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Twitter adds ‘Official’ label for Modi, some verified accounts
New Delhi: An ‘Official’ label has been added to the Twitter handle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some other ministers as the US-based social media platform started rolling out a feature…
- Featured News
Naina Redhu, who claims to be one of the first Indian Twitter users, talks about Musk’s takeover
New Delhi: With Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s recent takeover of Twitter, there has been much talk about the changes that will be coming to the micro-blogging site following its acquisition. However, amidst…
- Technology
$8 ‘Twitter Blue’ in India in a few weeks, confirms Elon Musk
New Delhi: Elon Musk on Sunday confirmed that the new Twitter Blue subscription service with verification (blue badge) for $8 will be available in India in less than a month. The company has…
- Technology
Twitter India fires employees; all in marketing, comm dept sacked
New Delhi: Twitter has started laying off employees in India as part of a global job cut ordered by the social media platform’s new owner Elon Musk to attain economies of scale…
- India
Twitter: Indian right-wing celebrates Vijaya Gadde’s termination
As Twitter’s new chief executive officer (CEO) Elon Musk fired the company’s top executives including former CEO Parag Agarwal and legal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, right-wing Twitter handlers waved a happy…
- India
Number of Twitter URLs blocked by GoI has increased since 2014
New Delhi: The number of Twitter URLs blocked by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has shown a rise during the last few years, the Parliament was told on Wednesday. A…
- Telangana
#EqualityForTelangana trends on Twitter as PM Modi inaugurates Statue of Equality
Hyderabad: The hashtag ‘#EqualityForTelangana’ is trending on Twitter since the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi arrived in Hyderabad to inaugurate a 216-feet tall Statue of Equality. Netizens tweeted many questions to…
- India
Indian govt asked Twitter for data on 2.2K accounts in 1st half of 2021
New Delhi: The Indian government asked Twitter for data on 2,200 user accounts in the January-June 2021 period and the micro-blogging platform complied with just 2 percent of the requests. There were…
- Technology
Took necessary steps to secure ‘compromised’ handle of PM Modi: Twitter
New Delhi: Twitter on Sunday clarified that it took necessary steps to secure the compromised handle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as soon as it became aware of this activity. “We have…
- Top Stories
Why is #UninstallHotstar trending on Twitter?
Mumbai: Since the release of the period drama ‘The Empire’ on Hotstar, #UninstallHotstar has been trending on Twitter and netizens are slamming the show for “glorifying” Mughals. “The Empire“ is a period…
- India
Twitter transfers India head Manish Maheshwari to US
New Delhi: Twitter has transferred India head Manish Maheshwari, against whom an FIR was registered in Uttar Pradesh in connection with a probe related to a video of an alleged hate crime, to…
- Top Stories
Twitter interfering in India’s political process, says Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Twitter of being biased and interfering in the country’s political process by blocking his account. In a strong attack, Gandhi said Twitter was denying…
- India
Removed tweet, locked account of Rahul Gandhi: Twitter India informs Delhi HC
New Delhi: During the hearing of a plea filed in Delhi High Court against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his tweet allegedly disclosing and sharing the identity of a rape victim’s family…
- India
Twitter complied with new IT rules, appointed officers: Centre to HC
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that Twitter Inc has appointed permanent officers as required under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules,…
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Congress protest against Twitter India
**EDS: RPT CORRECTS LOCATION** New Delhi: Congress activists stage a protest in support of party leader Rahul Gandhi against the ‘temporary suspension’ on his Twitter account, outside Twitter office in New Delhi,…
