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BJP Chiefโ€™s Twitter Account Hacked,Seeks Fund For Russia, Now Restored

New Delhi: The Twitter account of BJP chief JP Nadda was hacked this morning. There tweets posted through his account seeking cryptocurrency donations for Russia, whose troops have encircled Ukraineโ€™s capital Kyiv President Vladimir Putin authorised an invasion three days ago.

The tweets disappeared some five minutes after they appeared. The hackers sought donations in cryptocurrency.

 

According to NDTV reports a BJP source told โ€œBJP national presidentโ€™s account was compromised briefly. It is now under control. We are speaking with Twitter to ascertain the exact reason.โ€ 

Hackers have targeted the social media accounts of political leaders in India including Prime Minister Narendra Modiโ€™s account in recent times.

PM Modiโ€™s personal Twitter account was briefly compromised in December last year, after it shared a scam link promising a bitcoin giveaway.

In September 2020, the Twitter account linked to PM Modiโ€™s personal website and mobile app was hacked by an unknown group.

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2 Killed 5 Injured In Blast In Manipur Two Days Before Elections

Ashmita Chhabria

Guwahati: Two Days before the elections in Manipur, in a explosion at a house in Churachandpur district at least two people including a child were killed and five others were injured,  on Saturday night. 

The explosion in Gangpimual village appeared to have been caused by a mortar.

โ€œSeven people including children were seriously injured in the blast and taken to the district hospital, where Mangminlal, 6 and Langinsang, 22, died of their injuries,โ€ said district police official.

Reinforcements and senior police authorities have been rushing to the spot. They had conducted a search operation to catch hold those responsible for the mishap.

The explosion of Saturday night was the first major incident of the violence after the Manipur assembly election dates were announced on January 8.

The elections to the 60-seat Manipur assembly will be held in two phases on Monday and Saturday. Votes will be counted on March 10.

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