Amid war of words, Koo is India s answer to Twitter #kooapp was the top Twitter trend in India on Wednesday with nearly 21,000 posts, followed by #BanTwitter. Share Updated: Feb 10, 2021, 08:18 PM IST As the Indian government and social media giant Twitter locked horns with each other over the former ordered Twitter to remove more than 1,100 accounts and posts which it says are spreading misinformation about widespread protests by farmers against new agricultural laws, many Indian politicians and users are joining the indigenous Twitter-like social media platform Koo launched last year. Koo had won the Aatmanirbhar App challenge. The app was developed by Aparameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka. The app is available in several languages, including Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Odiya and Assamese.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Wednesday morning said that Iqbal Singh, another accused in the Republic Day violence case, has been arrested. He was taken into the custody from Hoshiarpur in Punjab last night.
Actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu is being probed on various angles, including foreign funding, Khalistan and for his alleged role in the Red Fort violence. On Tuesday, Deep Sidhu was sent to 7-day police custody by a Delhi court. He was arrested by the Special Cell earlier in Karnal, Haryana, as per reports.
After actor Deep Sidhu, another accused wanted in Red Fort violence arrested from Punjab - This comes a day after the prime accused in the violence Deep Sidhu, who carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh, was nabbed by the police.
Deep Sidhu and his friends left Singhu border at around 11 am in a vehicle and reached the Red Fort at around 1 pm. After violence broke out there, they returned to the border in the same vehicle, he said. When questioned about his role in the flag hoisting incident at the fort, he denied his involvement and claimed that he did not gather or instigate the crowd, the officer said.
Several videos of Iqbal Singh had surfaced where he was seen on the ground at Red Fort, urging crowds to enter the monument. He has been accused of instigating the crowd near the Lahori Gate to storm the Red Fort.
Deep Sidhu, accused in the violence on Republic Day during a farmers tractor rally, has been arrested. New Delhi: Actor-activist Deep Sidhu, accused in the violence at the Red Fort complex in Delhi on Republic Day during a farmers tractor rally was arrested today near Delhi and sent to seven days police custody. The police had announced a Rs 1 lakh reward for leads on Deep Sidhu and three other accused. He was caught in Haryana s Karnal, about 100 km from Delhi. Reports said he kept changing his location to evade arrest. Deep Sidhu was accused of fueling chaos and clashes when a tractor rally by farmers protesting the centre s three agricultural laws went rogue on January 26, with protesters defying agreed routes and schedules and forcing their way into the Red Fort.
Punjabi actor and singer Deep Sidhu, accused in Red Fort violence on Republic Day, was on Tuesday (February 9) sent to police custody for seven days. He was earlier in the day arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell. The arrest was made by a team of Delhi Police's Special Cell, said Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell).