Who is Victoria Yakimova and why was she removed as Ukraine’s honorary consul to the Dominican Republic?A former model, Victoria Yakimova, has apologized to President Zelensky after being fired as Ukraine's honorary consul to the Dominican Rep...
13 Apr, 2026, 07.27 PM IST
EC seeks removal of political advertisements on channels, online platformsThe Election Commission has ordered the immediate removal of political advertisements appearing on channels and online platforms. This acti...
08 Apr, 2026, 03.04 PM IST
Villages in Tamil Nadu go “poster-free” ahead of electionsSeveral villages in south Tamil Nadu are shunning political advertisements. Othaveedu and others ban all forms of political messaging, allo...
05 Apr, 2026, 06.22 PM IST
Meta adopts X's Community Notes: what it means for businessMark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta, on Tuesday released a video explaining this move, using some of the language that conservatives h...
08 Jan, 2025, 03.27 PM IST
How Google and Meta's Ad transparency reports reveal—and conceal—political Ad spendDespite abundant data, Google and Meta’s ad transparency reports often obscure more than they reveal. While intended to enhance transparenc...
25 May, 2024, 11.20 PM IST
MCD takes down over 6.12 lakh political advertisements from city ahead of LS pollsAs per the Election Commission (EC) order, any kind of poster, hoarding or banner in a public place which promotes any political party or l...
09 Apr, 2024, 07.29 PM IST
Congress moves EC against 'Modi Parivaar' and 'Modi ki Guarantee' advertisementsCongress complaints to EC against misuse in PM Modi's campaign. Ads like 'Modi Parivaar' targeted. Action demanded against BJP. Removal of ...
21 Mar, 2024, 08.54 PM IST
EC cracks the whip, asks state govts to remove unauthorised political advertisements"All unauthorised political advertisements, in the form of wall writings, posters, papers or defacement in any other form, cutouts, hoardin...
20 Mar, 2024, 08.30 PM IST
Why Noida authorities are busy removing 12,000 wall writings, posters, and banners?Authorities in Gautam Buddh Nagar district swiftly removed 11,682 defacements, including wall writings, posters, and banners, within 72 hou...
20 Mar, 2024, 11.40 AM IST
Facebook plans to remove thousands of sensitive ad-targeting optionsAdvertisers on Facebook's platforms can still target audiences by location, use their own customer lists, reach custom audiences who have e...
10 Nov, 2021, 10.32 AM IST
ShareChat takes the shovel to 54,000 accounts, half-a-million content itemsPlatform has been on a clean-up spree since February to curb fake news, hate speech, spam, misinformation.
18 Apr, 2019, 07.53 AM IST
Election Commission gives directions to poll-bound states on political hoardings, adsThe poll watchdog said photos in advertisements or hoardings of similar type should also be removed or "covered suitably" so that spirit of...
10 Jan, 2017, 03.23 PM IST
Verdict on political advertisements on autos to come soon: Delhi High Court"Ads cannot be displayed without approval from municipal bodies & are allowed only for vehicles having GPS/GPRS systems," the guidelines ha...
08 Nov, 2014, 06.52 PM IST
Political advertisement on autos: High Court reserves judgementDelhi government's standing counsel Zubeda Begum told the court that it cannot remove the word "political" from its recent guidelines.
19 Sep, 2014, 08.12 PM IST
Model Code of Conduct comes into force in HaryanaPolling for 90-member House will be held on October 15 and counting on October 19, the Election Commission announced in Delhi.
12 Sep, 2014, 05.39 PM IST
Election Commission tells internet firms to remove any unlawful content from websitesAs Lok Sabha polls approach, the EC has asked internet cos to remove any "unlawful" content regarding the elections to be removed at the ea...
02 Apr, 2014, 07.28 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal forms panel to select public prosecutorsDelhi CM Arvind Kejriwal today announced formation of a committee for selection of public prosecutors and government counsels
30 Jan, 2014, 10.13 PM IST