been formed to contact locals and collect details of any missing women in the area. Wireless messages have been sent to gather the list of any women reported missing in nearby towns. The identity of the woman is yet to be known.

The area has seen a number of gruesome crimes against women. In 2019, a similarly beheaded and mutilated body of a woman was found. It took a year for the police to finally nab the accused named Saqib who had first eloped with a 19-year-old girl and had later killed her with help from his family members. In June 2020, 6 persons were arrested for the murder of Ekta Jaisalwal from Ludhiana.

Just last month, a headless, highly decomposed body of a woman was found in a similar manner in a drain in Meerut’s cantonment area.

Farmani Naaz takes down ‘Har Har Shambhu’ after its original writer Jitu Sharma takes legal action: All you need to know about the controversy

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Farmani Naaz takes down ‘Har Har Shambhu’ after its original writer Jitu Sharma takes legal action: All you need to know about the controversy

‘Har Har Shambhu’, the popular song sung by Farmani Naaz that sensationalized the internet within no time, has been removed from YouTube due to copyright issues. Jitu Sharma, the original writer of the song has alleged that Naaz stole his song and failed to give him the credits. Naaz had found herself in trouble earlier as well after being abused by Islamists for singing the song. Deoband cleric had slammed her saying that singing this song was haraam in Islam and against Sharia.

According to reports, Jitu had recorded the song in the voice of Abhilipsa Panda, who recently released a tweet saying that an Islamist girl (Naaz) was falsely claiming that the song was originally recorded in her voice and that she is the owner of the composition.

Sharma elaborating on the incident said that Farmani released the song amid the adored ‘Shravan’ month of the Hindu calendar and gained popularity within no time. He said that he had taken a lot of effort to write, compose and record the song. “I don’t have a problem with Farmani singing the song. But she should have given the credit to us”, he said.

Reports mention that Naaz deliberately kept on ignoring the fact that the song never belonged to her. She kept on claiming the originality of the song but lastly had to take down the song due to copyright infringement. Jitu also revealed the story behind the song. He said that he had to sell his vehicle to arrange finances for the recording of the song. “I wrote the song when I was assisting my father at his shop. I showed it to my Guru and then we discussed recording it. We wanted a girl to sing the song so then we started looking for the candidates and we found Abhilipsa. We needed finances so I decided to sell my loader vehicle”.

He added, “.. the vehicle was also purchased on EMI. I had paid Rs 80,000 as a down payment and also paid the instalments for the following four years. I sold the car for Rs 60,000. I was supposed to travel to Jamshedpur for recording and would spend Rs 500 daily. That was too much expensive for me. I would also take Abhilipsa with me”.

Jitu Sharma, the original writer of the song which has now been taken down from YouTube belongs to the state of Odisha and is poor. His father runs a small vegetable shop. Sharma has seen bad financial times since his childhood. He could not even complete his education due to his father’s vulnerable financial position. He did his 12th and then later opened a YouTube channel in the year 2012 where he uploaded his songs and compositions with his Guru Akash.

Reports mention that Jitu is not sad about Farmani Naaz singing his song, but is sad about not giving him the credit for the composition. He has now decided to take legal action against Naaz.

‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ to release in Pakistan? Media group approaches for NOC, Ministry says no Indian film will release in the country: Pak media

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‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ to release in Pakistan? Media group approaches for NOC, Ministry says no Indian film will release in the country: Pak media

Amid the abysmal opening of the Amir Khan starrer Laal Singh Chaddha at the box office, the Bollywood movie may release in Pakistan, according to local media. This is though the country had banned Indian content in 2019 after the tensions between the two countries escalated due to the abrogation of Article 370 from Kashmir.

According to the reports from Pakistan, a media group has approached the information ministry for a NOC on the countrywide screening of Laal Singh Chaddha. The film is being distributed globally by Paramount Pictures and is imported into Pakistan by the Cinepax Media group. The group has approached for the ‘No Objection Certificate’ and the movie will be released in the country after the NOC is approved.

Earlier the importers had plans to release the movie countrywide on August 11. While Saad Baig, the General Manager of Cinepax Media Group stated to the local media channel that the movie will be released after the NOC is approved, the Information Ministry stated that they have not received any request for NOC.

“Our policy is the same. No Indian film or any project produced in India will be released in the country”, the Ministry stated. Also, the Sindh Censor Board denied having received any such request. Reports mention that the film is first cleared by Information Ministry, then approved by the CBFC, and lastly is presented to the provincial boards for review.

Further, while the Information Ministry and Censor Boards have said that they have received no request for the NOC to release the Bollywood movie Laal Singh Chaddha in Pakistan, reports mention that there is a high probability that the movie might release in the country.

Since 2019, no Bollywood movie has marked its release in Pakistan. The country had banned all types of Indian content as the tensions escalated between the two countries on the grounds of abrogation of Article 370 from the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. The then Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan had said in a tweet, “No Indian movie will be screened in any Pakistani cinema. Drama, films and Indian content of this kind will be completely banned in Pakistan”.

As reported, the movie Laal Singh Chaddha in India has tanked at the box office with its opening day collection being abysmal. The collection on the first day of the Aamir Khan starrer movie is reported to be Rs 10-11 crores. It is reported to be the lowest opening that an Aamir Khan movie has seen in the past 13 years.

According to Bollywood pundits, an Aamir Khan movie should have ideally had an opening of Rs 30 crores. In the worst scenario, it should have not had an opening day collection of less than Rs 20 crores, however, the audience seems to have shunned the movie completely.

Movie ‘Raksha Bandhan’ tanks miserably on opening day, calls for boycott were made after Hinduphobic remarks of writer Kanika Dhillon had surfaced

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Movie ‘Raksha Bandhan’ tanks miserably on opening day, calls for boycott were made after Hinduphobic remarks of writer Kanika Dhillon had surfaced

Amidst calls for a boycott against the movie for the writer’s Hinduphobic views, the Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Raksha Bandhan’ failed to make a mark at the box office on its opening day with a single-digit collection. The movie hit the theatres on August 11 this year.

As per reports, the film garnered a paltry sum of ₹7.5 crores on the first day of its release. ‘Raksha Bandhan’ has underperformed compared to movies such as ‘Bachchhan Pandey’ and ‘Samrat Prithviraj’, which too tanked at the box office.

The performance of the film has been dismal in key cities of Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata. ‘Raksha Bandhan’ was made on a budget of over 70 crores but had about 12-15% occupancy in theatres across the country.

Interestingly, it failed to beat Aamir Khan starrer ‘Lal Singh Chaddha’, which amassed around ₹10-11 crores on its opening day. This was despite the fact that the official ‘Forrest Gump’ remake had been the lowest opening that a Khan movie witnessed in the past 13 years.

It must be mentioned that ‘Raksha Bandhan’ was shrouded in controversy, prior to its release, after several Hinduphobic tweets of its writer Kanika Dhillon had surfaced on social media.

Social media users had also called for a boycott of the movie. They argued that while Dhillon was making money off Hindus, she had been at the forefront of making derogatory remarks against the same community.

Kanika Dhillon and use of Gaumata, Gaumutra jibes

Under the guise of targeting the BJP and PM Modi, she had repeatedly attacked Hindu beliefs and religious sentiments. “Dying in the parking lot after waiting for a hospital bed…Yeh aache din hai! India super power hai! Aur gau mata ka mutra peene see Covid chala jayega (These are the good days…India is a super power. And drinking cow’s urine will cure Covid-19).”

The ‘gaumutra’ jibe has often been used by Islamists and their apologists, including the Pulwama terrorist Ahmed Dhar. He killed the CRPF soldiers as he wanted to avenge those who ‘drink cow urine.’

In several of her tweets, Kanika Dhillon was seen invoking ‘Gau mata’ to take potshots at the ruling dispensation at the Centre.

“Hmm you think one day the cows of India will also be contesting elections? Since they offer more solutions- benefits and protection than our Ministers! Holy cow! Jai Gaiyaa Mayya ki!” she had tweeted.

While labelling Hindustan as ‘Lynchistan’ over isolated cow vigilante attacks, she claimed that the ‘horrifed’ cows are willing to migrate to the United States and tolerate then US President Donald Trump instead of being in India.

The writer of Raksha Bandhan also derided Hindu sentiments by mocking cows while demanding a law against mob lynchings.

Jammu and Kashmir: Bihari migrant worker shot dead by terrorists in Bandipora

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Jammu and Kashmir: Bihari migrant worker shot dead by terrorists in Bandipora

A migrant labourer from Bihar named Mohammad Amrez has been shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora. As per reports, he hailed from Bihar’s Madhepura and was working in Soadnara. He was taken to the hospital immediately but succumbed to his injuries.

The deceased worker’s brother has informed media that they heard firing sounds just after midnight. They initially thought that Amrez has gone to the toilet but they later found him in a poll of blood.

The brutal murder comes just a day after 4 personnel were killed and another was injured in an attack at an Army camp in the Rajouri district.

Laal Singh Chaddha is so bad that people are liking the review of ‘Deshdrohi’ actor KRK

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Laal Singh Chaddha is so bad that people are liking the review of ‘Deshdrohi’ actor KRK

Aamir Khan’s official remake of the 1994 Hollywood film ‘Forrest Gump’ opens to empty theatres and disappointing reviews, the audience is enthralled by a rather special ‘critical review’ of ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ by actor Kamal R Khan (KRK).

On Friday (August 12), the ‘Deshdrohi’ actor uploaded a 13-minute long review of the Aamir Khan starrer on Youtube. At the time of writing, the video has been viewed over 1,39,951 times and has received over 25000 likes.

In his review, KRK has accused Aamir Khan of unnecessarily dragging the movie like chewing gum. “The film has added especially extra 15 minutes to show the greatness of the people of Pakistan,” KRK added.

The ‘Deshdrodhi’ actor asked, “If you wanted to play the character of a mentally deranged man, why did you feel the need to dress up like a Sikh? Do you want to imply that all Sikhs are mentally unstable?”

“Kuch toh soch leta movie likhna se pehale (You should have put in more thought before writing this movie),” KRK had slammed Aamir Khan for logical fallacies throughout the movie ‘Laal Singh Chaddha.’ KRK even questioned the scenes of a Pakistani military man being rescued, getting treatment, and staying on in India without any scrutiny or investigation.

He also emphasised how an aged cast tried to play the role of youngsters and sabotaged their own movie. “Screenplay is bad and scattered. It looks as if Aamir tried to accommodate every event that took place in India in one movie,” KRK concluded.

Netizens appreciate KRK for his critical review of Laal Singh Chaddha

Social media users applauded the review of KRK and urged him to continue dissing the Hindi film fraternity. “KRK single-handedly knocked Bollywood out of the park…Kudos,” wrote one Harsh Vardhan Singh.

“13-minute entertainment is better than a movie. Legend storyteller KRK,” another user pointed out.

Screengrab of the comments

One Biren remarked, “I can’t stop laughing that’s super hilarious.” Another user stated, “KRK Bhai your review is better than the whole movie.”

Screengrab of the comments

One Ajay Managaon wrote, “KRK sir creates more suspense to his followers than Bollywood movie. Morning he tweets, he won’t review…And he bombs all of a sudden.”

Another user stated, “I personally believe KRK was the first person who started boycotting Laal Singh Chaddha.”

Screengrab of the comments

Aamir Khan’s “much awaited” movie had fallen on its face in theatres as the shows are not getting the response as anticipated. The movie has opened to empty theatres even on a long weekend and Aamir’s acting is receiving flaks too.

Laal Singh Chaddha becomes Aamir Khan’s lowest opener in 13 years, first-day collection half of RRR, doesn’t even come close to KGF 2

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Laal Singh Chaddha becomes Aamir Khan’s lowest opener in 13 years, first-day collection half of RRR, doesn’t even come close to KGF 2

Laal Singh Chaddha has tanked at the box office with its opening day collection being abysmal. According to news reports, the collection on the first day of the Aamir Khan starrer movie Laal Singh Chaddha is reported to be Rs 10-11 crores. It is reported to be the lowest opening that an Aamir Khan movie has seen in the past 13 years.

Reports suggest that in the first half of the opening day, it seemed like the movie would not touch a double-digit opening, however, it picked up slightly in the afternoon and had a double-digit opening. The movie is said to be doing better in Delhi and Punjab but has failed miserably in the rest of the country.

The movie’s opening and just how badly it did is evidenced by the fact that the opening was worse than the Kabir Khan directorial, 83, and the Farhad Samji film, Bachchhan Paandey. On the other hand, the movie did not even come close to opening days for movies that have been mega hits this year. While Laal Singh Chaddha opened at Rs 10-11 crores, RRR had an opening day collection of Rs 20.7 crores and KGF 2 had an opening day collection of 53.95 crores.

According to Bollywood pundits, an Aamir Khan movie should have ideally had an opening of Rs 30 crores. In the worst scenario, it should have not had an opening day collection of less than Rs 20 crores, however, the audience seems to have shunned the movie completely.

Earlier, when PR agencies were doing on overdrive trying to show an uptick in advance booking, Taran Adarsh had tweeted sounding a warning that people should not believe the hype that has been created. Film critic Taran Adarsh has shared that the advance bookings of Lal Singh Chaddha and Akshay Kumar’s Rakshabandhan were way below expectations. Adarsh further added that both the movies need word of mouth and walk-in audience/spot bookings to get a decent opening on Thursday, but clearly, that did not happen.

It is notable here that boycott calls against Aamir Khan’s Lal Singh Chaddha have mired the promotion of the big-budget movie that is the official remake of Tom Hanks’s classic Forrest Gump. Aamir Khan’s anti-India statements in the past, his negative and derogatory portrayal of Hindu Gods in his movie PK and his overtly political statements of the past have all been adding to the prevailing sentiments of rejection among the audience of Hindi cinema.

Even Kareena Kapoor’s past statements of mocking the audience and participating in politically motivated campaigns have stirred negative sentiments against the movie. 

YouTuber and film enthusiast Dewansh Singh Rajput published a video review of the film on his YouTube channel in which he made some worrisome allegations against the film. Though he repeatedly acknowledged that the acting by Aamir Khan was up to the mark, Rajput pointed out that the movie had several scenes that were allegedly made to satisfy specific propaganda and were Hinduphobic.

Rajput said several scenes targetted particular religions. The movie showed 84 anti-Sikh riots, emergency, Ram Mandir, Lal Krishna Advani, Kargil war, and 26/11, and they have linked Khan’s character to it.

Rajput pointed out that LSC could not even differentiate between Indian Army personnel and Pakistan’s soldiers or terrorist, whoever that character was, and picked him the safety.

In the movie, there was a scene where LSC and that Pakistani soldier or terrorist were having a conversation. This was the point when LSC realized that that person was from Pakistan, but he continued to have a conversation with him. He further offered to do business with the Pakistani personnel in the film.

In one scene, the Pakistani personnel asked LSC, “I offer namaz and pray, Laal, why don’t you do the same?” LSC replied, “My mother said all this Puja Paath is malaria. It causes riots.”

Punjab: Truck driver thrashed for allegedly not giving side to the convoy of AAP leader Kultar Singh Sandhwan

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Punjab: Truck driver thrashed for allegedly not giving side to the convoy of AAP leader Kultar Singh Sandhwan

On 11th August 2022, a truck driver was manhandled by security personnel of AAP leader Kultar Singh Sandhwan who is the speaker of the Punjab state legislative assembly. The alleged reason for thrashing the truck driver was that he was not giving way for the leader’s convoy to pass. Kultar Singh Sandhwan has also admitted that one such accident has happened. However, he blamed the trucker for negligent driving on the highway. The incident took place near Daburji in Amritsar.

Videos of the incident were shared on Twitter in which a man can be seen being beaten by some security personnel from the leader’s convoy.

Sharing a video of the incident, a journalist for PTC News wrote, “Truck driver thrashed for not giving way to speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan’s convoy near Daburji, Amritsar. Another AAP leader abusing his power after Health Minister Chetan Singh Jauramajra.”

Another journalist Nikhil Choudhary shared another video of the incident in which it can be seen that the driver was pulled out from the truck before being beaten by the security personnel.

Kultar Singh Sandhwan, on the other hand, admitted that one similar incident happened with his car while he was going to Amritsar. However, he blamed the truck driver’s rash driving for the altercation. Kultar Singh Sandhwan wrote in his tweet, “On my way to Amritsar Sahib, the car in which I was traveling was hit by a truck driver on one side. A million thanks to God that we were saved. My security personnel had an argument with the truck driver, I apologize for that. But it is very important to investigate such fatal negligence on the road.”

It is notable that Sandhwan is not the first AAP leader from Punjab to be in the news for his boorish behaviour. Recently, Vice-Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Dr Raj Bahadur, tendered his resignation to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann after he was humiliated by Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra

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