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20 Apr 2018

Sexual Harassment

Three more women level sexual harassment allegations against Ali Zafar

A day after Pakistani singer Meesha Shafi accused actor-singer Ali Zafar of sexual harassment, three more women have raised their voice against him.

20 Apr 2018

Mumbai

Shruti and Vidyut start shooting for Mahesh Manjrekar's untitled film

Actors Vidyut Jammwal and Shruti Haasan have started shooting for their untitled gangster drama in Mumbai today.

19 Apr 2018

Bollywood

'Kalank' shoot begins; stars shares pic on social media

The shoot of "Kalank", which stars Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, and Aditya Roy Kapur, has begun.

Twitter goes crazy as KKR top IPL table

Kolkata Knight Riders have breached the fortress at Jaipur as they defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets.

18 Apr 2018

Bollywood

Why should we ignore Bollywood babas?

Have you seen Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Ratan Tata giving people marital advice on Twitter? Or Sachin Tendulkar talking about how to raise funds from a venture capitalist? Exactly.

18 Apr 2018

Bollywood

'Bharat': Salman-Priyanka indulge in a playful banter on Twitter

After it was officially announced that Priyanka Chopra will play the female lead in 'Bharat', Salman Khan took to Twitter to welcome her on-board.

17 Apr 2018

iOS

Twitter is down for some users, and internet isn't happy

Twitter has gone down for a lot of users world-wide. By the looks of it, it has suffered a major outage.

An-act-of-kindness: This Twitter thread on unlikely friendship will move you

During these times, when the go-to emotion is anger and an expression of annoyance is forever plastered on faces, a viral thread will compel you to think about your actions.

14 Apr 2018

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Banker comments 'Good she was raped' for Kathua-victim, gets sacked

Vishnu Nandkumar, an assistant manager at Palarivattom branch of Kotak Mahindra Bank in Kochi, lost his job (and rightly so) for justifying the horrendous action unleashed upon the 8-year-old rape victim of Kathua.

IPL 2018: Best Twitter reactions from RCB's win over KXIP

RCB have opened their account in the 11th edition of the IPL after beating KXIP by 4 wickets at the Chinnaswamy stadium.

13 Apr 2018

Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey receives $0 from Twitter for third straight year

Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey declined to take any salary from the company in 2017, making it the third consecutive year Dorsey ran Twitter for free.

Twitter goes crazy as SRH beat MI off last ball

Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to clinch a last ball thriller against Mumbai Indians as they won their second consecutive game of IPL 11.

12 Apr 2018

Hollywood

TV host quits over threatening Parkland school shooting survivor

Messing with David Hogg, a Parkland high school shooting survivor, landed another American broadcaster in trouble.

11 Apr 2018

Google

Google celebrates 114 birth-anniversary of KL Saigal with a doodle

Tech giant Google celebrated the 114th birth anniversary of legendary singer-actor KL Saigal with a doodle.

09 Apr 2018

Facebook

Internet helped Tiger Woods meet fan suffering from cancer

At Augusta National, before Masters, last week Tiger Woods fulfilled the wish of a long-time fan.

08 Apr 2018

Kapil Sharma

Kapil Sharma is getting suicidal thoughts, claims ex-girlfriend

Kapil Sharma's ex-girlfriend Preeti Simoes, who was also one of the creative producers of his previous two shows 'Comedy Nights with Kapil' and 'The Kapil Sharma Show', has claimed that the actor-comedian is getting suicidal thoughts.

07 Apr 2018

Kapil Sharma

Kapil Sharma accuses journalist of extortion attempt, files complaint

Kapil Sharma is in a spot once again. Yesterday, he went on an abusive rant against a journalist on Twitter but later claimed that his account was hacked.

06 Apr 2018

Sunil Grover

Kapil abuses on Twitter, deletes tweets, then claims account hacked

Comedian Kapil Sharma shocked everyone with his abusive tweets, earlier today. Sharma then tweeted saying his account was hacked (which kind-of has become the classic statement).

Twitter removed 1.2 million terrorist accounts since August 2015

Twitter has published its 12th biannual Twitter Transparency Report, where it revealed that the micro-blogging platform has removed 1.2 million accounts for "promoting terrorism" since August 2015.

05 Apr 2018

Salman Khan

Salman Bhai goes to prison, and Twitter can't handle it

After killing two blackbucks in 1998, Salman Khan is finally going to prison. For five years, if the verdict holds.

30 Mar 2018

Johnson & Johnson

Conservative attacks on #MarchForOurLives student leaders turn personal

Conservatives not comfortable with the politics of student leaders of Saturday's #MarchForOurLives have stooped to a new low, hurling personal attacks at the teen organizers calling for stricter gun-control measures.

29 Mar 2018

Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor wished Mahavir Jayanti using Buddha pic, got trolled

Shashi Tharoor, or as you may call 'The man who gives a complex to Oxford Dictionary', wished Mahavir Jayanti on Twitter by posting a picture of (wait for it) Gautam Buddha.

27 Mar 2018

India

Malviya's tweet based on news channel report: BJP to EC

The BJP today told the Election Commission that its IT cell chief Amit Malviya's tweet on the Karnataka Assembly election dates before the poll panel's announcement was based on a news channel's report.

26 Mar 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai Police teaches road safety with cute puppy in seatbelt

Three elements - seatbelt, dog and man - stitched into one sentence, and Mumbai Police put out yet another intelligent tweet promoting safety while driving.

22 Mar 2018

Facebook

Google, Facebook, Twitter's top security execs to leave their companies

In a rather interesting turn of events, top security executives at tech giants Google, Facebook, and Twitter have decided to leave their respective organizations in the last three days.

22 Mar 2018

BR Ambedkar

Hardik Pandya in trouble after parody-account makes controversial tweet

A court has ordered an FIR against Hardik Pandya for 'his comment' on Dr BR Ambedkar.

21 Mar 2018

Hollywood

John Green "amazed" at Bollywood remake of his novel

The Hindi remake of 'The Fault In Our Stars' has its author John Green super excited.

19 Mar 2018

Karan Johar

Karan Johar celebrates mother Hiroo Johar's birthday with Kajol

The 75th birthday of filmmaker Karan Johar's mother Hiroo turned out to be a memorable affair as Karan Johar and Kajol, who had a fallout in 2016, happily posed for pictures together.

16 Mar 2018

iOS

Twitter wants users to see news events before anything else

Twitter is testing its 'Happening Now' feature' by letting users see the biggest news events of the day at the top of their timelines.

16 Mar 2018

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Kejriwal's apology: AAP's Punjab unit is crisis; loses president, co-president

A day after AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal apologized to former Akali Dal minister Bikram Majithia for leveling "unfounded allegations," his party seems to be heading towards another internal strife.

16 Mar 2018

Shashi Tharoor

Reports of PM Modi having 60% fake followers false: Twitter

Twitter has discredited the reports of top Indian politicians like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi having fake followers on the micro-blogging platform.

16 Mar 2018

Narendra Modi

Modi invites Kajal to participate in 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to actress Kajal Aggrawal urging her to support Centre's initiatives Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) and National Nutrition Mission (NNM) for women and child development.

15 Mar 2018

Assam

Have you heard of Assam's "Chutiyas"?

A tweet by Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram has reignited an old debate, and also exposed the ignorance of "mainstream" Indians about the northeast.

14 Mar 2018

Rishi Kapoor

Amitabh Bachchan says he's fine; resumes 'Thugs Of Hindostan' shoot

Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday took to Twitter to inform his many followers that he has now recovered from his illness.

13 Mar 2018

Deepika Padukone

Singer Chinmayi groped in public; urges victims to speak up

Chinmayi Sripaada, who shot to fame with the song 'Titli' from Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer 'Chennai Express', was recently groped at an event.

10 Mar 2018

Donald Trump

Twitter looks to expand blue-tick verification to all 'human' users

In a bid to weed out robots and fake accounts on its platform, Twitter is reportedly considering to soon open 'blue tick' verification process for all users who can prove their identity.

10 Mar 2018

India

Marketing lessons we can all take from condom-maker, Durex

If there is any one brand that is winning hearts through advertising, it is Durex.

09 Mar 2018

BCCI

Indians call out massive gender pay gap in cricket

Indian male cricketers will be paid 14 times more money than the females, as per the new contracts announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday.