UK Police to investigate `tweet abuse` cases against women

Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 15:06

The UK police is reportedly investigating the allegations made by Twitter users about `harassment, malicious communication or bomb threats` on the popular microblogging site.

Happy to break silence, not feeling intimidated: Shobhaa De

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 20:44

Shobhaa De said she was happy to break her silence and was not feeling intimidated.

Shobhaa De`s comments frivolous; Maharashtra will stay united: Prithviraj Chavan

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 20:37

Terming Shobhaa De`s tweet suggesting separate statehood for Mumbai as "frivolous", Maharashtra CM said the state will remain united.

Digvijaya backs Shakeel Ahmad on communal politics tweet

Last Updated: Monday, July 22, 2013, 19:00

Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh Monday supported his colleague Shakeel Ahmad who, in a tweet, accused the BJP and the RSS of communal politics.

FIR against Digvijay over Raghavji tweet

Last Updated: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 18:18

An FIR was registered against Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh here on Sunday over a controversial tweet posted by him after the arrest of former BJP Minister Raghavji on sodomy charge.

`Recovering` Imran Khan tweets `walking without braces

Last Updated: Sunday, July 14, 2013, 13:27

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Imran Khan has tweeted that his braces have come off and that he was walking without any external spinal-support.

Ala man gets prison for tweeting Obama threat

Last Updated: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 23:39

A judge has sentenced an Alabama man to a year in federal prison for tweeting a threat against President Barack Obama.

Tweet enters Oxford English Dictionary!

Last Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013, 18:46

The word `tweet` in the sense of social networking has entered the hallowed pages of the Oxford English Dictionary with the lexicon breaking its rule that a new word needed to be in use for ten years before inclusion.

Irish cricketer banned for 3 matches over ‘offensive’ Thatcher`s death tweet

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 12:57

An Irish cricketer has been slapped with a three-match ban for an offensive tweet about the death of late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Fake Obama assassination tweet pulls down W-St; recovers later

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 09:12

Hackers sent a false tweet of two explosions in the White House that briefly shook US stock markets.

Blasts in White house, Barack Obama injured: Hacked AP twitter a/c

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 23:42

US President Barack Obama is fine, a presidential spokesman said today after a hacked AP Twitter account sent out fake news about two bomb blasts at the White House and that the President was injured.

First `pay-by-tweet` service launched on Twitter

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 10:55

The first `pay-by-tweet` service has been launched on Twitter, with American Express introducing a service that will allow its cardholders purchase products simply by sending a short message.