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HoaXposed: Man followed by PM tweets false quote by Farhan Akhtar about Kasganj violence

The tweet has since been deleted but the post wasn't taken off Facebook despite the actor debunking it as fake. 

A glimpse inside the secret Madhu Kishwarji Fan Club WhatsApp Group

Inside the Madhu Kishwar Fan Club WhatsApp group after the controversy surrounding her tweet on the attack on the school bus in Gurugram. 

HoaXposed: Tweet about Gorakhpur event meant to embarrass Yogi was from Akhilesh’s time

A picture tweeted about an event at the Gorakhpur Mahotsav was meant to embarrass Yogi Adityanath. It turns out the event was held before he came to power. 

A Chinese diplomat in Pakistan is setting Twitter on fire with his brashness

Lijian Zhao not only parrots Beijing’s official position on diplomatic issues on Twitter, but also Islamabad’s – and with even more gusto.

A delightful limerick war unfolded on Twitter over Indian jobs and H-1B

Economist Bibek Debroy and columnist Sadanand Dhume's Twitter exchange through limericks on India's jobs crisis and the H-1B visa tweak created a buzz.

Actor Prakash Raj tweets photos of BJP leaders claiming they’re celebrating ‘Tipu Jayanti’

Photos used were taken from felicitation and iftar parties that took place in 2010, 2012, and 2013 and not at 'Tipu Jayanti' events as the actor claimed.

From seeking apologies to explanations, what politicians tweeted about 2G scam verdict

A court Thursday acquitted all the accused in the 2G scam. Here's how politicians and political parties reacted to the verdict on Twitter.

BJP claims Rahul signed Somnath visitors’ book for non-Hindus, fabricated says Congress

BJP calls Rahul Gandhi’s visits to multiple temples in Gujarat a sham, Congress insists its vice-president is a sacred thread-wearing Hindu.

In Gujarat’s hashtag & slogan war, these are the biggest weapons deployed by BJP & Congress

The Congress and BJP have been going all out to ensure they win the war of hashtags and slogans ahead of the Gujarat elections....

Me too: Indian victims of sexual assault rally behind social media campaign

The 'Me too' campaign, started by actress Alyssa Milano in response to the Harvey Weinstein scandal, saw a large number of Indians narrate their experiences

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India’s diplomatic failures aren’t just Trump’s fault. It’s the price of Modi’s narcissism

The Modi govt first put all its eggs into the US basket when the unipolar moment was clearly over. It subsequently overcorrected, accommodating an aggressive China.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.