Eminent Dalit scholar, Kamal Bharti, was arrested in Rampur on Tuesday on a complaint by Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan's aide for his alleged Facebook post on suspended Indian Administrative Service officer Durga Sakthi Nagpal.
The Congress has promised to introduce the 'Mahalaxmi Scheme' in the poll manifesto which will provide Rs 1 lakh annually to the poor to alleviate poverty.
Excessive social comparison can affect your self esteem and cause depression and anxiety.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra has spurred yet another controversy with a post on Facebook, "Mango people in banana republic."
Gizmodo reported on Monday that a former Facebook employee claimed workers "routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers," while "artificially" adding other stories to the trending list
They then vandalised the premises, breaking CCTV cameras and locking the main gate before leaving, he said.
The comments assume significance as social media companies are facing the deadline of May 25 to comply with the new guidelines for digital platforms.
Maharashtra Cyber, a nodal agency for cyber security and investigation for the state, has asked different social media platforms to delete at least 36 "offensive" posts found circulating in the wake of alleged communal incidents in Tripura, an official said on Wednesday.
Also in Hyderabad, fans of actor Prabhas, who plays Lord Ram in Adipurush, beat up a moviegoer outside a theatre for criticising the movie.
More screenings are expected to take place in some colleges in Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram later Tuesday, a senior police officer said.
The accused, Faiz Rasheed, was 19 and a college student at the time of the crime and has been in custody for three-and-a-half years.
Classes for the first year began a couple of days back, as another student of that year alleged that ragging by a few seniors was behind his friend's death.
A bench of justices S K Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy reserved its verdict after lawyers representing Facebook official, Delhi assembly and the Centre wrapped up submissions on the plea of Mohan challenging summons issued by the Peace and Harmony committee for failing to appear before it as witness in connection with the north-east Delhi riots matter.
The deceased leader's nephew, Kapoor Singh Rathee, said that his uncle's elder son Bhupinder and younger son Jatinder have received 18 threat calls from an unknown number.
The Nipah virus has killed two people and infected two others in Kerala's Kozhikode district, the state government said on Tuesday.
'Advertisers will be prohibited from running political ads -- electoral or issue-based -- until they are authorised,' Facebook said
Vijay has a lot of young and middle-aged women fans, but as voters, they are possibly now with the DMK, or remain with the AIADMK. Recapturing this constituency would have helped Vijay's political launch and the GOAT script and dialogues could have gone a long way in helping out. But the kind of script and screenplay and the unusually and equally unnecessary long run-time (3 hours, 3 minutes) that GOAT offers takes the film experience over the heads of those that are not familiar with secret agents and uranium theft in Tamil cinema, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
"Tejaswi immediately directed the concerned officials to look into the matter and ensure that the student receives his pending scholarship, an official from the deputy chief minister's office said.
With the help of these new tools, if someone posts something on Facebook that makes a user concerned about the person's well-being, they can reach out to the person directly and can also report the post to the US-based firm
Once implemented, Uttarakhand will be the second state after Goa in the country to implement it .
Babu has been charged with sexually assaulting a female actor and disclosing the survivor's identity through a Facebook live session.
The FB Newswire is a Facebook page of hand-selected and journalist-verified news stories from across Facebook's platform, according to Andy Mitchell, director of news and global media partnerships at Facebook.
The Jats are a political force in Rajasthan and the community's presence in 85 assembly constituencies may tilt the balance in electoral politics.
Facebook is giving new users Aadhaar prompts!
However, the social media giant hasn't responded to as yet.
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
Many people come across a sad status update from a friend while browsing the popular social networking site -- that they have been fired; they have had a death in the family; some unfortunate event or may be just a bad day.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's fan page on Facebook was hacked, the second high-profile breach on the website in recent days, prompting the social networking site to post blog entry titled 'A Continued Commitment to Security'.
He said his official FB page had been 'hacked and blocked' in 2018 but that there has been no response from the police on a complaint filed by him on the matter so far.
'As a platform, we are saying, if we are told to break encryption, then WhatsApp goes.'
Aiyar in a video posted on Facebook, however, stated that she did not live in the colony represented by the RWA and that she did not receive any "notice" (letter) from it.
'When in doubt .. twirl,' the 36-year-old tennis legend wrote on her Facebook page showing off her gown.
Gandhi posted pictures of his interaction with the mechanics on Facebook and wrote: "Learning from the hands that turn the wrenches, and keep the wheels of Bharat moving."
43.2 million people follow the Indian premier on the social media platform.
Facebook's "News Feed" that streams updates from friends will give priority to important posts, images shared at the website will be displayed larger, and a "Ticker" chat column is being added for real-time conversations.
The company says hackers exploited the "view as" feature on the service.
Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah on Sunday said no Hindi film will be allowed to run in Kathmandu Metropolitan City until the dialogue "Janaki is a daughter of India" in Adipurush is removed not just in Nepal but also in India
"75 years ago our country showed the whole world the strength of walking on the path of truth and non-violence. Today, we are remembering the sacrifice of all freedom fighters by taking out an 'Azadi Gaurav March' with our Congress family," he said.
Sachin Tendulkar on Monday joined social networking site Facebook getting overwhelming response from his fans as he got more than 400,000 'likes' within hours of his first post.
KPCC president and MP, Sudhakaran said that unofficially discussions have begun on who should be the candidate and officially it would start a couple of days later.
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