Tiktok India: News

23 Aug 2022

Haryana

BJP leader Sonali Phogat (42) dies of heart attack

Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party leader and actor Sonali Phogat died after suffering a heart attack in Goa on Monday night. She was 42.

06 Aug 2022

Health & Wellness

Can't sleep in the night? Follow this TikTok tip

TikTok offers a diverse range of content. While a part of it can be cringe-worthy, there is a multitude of videos that are genuinely helpful and deserve your attention.

16 May 2021

YouTube

TikTok India CEO Nikhil Gandhi resigns one year after ban

Video sharing app TikTok's India CEO Nikhil Gandhi has reportedly resigned from his post, almost a year after the app was permanently banned in the country.

31 Mar 2021

India

India freezes TikTok parent ByteDance's bank accounts in fresh blow

Indian authorities have frozen the bank accounts of TikTok owner ByteDance on grounds of alleged tax evasion by the Chinese firm.

04 Mar 2021

Netflix

Netflix releases Fast Laughs, a TikTok-rivaling short video feature

Noticing its audience's decreasing attention span and the success of short-video platforms like TikTok, Netflix has now created a similar feature.

16 Feb 2021

TikTok

ByteDance could sell TikTok's Indian assets to rival firm Glance

Short-video app TikTok's parent company ByteDance is reportedly exploring the possibility of selling its Indian assets to rival unicorn firm Glance.

04 Sep 2020

Google

NewsBytes Briefing: SoftBank considering bidders for TikTok India, and more

In another twist to the saga, SoftBank is reportedly working to broker a deal for TikTok India.

06 Jul 2020

India

India's app ban could cost TikTok's parent company $6 billion

Following the deadly Indo-China clash along the LAC, the Indian government announced the decision to ban 59 'unsafe' Chinese applications.

01 Jul 2020

India

Working to address concerns: TikTok CEO tells India employees

India's recent ban on 59 Chinese applications has unsettled some very popular businesses in the neighboring nation, including that of video-sharing service TikTok.

30 Jun 2020

Google

TikTok's creators begin switching to Instagram, YouTube after government's ban

A few hours ago, the Government of India imposed a ban on popular video-sharing service TikTok as well as 58 other 'unsafe' Chinese applications.

19 May 2020

X

Why people are downrating TikTok, calling for its ban

TikTok, the popular video-sharing platform from China, has been hit by a series of controversies in India.

17 Jul 2019

YouTube

Move over YouTubers, TikTokers are the new in-thing at VidCon

Judge Tiktokers all you want to, but they're on everyone's radar and they're turning the tide.

01 Jul 2019

Rajasthan

TikTok's new challenge, #MonkeyFace, takes over social media

We live in an era where anything bizarre and weird can catch the attention of netizens and within seconds, it can start trending.