BBC Punjabi’s Twitter account suspended amidst manhunt for Amritpal
New Delhi: The official Twitter handle of BBC Punjabi has been withheld in India in the midst of an ongoing manhunt for Khalistani partisan Amritpal singh and associates.
A message displayed on the micro-blogging site showing “BBC news Punjabi’s account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand”. However, details of the “legal demand” are yet to be confirmed.
The latest development comes days after Punjab Police launched a manhunt for Amritpal Singh. Apart from the BBC, Social Media handles of several Journalists, News Portals, Lawyers and rights activists were withheld during the ongoing search operation.
According to the Wire, Social Media handles of at least three distinguished pressmen have been withheld in the due course. Those include Kamaldeep Singh Brar, a senior staffer with the Indian Express in Amritsar and Independent Journalists Gagandeep Singh and Sandeep Singh.
News Portal Baaz News, Sangrur MP, Simranjit Mann and Canadian Lawmaker and leader of New Democratic Party, Jagmeet Singh also joined the list of suspended accounts. Their accounts were withheld and also were not available for viewing in the country.
Considering the influential Sikh diaspora, social media handles of lawmakers, journalists and news portals based in Canada were also withheld for viewing in India over the past one week.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
