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Maharashtra ATS questions 66 people in Pune over suspected links with Bhatti

Maharashtra ATS questions 66 people in Pune over suspected links with Bhatti

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Tuesday questioned 66 people in Pune district after they were allegedly found to have been in contact with Pakistan-based gangster Shahzad Bhatti and his associates, reported the PTI. According to the ATS, the operation began at 7 am and was carried out with the assistance of Pune City Police, Pune Rural Police and Pimpri Chinchwad Police. The ATS said it suspects that Bhatti used social media platforms to attempt to radicalise Indian youths and encourage them to take part in anti-national activities. Bhatti, along with his associates Abid Jatt alias Abid Chhal, Ajmal Gujar, Hammad Memon, Rana Hunain and Ashraf Bashir Alam, allegedly used social media platforms to establish contact with Indian youths, according to the ATS. Investigators alleged that Bhatti and his associates established contact with young people in India through platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Telegram and WhatsApp, as per the PTI. Social media allegedly used to recruit youths According to the ATS, the group allegedly attempted to exploit religious and socially sensitive issues to spread propaganda and …

Tripura woman reveals the financial reality of owning a Paris house beside ₹1.4 lakh EMI

Tripura woman reveals the financial reality of owning a Paris house beside ₹1.4 lakh EMI

A 28-year-old woman from Tripura, Borni Banik, has gone viral after sharing a transparent breakdown of the hidden costs of owning a home in Paris. Banik revealed that, having bought her apartment without family wealth, the financial commitment extends far beyond her monthly €1,300 (around ₹1.4 lakh) EMI. Her Instagram video details the unexpected monthly and quarterly expenses that often catch first-time buyers off guard. The Indian woman who purchased a house in Paris. (Instagram/@bornibanik) “I bought an apartment in Paris at 28. No family money, no shortcuts — just numbers and a plan. But nobody told me what I’d actually still be paying for it every single month,” Borni Banik wrote on Instagram. She added, “Owning isn’t the finish line people make it out to be — it’s a different set of numbers, and most of us never see them until we’re already in it.” Also Read: ‘Who is buying ₹4 crore homes?’: Noida man stunned after property hunt exceeds his ₹1 crore budget In her viral video, she detailed the recurring monthly and …

‘Enough is enough’: Khushbu Sundar lashes out at trolls picking on her daughters, Radhika Sarathkumar backs her

‘Enough is enough’: Khushbu Sundar lashes out at trolls picking on her daughters, Radhika Sarathkumar backs her

Actor-politician Khushbu Sundar and filmmaker-actor Sundar C’s daughters Avantika and Anandita grew up in the public eye thanks to their parents’ fame. Their younger daughter, Anandita, who worked as a creative producer on the upcoming Tamil film Double Occupancy, recently got married to Merchant Navy officer Shravan Sreenivasan. Both daughters have faced trolling for their looks, and Khushbu has now penned a strongly worded statement in this regard, addressing trolls and saying that ‘do not think me being quiet means I am fine with your dirty pathetic mindset’. Khushbu Sundar, Avantika and Radhikaa Sarathkumar in a new photo. ‘We are extremely proud of our children’ Taking to her X account, Khushbu wrote, “This is my family. Built on love, trust and understanding. We have struggled, worked hard through our bones, bled and sweated out to be where we are today. We might have faltered, failed, tripped and fallen too at times, but we have never failed to fight back with vigour and succeed yet again. We raised our children with care, never allowing them to …

Rajpal Yadav shares first Instagram post after Delhi HC conviction in cheque bounce case; it features Akshay Kumar

Rajpal Yadav shares first Instagram post after Delhi HC conviction in cheque bounce case; it features Akshay Kumar

Rajpal Yadav is currently going through a tough time. The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld his conviction in the cheque bounce case and sentenced him to three months’ imprisonment. Amid the High Court’s order, Rajpal has shared his first Instagram post, which features Akshay Kumar. Rajpal Yadav featured in an ad with Akshay Kumar. Rajpal’s first Instagram post after Delhi HC order After the Delhi High Court’s order, Rajpal shared an advertisement for Catch Masala on his Instagram profile. The commercial also features Akshay Kumar. The ad shows Akshay introducing a spread of delicious dishes to a table full of women, who are left salivating over the mouth-watering meal. One of the women asks to kiss the chef’s hand, assuming it was Akshay who cooked the scrumptious feast. At that moment, Rajpal walks in from behind wearing an apron. Akshay then reveals that it wasn’t him but Rajpal who prepared the dishes using Catch Masala. About Rajpal Yadav’s case Rajpal Yadav had borrowed ₹5 crore from M/s Murali Projects Pvt Ltd in 2010 for …

‘Categorically inaccurate’: Meta responds to Instagram child abuse ads in India

‘Categorically inaccurate’: Meta responds to Instagram child abuse ads in India

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Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon go Instagram official after Angelina Jolie admits she hasn’t dated since divorce

Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon go Instagram official after Angelina Jolie admits she hasn’t dated since divorce

Days after Angelina Jolie confessed that she has not dated anyone since her divorce from Brad Pitt, the Fight Club actor and his girlfriend Ines de Ramon have made their romance Instagram official. Brad Pitt and girlfriend Ines de Ramon make romance Instagram official. Pitt and Ramon make relationship Instagram official According to E! News, the couple recently attended Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, which was held on July 3. Photos of the couple were first shared by their hairstylist Laurie Zanoletti, who posted pictures of them all dressed up for what has become one of the most talked-about weddings in the US. She captioned the post, “My favorite lovers @inesdrmn & Brad Pitt for an incredible moment in nyc.” The photos show the 62-year-old Pitt looking sharp in a black tuxedo as he posed with the 33-year-old de Ramon, who was seen wearing a sheer black gown before heading to New York City’s Madison Square Garden for the star-studded wedding. The first photo shows the couple posing together, while the remaining pictures feature …

Govt issues notice to Meta over Instagram ads

Govt issues notice to Meta over Instagram ads

The government has issued a stern notice to Meta on Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material (CSEAM) in paid advertisements on Instagram, sources said on Sunday. The government issued the notice on Saturday evening, they added. “MeitY [Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology] has ordered Instagram to disable all ads and content promoting and facilitating access to CSEAM,” the sources said. The development came a day after IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw directed MeitY officials to summon Meta over Instagram ads allegedly promoting child sexual abuse material. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg  The ministry has demanded an explanation and information on action taken in its notice to Meta over child sexual abuse material advertisement allegations, government sources said. MeitY has also demanded a detailed explanation within seven days. The Menlo Park, California-headquartered technology giant Meta owns popular social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The latest action from the ministry comes amid a BBC report that alleged Meta’s recommendation algorithm had been promoting videos containing child sexual abuse material, exposing serious gaps in the safeguards. …

Centre tightens the screw on social media apps with WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram under scanner. But why?

Centre tightens the screw on social media apps with WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram under scanner. But why?

After a paper leak brought Telegram under the government’s radar, the Centre’ scanner has now expanded to other social media platforms such as Instagram and WhatsApp. From Meta’s social media platforms to Telegram, the government is working toward stricter regulations on social media (Unsplash/Representational) The most recent row comes with WhatsApp’s username feature, which the Indian government has flagged as a major concern for privacy, impersonation and fraud. From Meta’s social media platforms to Telegram, here’s a look at the social media platforms under the scanner and why. The WhatsApp row WhatsApp, which is one of the social media platforms under Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, introduced a username feature, which would allow users to connect on the messaging platform without sharing their phone numbers. While the feature is yet to go live, WhatsApp allowed users to “reserve” usernames, which led to a flurry of memes online and concerns from the government. As reported by HT earlier, the government has asked Meta not to roll out the feature in India until consultations are complete. An official in …

The chilling, charming mystery of tradwife Natalie Heller Mills in Yesteryear | Books and Literature News

The chilling, charming mystery of tradwife Natalie Heller Mills in Yesteryear | Books and Literature News

An unflickring yearning for things of the past, a time one had never lived in, can make the premise of Yesteryear, the celebrated new novel by Caro Claire Burke, sound like a dream. Summaries floating about the internet described a social media influencer who suddenly found herself in the 19th century. For the hopeless romantics among us, it was enough that someone in the novel is waking up in the past, in the 1850s no less, when Dickens and the Bronte Sisters were writing their masterpieces and Uncle Tom’s Cabin was beginning to create waves. Never mind that it is a trad-wife, a creation of the internet age, that goes back to the past, it is still the past. But then there is another kind of anticipation for readers who pick up on the subject of that line: a trad wife – a woman who claims to love all that is traditional including the imposed gender roles and the lack of modern tools. She is going to a time when what she has been preaching …

Woman quits 6-figure corporate job to work as waitress at 33, claims it cured her illness

Woman quits 6-figure corporate job to work as waitress at 33, claims it cured her illness

A woman who walked away from a lucrative corporate salary to work as a waitress at 33 has gone viral after claiming how the career shift cured her chronic health issues. She shared her story on Instagram, explaining that she spent the final six months of her corporate desk job undergoing endless testing to find the root cause of her illness. It turned out the culprit was pure corporate stress. The woman who left her corporate job for her health. (Instagram/@girlswhodetach) “The last 6 months of my corporate job I was on diet of air & leaves while undergoing every test under the sun with a gastrointestinal specialist to figure out what was causing my severe IBS,” Sarame Cornish wrote on Instagram. She claimed, “Turns out it was just stress and every single symptom went away as soon as I quit. Never been healthier.” Also Read: ₹2,000 hike”>‘Work of a senior, salary of an intern’: Bengaluru man quits corporate job after ₹2,000 hike The video she posted opens with a text insert that reads, “I …