Udupi : Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev said his statements on Periyar E V Ramaswamy were being manipulated to mislead dalits on social media. The hashtag, #ArrestRamdev, begun trending on Twitter on Sunday after Baba Ramdev in a recent TV interview had declared that the followers of social activist Periyar E V Ramaswamy were following intellectual […]

Mangaluru : In a heartfelt letter addressed to Mangaluru police commissioner Dr P S Harsha, a 20-year-old boy who was addicted to drugs has thanked the city police for saving his life. In the letter written by the boy, he states that he could not concentrate on studies or in activities due to his drug […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter followers dipped temporarily by over 3 lakh after he announced withdrawal of old 500 and 1000 rupee notes. But subsequently, the official twitter handle of the Prime Minister added over 4 lakh followers, thus making up for the losses. According to statistics on Twitter Counter, Modi (@narendramodi), one […]

Mangaluru : After being inactive for over five months, the twitter account of Mangaluru Police Commissioner (compolmlr) has become active again. The account was opened by the then Police Commissioner R. Hithendra on January 1, 2015. The same day Mr. Hithendra was transferred. S. Murugan, who took over, posted only a few tweets. Following the […]

New Delhi: As political parties throng social networking platforms to woo voters, internet giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter are looking for their slice of an estimated Rs 500-crore digital spending pie for this Lok Sabha polls. Out of the 814 million Indians eligible to vote in this elections, more than 200 million are estimated […]

New Delhi  : Pushed by India, Twitter has removed six micro-blogging accounts which resembled that of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) amid government’s assertion that action would be taken against those allowing objectionable content. In a communication to the PMO, Twitter has said it has “removed the reported profile(s) from circulation due to violation of […]

New Delhi: The government has threatened to take legal action against social networking sites like Twitter who have refused to cooperate in the crackdown on web pages carrying inflammatory messages against Indians from the Northeast. Facebook and YouTube have already confirmed the government’s suspicion that inflammatory messages were uploaded from Pakistan. Speaking  the Telecom Secretary […]