With much being said about the India-Pak situation, Bollywood has been divided over its support for Pakistani actors and technicians. On one hand, Salman Khan believes in supporting the talent and on the other, singer Abhijeet is questioning everyone who is not in support of the ban. Om Puri appeared[Read More…]
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Twitter war: When trolls battle it out in the online space
Social media is the new battleground and the space where opinions are shaped, made and moulded. While political parties and their leaders indulging in open battles with their twitter handles is nothing new, the most recent spats are witnessed between ‘trollers’ or politically motivated people under the garb of ‘trolls.’[Read More…]
Piers Morgan wants Virender Sehwag to play as a striker for Arsenal F.C.
The twitter banter between Virender Sehwag and Piers Morgan continued on Friday. The Nawab of Najafgarh is in the UK for charity events and is spending his time, playing cricket to raise funds and visiting other places. Sehwag along with his former teammate Harbhajan Singh, commentator Harsha Bhogle and Bollywood[Read More…]
Gujarat CM’s Twitter gaffe; answers all questions with the same answer
Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani’s debut on social media proved to be major disaster on Friday. Not only did he not respond to a single question in the stipulated time from 10 am to 12.30 pm, but replied the same answer to many different questions. He hosted a ‘Twitter townhall’ where[Read More…]
Mamata draws online flak after compensation announcement
Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has received a lot of flak by people on Twitter after she announced a sum of ₹2 lakh each for the families of martyrs. Recently, the Bihar government too came under attack after Suneeta, widow of Hav Ashok Kumar Singh, refused the compensation and asked,[Read More…]
Facebook faces legal challenge over WhatsApp privacy policy
A public-interest litigation has been filed in the Delhi high court by two Indian students asking for a rollback of recent policy updates by the Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp. Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi asked the court to order the government to frame guidelines for messaging apps so that user[Read More…]
Twitter finally relaxes 140 character limit, but with riders
Twitter on Monday announced it was easing its 140-character limit on tweets, in the latest effort to broaden the appeal and boost the user base of the social network. The new policy announced in May and now in effect no longer factors in certain add-ons, including pictures, into a message’s[Read More…]
War of words in India’s tennis arena, Sania and Bopanna hit back to Paes
A twitter war seems to be brewing between the three tennis aces of India. While Leander Paes’ remarks on India’s combinations for the last two Olympics after the Davis Cup tie against Spain in New Delhi have been particularly scathing, even Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna have been quick to[Read More…]
Ratan Tata’s Twitter account hacked; spurious tweet sent
On Friday a joke on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mukesh Ambani made by one of the popular parody account on Twitter ‘History of India’ was shared by none other than industrialist Ratan Tata. Twitterati was little amazed to see this as the business magnet is not very much active[Read More…]
Sushma Swaraj’s husband won the internet with this epic tweet!
We all agree that Sushma Swaraj, our external affairs minister is the coolest politician on Twitter. Not only is she active on the social networking site but is also very witty. Many times, she has helped people through social media and has handled online trolls quite efficiently. Recently, a Twitter[Read More…]
Arizona man kills roomie after posting warning on Twitter
An Arizona man named Zachary Penton was arrested by police for killing his roommate. Reportedly, Penton had discussed his murder plan on Twitter two prior to the incident. He had tweeted, “I need to move out of my place before I viciously murder my roommates.” I need to move out[Read More…]
WB Congress posts controversial Tweet on Rajiv Gandhi’s birth anniversary
Congress’ West Bengal unit made a faux pas on Twitter this morning, by tweeting a controversial statement by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Marking his birth anniversary, the verified handle on Saturday morning tweeted the quote, “When a big tree falls, the ground shakes”. Rajiv’s 1984 statement was perceived as[Read More…]
289 tweets per hour and 6,943 tweets a day—Islamophobia’s on the rise
Every day in the month of July, close to 7,000 Islamophobic tweets in English were generated globally, according to a study conducted by the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media in Demos, a think-tank. This is compared to the 2,500 generated in April. A surge against Muslims particularly occurred[Read More…]
Inconvenient, but I respect protocol; SRK’s outburst is like any other’s
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan was detained by immigration officers at the Los Angeles airport on Thursday evening. Taking to Twitter, he wrote that he fully understands and respects security, but to be “detained at US immigration every…time really really sucks.” However, the good news? He caught some “really nice[Read More…]
Shah Rukh Khan lives up to the title he’s been bestowed with, the “King Of Bollywood”
Other than his acting skills, what makes the country his “Jabra Fan” is his pleasant and quirky state of mind. Today SRK took to Twitter to do a short Q&A with his fans. Here are some tweets that will either crack you up or make you fall even more in[Read More…]
Will the fake Anupriya Patel please stand up?
A first-time MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur Anupriya Patel was inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers as Minister of State for Health and Family Planning. The youngest entrant and only non-BJP minister is already in the eye of a storm by none other than the Twitterati. On[Read More…]
Who’s more ‘desi’: Uber or Ola?
Acrimony among unicorn startups is the latest trend. Gone are the days when companies made their dissent for the competition known in hushed circles. Today’s startups are far more aggressive. After several Twitter repartees between online e-tailers, Snapdeal and Flipkart, the latest fight is between taxi aggregators, Ola and Uber.[Read More…]
CEA Arvind Subramanian is Swamy’s new target
After getting his way with Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy is going after chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian. “Sack him!!!” read his tweet this morning. Who said to US Cong on 13/3/13 the US should act against India to defend US Pharmaceuticals interests? Arvind[Read More…]
Ella Barton’s old tweets are exactly as hilarious as you think they’d be
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Kelvin Dean tells his Twitter account has been hacked … Was it?
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