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'Appu lives in the hearts of millions', tweets PM Modi

Late Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar's dream project 'Gandhada Gudi' is fast moving towards completion and the makers released the trailer on Sunday. The docu-drama is set to release on October 28.

  • Sunday, 09 October 2022
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Odisha MP Anubhav Mohanty Posts Picture Of Hariprasad Chaurasia To Pay Tribute To Late Raghunath Panigrahi

Actor turned MP Anubhav Mohanty landed in soup for reportedly posting an incorrect picture on social media.

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  • Tuesday, 10 August 2021
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Brazen attempt by State govt to handicap my movement: Jay Panda on helicopter seizure

Bhubaneswar: After an FIR was filed by state government officials in connection with a helicopter flying over the ‘No Flying Eco Sensitive Zone’ of Chilika Lake, police on Monday seized the helicopter of former MP Baijayant Panda. However, Panda termed the action a vindictive attempt by the ‘third floor’ of the State secretariat to curtail […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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BJP files FIR against BJD MP Tathagat Satpathy

Bhubaneswar: The State unit of BJP on Friday lodged a complaint against BJD MP Tathagat Satpathy at Capital police station here for his controversial remarks against tribal people on his tweeter account. The saffron party alleged that Dhenkanal MP has insulted the tribal community by posting derogatory statements on social media. “He has insulted the […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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CMO responds to SOS tweet, five minors rescued

Bhubaneswar: Setting a trend for ensuring speedy justice, Odisha Government responded to ‘SOS’ by a person on social media which resulted in the rescue of five minor children while they were allegedly being trafficked on a bus. All the five minor children hail from Ganjam and were being escorted by three agents on a bus […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Lakhs join 'Tweet Morcha' against fuel price hike

Mumbai: People across the country tweeted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday demanding a cut in fuel prices in a unique “Tweet Morcha” organised by the Mumbai Congress. The online protest was organised by state party President Sanjay Nirupam and author Sucheta Dalal and joined by prominent Mumbaikars, […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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I've no time for abuse: Amitabh Bachchan

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he has has no time to attend to abuses or trolls as he would rather spend time for work and his fans, whom he refers to as his “extended family (Ef)”. The cine-icon, 75, shares his thoughts on trolling and abuses on his blog. “A concerned Ef warns me of […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Think before you tweet: Obama's advice apparently to Trump

New Delhi: When it comes to tweeting, former US President Barack Obama has some advice for all, including the current President Donald Trump — think hard before you tweet and don’t just post thoughts as they appear in your mind. According to Obama, you must think before you open your mouth, you must ponder over […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Twitter rolls out 280-character limit to all users

San Francisco: After running a successful trial with few users, Twitter has finally rolled out its new 280-character limit virtually for all users. In September, Twitter had launched a test that expanded the 140-character limit so that users could express themselves easily in a tweet. “Our goal was to make this possible while ensuring we keep […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Twitter censors 'bisexual' hashtag, apologises to users

San Francisco: Twitter which updated its policies last week to fight abuse in an efficient way has come under fire for censoring LGBTQ terms like “bisexual” on its platform. According to The Verge on Monday, while updating its policies, the micro-blogging website also censored the “bisexual” hashtag under its adult content rules. The biggest updates […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Quest for peace a never-ending duty: Pope

Vatican City: The whole of humanity has an permanent responsibility to seek peace, Pope Francis tweeted on Monday, calling the search “an open-ended task”. “The search for peace is an open-ended task, a responsibility that never ends and that demands the commitment of everyone,” said his tweet. His nine-language @pontifex account on Twitter has some […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Facebook's security chief defends algorithms

San Francisco: With Facebook algorithms coming under the lens for being “biased” and failing to check “fake” news, the social network’s security chief tweeted that doing away with algorithms is not the answer. “In any situation where millions/billions/tens of Bs of items need to be sorted, need algos,” Alex Stamos, Chief Security Officer at Facebook, […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Trump's tweets are 'newsworthy', will stay: Twitter

San Francisco: As twitteratis wondered why the micro-blogging platform did not remove US President Donald Trump’s latest controversial tweet on North Korea that clearly violated its guidelines, Twitter has given a confusing reply. Trump tweeted last weekend: “Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at UN. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Twitter bots can promote good behaviour, not just fake news

New York: Twitter bots earned a bad reputation for their alleged role in the 2016 US presidential election but researchers have found that automated tweets can also help promote good behaviour such as getting the flu shot among the social network’s users. In a large-scale experiment designed to analyse the spread of information on social networks, […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Trump retweets GIF of hitting Clinton with golf ball

Washington: US President Donald Trump retweeted an animated GIF that showed him swinging a golf club and appearing to hit his former presidential campaign rival Hillary Clinton with a golf ball. The animated GIF image Trump retweeted on Sunday compiled footage of Trump taking a swing on a golf course with footage of Clinton tripping […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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