Tag Archives: Facebook
Worst Of Mumbai 2012: News
Villain of the year, plus a scam that never goes away and the biggest threat to Mumbai’s reputation as a safe city. Read More »
Government Suspends Cops Responsible For Facebook Arrests
And the Bombay High Court transfers the magistrate who should have set the case aside. Read More »
Why The Facebook Post Arrests Undermine Principles Of Democracy
The arrest of Shaheen Dhadha and Renu Srinivasan is yet another example of the misuse of the notorious Section 66A of the IT Act. Read More »
Anonymous Takes Down MTNL’s Website
The Internet switched to a new protocol yesterday, can now issue trillions of new addresses. Read More »
AI Suspends Bookings For International Flights
Hundreds of AI and Kingfisher pilots remain on strike; new property tax rules finally enforced. Read More »
Facebook Hires UP Engg. Student For Rs1.34 Crore
The Maharashtra government has reduced the proposed tax on LPG cylinders; the CBI plans to probe allegations of corruption in the army. Read More »
Salman Rushdie Dropped From Jaipur Lit Fest
Jaipur govt. reportedly cites Rushdie as a security threat; Google, Facebook oppose a move to block offensive material Read More »
Govt. Pushes Google, FB To Censor Content
Mumbai-based Alistair Pereira sentenced to three years in prison for a crime he committed in November 2006; Mehsana, a town in Gujarat, has the lowest child sex ratio in urban India. Read More »
Govt. Asks Google, FB To Screen User Content
According to a new report Delhi receives the largest flow of migrants in urban India; the BMC’s month-old pothole tracking mobile application has got no response from the public. Read More »
Athletes Ratted Out By Saina Nehwal
The Shiv Sena claimed that the BMC has lost control over the Bhau Daji Lad Museum; Saina Nehwal said that athletes testing positive for drugs didn’t surprise her. Read More »
Manmohan Singh admits his government is “described as the most corrupt” ever.
You can soon use “virtual” currency on Facebook; mathematicians have proposed that tau replace pi to measure a circle’s properties; 35 per cent of Mumbai’s slum children are underweight. Read More »
Pak Expands Nuclear Programme
Mumbai buildings lack fire-fighting facilities and Egypt may borrow indelible ink from India for its elections. Read More »
Petrol Prices Set To Soar
Government revises poverty line guidelines; Petrol prices to increase by Rs3 a litre; a news report suggests that the US and Pakistan made a pact to take joint action against Osama Bin Laden 10 years ago. Read More »
Journalism on Facebook: We Like
A couple of FT journalists are using Facebook to document the migrant worker experience in Mumbai. Read More »
Week in Review: Aug 16-22
Vijay Mallya’s website was hacked; MPs got a salary hike; and the Tata group became the country’s wealthiest business corporation. Read More »
