Hours after Hizbul Mujahideen militant Waseem Ahmad Malla was killed in Shopian on April 7, a Facebook profile ‘Ess Eff’ with around 4,000 ‘friends’ had uploaded a photo of his body saying, “May Allah accept his shahadah”. The photo was ‘liked’ by around 1,100 netizens. Another profile of ‘Minnat Ul Lah’ put out a similar…
Salonie Chawla’s mom was at home on January 11 with her maid mopping the house, when two women rang the bell offering to work as household helps. They convinced the maid who was already working to leave and took her job immediately. While the older of the two kept the lady of the house distracted,…
Asking security personnel to exercise control and discipline while using social media, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the police force should use the medium to its advantage and connect with people. He also underscored the importance for police to reduce the trust deficit with local communities. Inaugurating the National Community Policing Conclave-2016…
The National Youth Summit, ‘EVOKE-2016’, commenced at Chandigarh University here today.Speakers at the event included Hamirpur MP and secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Anurag Thakur, Chandigarh SSP Sukhchain Singh Gill and New York-based fashion designer Sanjana Jon.Talking on the topic, ‘Social Media Dialogue- The Roadmap from Chaos to Consensus’, Thakur…
Adding unknown people as friends on social media and revealing personal details and information can have disastrous results, cyber crime experts have warned. A recent quiz hosted by Kaspersky Lab involved 18,000 internet users from 16 countries with 1,348 respondents from India. The results found that 30% of social network users share their posts, check-ins…
City police commissioner Amitesh Kumar took to social media to urge youngsters for their active participation in the police bandobast ahead of the New Year celebrations on Thursday morning. Kumar sent out messages on social media, including WhatsApp, cautioning people against indulging in drunk driving. He said, “‘It is better to call for a driver…
Despite their obvious attempts to activate communal fault lines on various social media platforms, hardcore Hindutva right-wingers are not known to back up their verbal attacks with physical assault. In that sense, Bajrang Dal activist Bhuvith Shetty, the 24-year-old face behind the Twitter handle @garudapurana, is an exception — he has been vicious online and…
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to examine if social networking sites like Facebook and WhatsApp can be prosecuted for use of their platforms to circulate offensive and vulgar material but turned down a plea to block the sites. A social justice bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit asked…