Decathlon's 'contact-details' demand sparks rowFrench retailer Decathlon’s refusal to do business with customers who refuse to share their contact details has sparked a wave of protests ...
17 Dec, 2019, 12.21 PM IST
Bengaluru cops' twitter handle in ethical stormThe police control room has put out more than 46,000 tweets since April 2015 containing the numbers of complainants calling the emergency n...
06 Apr, 2017, 11.44 AM IST
Bengaluru cops goad civic body BBMP by retweeting complaintsThe Upparpet traffic police, for instance, have been taking up civic issues and posting them as complaints on the Twitter handles of the ci...
31 May, 2016, 11.37 AM IST
Bengaluru Police get a Twitter dashboard for real-time monitoring of plaintsBengaluru city police now boasts of a specially designed dashboard to effectively manage complaints by citizens on the micro-blogging site.
23 Mar, 2016, 11.03 AM IST
Mumbai Police launches Twitter handle, gets over 9500 followers in 24 hrsMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Mumbai Police Commissioner Ahmed Javed yesterday launched two Twitter handles.
29 Dec, 2015, 05.58 PM IST
Twitter handles, Facebook pages of police departments in a sorry statePrime Minister Narendra Modi may be prompt in posting updates on Twitter and Facebook but some government departments are falling short.
08 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Bengaluru police constables learn to handle complaints uploaded on Twitter, FacebookThe social media team will also handle Periscope, Twitter's livestreaming app, for Bengaluru Police and a proposed police news channel.
14 Sep, 2015, 10.20 AM IST
Bengaluru police wants people to livestream videos of crimes using Twitter's PeriscopeThe control room will be able to immediately find the location of the crime from the person shooting the video and alert the jurisdictional...
10 Jul, 2015, 10.14 AM IST
Why Bengaluru police's Twitter initiative is a hit with public but a miss with police staffPolicemen in the lower rungs of the administration say they are unable to devote time to complaints filed in their police stations.
03 Jul, 2015, 10.16 AM IST
Bengaluru Police to use WhatsApp to step up vigilanceBeat constables attached to police stations will create and manage WhatsApp groups.The groups share information about crimes and spread ale...
05 Jun, 2015, 11.01 AM IST
With Twitter-happy police chief in charge, justice is just a tweet away in BangaloreThe police action,in most cases, follow at an impressive speed as the men in khaki cannot treat the complaints forwarded by higher-ups.
12 Jan, 2015, 05.30 AM IST
IS Twitter account handler Mehdi Masroor Biswas was in touch with ISIS combatant in Iraq: PoliceMehdi Masroor Biswas was in touch with ISIS combatant stationed in Iraq, a top police official said.
02 Jan, 2015, 08.51 PM IST
Mehdi Effect: Cops ask private security agencies to increase vigilance in malls and cafesPolice teams visited Namma Metro stations, the city railway station, bus stands, city market and Manipal Centre as part of a security audit.
17 Dec, 2014, 07.10 AM IST
Bengaluru police eases pressure on Twitter in Mehdi Biswas caseThe investigating authorities will use data provided by the microblogging site to ascertain who Mehdi was in touch with in India and abroad...
16 Dec, 2014, 10.51 AM IST
Police seeks more details from Twitter on IS account handler"Twitter Inc has started responding to our queries. I have sought more details regarding ShamiWitness which are crucial to investigation," ...
15 Dec, 2014, 10.01 PM IST
Mehdi Biswas case: Dissatisfied over cooperation, police summons Twitter India marketing head“We asked for certain information five days ago, but we are not happy with the way Twitter officials have responded," said DCP (Crime) Abhi...
15 Dec, 2014, 04.05 AM IST
IS Twitter account handler Mehdi Masroor Biswas remanded to 5 days police custodyThe alleged handler of the most influential pro-Islamic State (IS) Twitter account Mehdi Masroor Biswas has been remanded to five-day polic...
14 Dec, 2014, 02.56 PM IST