Social Media
- India
Teen held for forcing minor to eat earthworm, posting video
Kolkata: The police in Jalpaiguri district on Saturday arrested a teenager for forcing a nine-year-old boy to eat earthworm, filming the act and uploading the video on social media. The arrested youth,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man kills 2 puppies, shares video of act; arrested
Hyderabad: Police arrested a Hyderabad man on Friday, for allegedly killing two puppies and uploading videos of the act on social media.In this horrific incident, two puppies were brutally killed by an…
- India
Social media platforms being used to raise funds for terror activities: NIA DG
New Delhi: India has evidence social media platforms are being used to raise terror funds, NIA Director General Dinkar Gupta said Thursday, underlining that the issue will be deliberated during a two-day…
- Entertainment
Is Sana Khan quitting social media?
Mumbai: In 2020, Sana Khan, who was a well-known face in entertainment industry, left everyone shocked with her announcement of quitting showbiz. She left the glamorous world to follow the religious path.…
- India
Mehrauli Murder: ‘Dude, I’ve got news’, Shraddha texted her friend on May 18
New Delhi: A screenshot of a purported chat between Shraddha Walkar and her friend came out on Wednesday, showing that she was active on social media till early evening of the day…
- Technology
Koo becomes second largest microblog
New Delhi: Homegrown microblogging platform Koo on Wednesday announced that it has become the second largest microblog available to the world. Launched in March 2020, the platform recently clocked 50 million downloads…
- Technology
Elon Musk to remove device label from tweets
San Francisco: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced that the social media platform will stop adding labels that identify the type of device used for tweeting. He shared the information from his…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru: Woman ends life as lover threatens posting videos on social media
Bengaluru: A female therapist here committed suicide after her lover blackmailed her over their private videos, police said on Tuesday. Chamundeshwari, 35, had made a video where she narrated her ordeal. The…
- India
Activists, social groups, Twitterati express mix views on SC’s EWS verdict
New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s verdict upholding the EWS quota on Monday has garnered mixed opinions from prominent activists, including Shabnam Hashmi, and social media users with some describing it a “landmark…
- World
Elon Musk said to begin laying off employees at Twitter: Report
New York: Elon Musk has planned to begin laying off employees at Twitter, according to a media report, days after he completed the USD 44-billion acquisition of the social media company. The…
- India
Social media platforms turned into terrorist toolkit: EAM Jaishankar
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, on Saturday, at the Special Meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) underlined that the internet and social platforms have become potent instruments in the toolkit…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia reports divorce cases every 10 minutes in 2022
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recorded an unprecedented increase in divorce rates during 2022 in the Kingdom, reaching 168 cases per day, with 7 divorce cases every hour, and at a…
- India
Govt to set up panels to hear appeals against social media platforms
New Delhi: Grievance redressal panels would soon be set up by government to hear users’ appeals against content moderation decisions taken by social media entities like Meta and Twitter. In a gazette…
- India
In viral video, old man asks UP Police to save him from his son
Kanpur: In a video that has gone viral on social media, an elderly man can be seen pleading with the police to save him from his criminal son. According to the police,…
- Tollywood News
Do you know Allu Arjun has one more Instagram account?
Hyderabad: Iconic star Allu Arjun is close to achieving another milestone on social media by hitting 20 million followers soon on Instagram. With the current number 19.6M, the stylish star is the…
