Suspended Twitter accounts of journalists restored: ‘People have spoken’, says Musk
San Francisco: Twitter owner Elon Musk said late Friday that he would reinstate the accounts of journalists that had been suspended, with Musk accusing them of endangering his family.
"The people have spoken. Accounts who doxxed my location will have their suspension lifted now," Musk tweeted, reports NDTV.
Musk had conducted a poll on Twitter, asking if he should restore the suspended accounts ‘now’ or after a week. About 59 per cent of the 3.69 million people who polled said that the accounts should be restored ‘now’.
Also, following the suspension of the Twitter accounts of prominent journalists from media houses including the New York Times, the Washington Post and CNN and @elonjet, which tracked the flights of Musk’s private jet, the EU and the UN had expressed anger and also issued a warning to Musk.
The Twitter head had, however, justified the suspension of accounts, saying that a car in Los Angeles that carried one of his children was followed by ‘a crazy stalker’. Musk apparently blamed the tracking of his jet for this.
Some of the journalists had reported on the incident and also linked it to the suspension of the account of @elonjet. Musk had said that it amounted to "assassination coordinates" against him and his family.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
RSS mouthpiece Organiser's article claims Catholic Church surpasses Waqf Board in landholdings: Repo
Thiruvananthapuram: An article in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) mouthpiece Organiser has stated that the Catholic Church of India holds more land than the Waqf Board, which has long been believed to be the second-largest landowner in the country.
The article, titled "Who has more land in India? The Catholic Church vs Waqf Board Debate," as cited by The New Indian Express, challenges the commonly held view and asserts that the Catholic Church is the largest non-governmental landholder in India.
"For many years, there has been a common belief that the Waqf Board is the second largest landowner in India after the government, however, this claim does not align with the actual data on land ownership in the country. The Catholic Church of India holds the distinction of being the largest non-governmental landowner, possessing vast tracts of land spread across the country,” the article stated.
The Church is said to own approximately 17.29 crore acres (7 crore hectares) of land, with an estimated value of Rs 20,000 crore.
The article further noted the significant influence of the Catholic Church in India’s real estate landscape, listing scores of schools, hospitals, nursing colleges, and other institutions under its management. “As of 2012, the Catholic Church has 2,457 hospital dispensaries, 240 medical or nursing colleges, 28 general colleges, 5 engineering colleges, 3,765 secondary schools, 7,319 primary schools and 3,187 nursery schools in the field of education and healthcare sector in the country. Much of its land was acquired during British rule. In 1927, the British administration passed the Indian Church Act, facilitating large-scale land grants to the Church," it added.
However, the Organiser article also raised contentious issues, alleging that some of the Church's land acquisitions might have been questionable. It suggested that the Church’s charitable services, particularly in education and healthcare, could be a way of luring economically disadvantaged individuals into converting to Christianity, with some reports claiming that tribal and rural landowners were coerced into converting in exchange for Church-run services.
“Several cases have surfaced where tribal lands, once belonging to indigenous communities, were gradually transferred to Church authorities under various pretexts," the article stated.
This published write-up comes at a time when BJP leaders, particularly in Kerala, are celebrating the passing of the Waqf Amendment Bill, which they have described as a "gift" to the Munambam protesters, who are led by the Catholic Church.
Interestingly, Organiser has deleted the article after it was published.
Article deleted but RSS mouthpiece @eOrganiser forgot to delete the tweet https://t.co/CTjvIwFeor pic.twitter.com/cFIT3can5J
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) April 5, 2025
