Two militants killed in Handwara encounter

Two militants, who attacked a police party, were killed in exchange of fire in north kashmir’s Handwara area on Monday evening. A police official said the two militants were “killed in a brief shootout” at Rajwar, Handwara. The militants fired upon a joint party of police and the army near Galganzer. “The attack was repulsed and both the militants were […]

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Twitter doubles character limit to 280

Twitter says it’s ending its iconic 140-character limit — and giving nearly everyone 280 characters. Users tweeting in Chinese, Japanese and Korean will still have the original limit. That’s because writing in those languages uses fewer characters. The company says 9 per cent of tweets written in English hit the 140-character limit. People end up spending more time editing tweets […]

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Australian Academy withdraws Harvey Weinstein award offer

The Australian Academy has revoked an award to disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein that it intended to give him in 2013. Mr. Weinstein was announced as the first recipient of an outreach award at a time when the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) was expanding its international profile. The award, however, was never presented. In a statement […]

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