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Soon after Supreme Court pronounced its historic verdict in the decades-old Ayodhya title dispute; several hashtags like 'HinduMuslimBhaiBhai' and 'AyodhyaVerdict' were seen among the top trends on Twitter in India and worldwide on Saturday. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Ayodhya verdict takes top 5 slots in Twitter's most trending list

These trends emerged on twitter soon after the Supreme Court's verdict in the Ayodhya title case.

09 Nov 2019 3:24 PM

Saudi Arabia's King Salman hosted the Central Intelligence Agency's director Thursday, state media said, after three people were charged in the United States with spying on Twitter users critical of the royal family. (Photo: @SaudiEmbassyUSA)

Saudi king hosts CIA chief after spying on Twitter users charges

The CIA has reportedly concluded that the prince himself was closely linked to the murder, a charge vigorously denied by Riyadh.

08 Nov 2019 4:11 PM

Two former Twitter employees and a third man were charged in San Francisco Federal Court with spying on Twitter users critical of the Saudi royal family, the US Justice Department has announced. (Photo: File)

3 men charged with spying on Twitter of Saudi royal family

A critic of Crown Prince Mohammed, Khashoggi was killed and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

07 Nov 2019 9:01 AM

The fix is available in the latest 8.1.5 version of Twitter on the Apple App Store.

Twitter takes care of irritating Apple issue

Twitter releases fix for auto-scrolling bug on iOS.

07 Nov 2019 7:44 AM

On Monday, Bhagat tweeted saying that he was honoured to be at ISRO as the chief guest at the event and couldn't believe that he had been chosen to address them. (Photo: Instagram | Chetan Bhagat)

'Lost lander, lost senses,' Twitter trolls ISRO for making Chetan Bhagat chief guest

Chetan Bhagat was recently at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) for the ongoing celebrations for World Space Week.

06 Nov 2019 3:00 PM

"Triggered" is published by Centre Street, a known publisher of conservative books. (Photo: AFP)

Donald Trump Jr releases provocative book defending father

The book quickly rose to third on Amazon's list of bestselling books after the president encouraged his Twitter followers to order a copy.

06 Nov 2019 12:48 PM

In his speech, Modi said the present form of the RCEP Agreement did not fully reflect the basic spirt and the agreed guiding principles of the RCEP. (Photo: FIle)

'Not signing RCEP reflects Modi's strong leadership,' says Amit Shah

In series of tweets, Shah said decision will ensure support to India's farmers, MSME sector, dairy and manufacturing sectors, among others.

05 Nov 2019 8:33 AM

With the deadlock over formation of government continuing in the state, Raut also said on Sunday that talks with the BJP will take place only on the issue of the chief minister's post. (Photo: Twitter)

'Journey amusing before goal': Sanjay Raut tweets pic with Uddhav Thackeray

Amid standoff with BJP over formation of next government in Maharashtra, Raut is scheduled to meet with Governor Koshyari on Monday evening.

04 Nov 2019 12:44 PM

The eccentric billionaire has a history of being playful with his Twitter account, one of corporate America’s most-watched. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)

Elon Musk ditches Twitter again

Musk’s Twitter account was not deactivated as of 1730 GMT.

03 Nov 2019 10:54 AM

Following a spike in the pollution level in the national capital, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday posted a picture on his twitter handle which says 'Delhi is injurious to health'. (Photo: ANI)

'Delhi is injurious to health': Tharoor joins netizens to laugh, compares to cigarettes

Many people reacted to Tharoor's tweet. Some felt that it was politicising the issue.

02 Nov 2019 3:03 PM

Musk is being sued for defamation in Los Angeles by a man who helped in the dramatic rescue of 12 boys trapped in an underwater cave in Thailand last year. (Photo: FIle)

‘Not sure about good of Twitter’: Tesla chief Elon Musk says he’s going offline

Musk and the SEC early this year reached a deal to settle their differences over his Twitter use.

02 Nov 2019 9:00 AM

In Garg's 36-year-long public service career, he gave as an example his recent transfer from the Department of Economic Affairs to the Power Ministry. (Photo: File)

My unconventional style got me punishment postings: Former finance secretary

Garg had applied for voluntary retirement in July after he was shifted from the Department of Economic Affairs to the Power Ministry.

01 Nov 2019 4:44 PM

Analysts do not expect the ban, which takes effect on Nov. 22, to significantly reduce Twitter’s business. Its shares fell 1.9 per cent in after-hours trading.

Twitter to ban political ads in apparent swipe at Facebook

Brad Parscale, who is running Trump’s re-election campaign, described Twitter’s move as an “attempt to silence conservatives”.

31 Oct 2019 8:30 AM

The threat by the EU executive came a year after the US tech giants together with Mozilla, Microsoft and seven European trade bodies signed up to a voluntary code of conduct to combat fake news.

Facebook, Google, Twitter urged to do more to combat fake news in EU

Should they fail they do so, they will face regulatory action says the European body which is also drafting safety & liability rules online.

30 Oct 2019 9:29 AM

Twitter said automated flagging has grown from 43 per cent of all abusive tweets last quarter.

Twitter says it removes more than half of abusive tweets before they are flagged

Twitter said that it now removes more than 50 per cent of all abusive tweets before users report them.

25 Oct 2019 7:41 AM

In the clip, one of the kidnappers can be seen yelling, 'There is no time, we will start killing passengers.' (Photo: Screengrab)

'Hijacked' Mexican plane turns out to be drill; Twitter angry

the Twitteratti are not happy though as they feel such sensitive content had no business to be leaked.

22 Oct 2019 4:51 PM

On Tuesday morning, Anna pulled the post from her social media after the comment drew the ire from users. (Photo: Twitter)

‘Fate is like rape, if you can’t resist it, enjoy’: Kerala Cong MP's wife sparks row

The post titled 'Fate is like rape, if you can’t resist it, then try to enjoy it', had two short-length video clips.

22 Oct 2019 1:58 PM

The New Orleans Saints have 1.5 million Twitter followers and Pope Francis has about 1.8 million on his English account alone. (Photo: AP)

Pope Francis mistakenly tweets support for US 'Saints' team

For the record, the Saints, those from New Orleans, beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 13-6 on Sunday.

14 Oct 2019 1:43 PM

Trump has also threatened that he would devastate Ankara's economy if its operation wipes out the Kurdish population in Syria. (Photo: File)

On a Twitter spree, Donald Trump puts out 32 posts in 20 minutes

The US President is often seen using the micro-blogging site to make announcements, issue threats and to take a jibe at his critics.

12 Oct 2019 3:39 PM

There is no clarity on how many people were impacted by this 'error.'

Twitter apologizes for using users' 2FA details to serve ads

Twitter said that the 2FA data may have been inadvertently used for advertising purposes.

10 Oct 2019 8:08 AM

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