Facebook apologises for 'mistakenly' removing poet Srijato's controversial poem, restores post

Kolkata, Mar 27 (IBNS): A day after Bengali poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay's controversial Facebook post, a poem, was removed from Facebook, the social media giant on Sunday restored the post on the poet's wall and called the incident a 'mistake', reports said.

British High Commission launches Facebook in Hindi

New Delhi, May 20 (IBNS) The British High Commission in India officially launched its Hindi language Facebook page on Friday.

IAS officer apologies after his photo of 'disrespectful behaviour' goes viral

New Delhi, May 9 (IBNS): An IAS officer on Monday apologised after his photos showing 'disrespectful behaviour' went viral on social media.

Martyred soldier's daughter urges govt to solve issues with Pakistan

New Delhi, May 2 (IBNS/Just Earth News) Posting a video on social networking site Facebook, Gurmeher Kaur, daughter of martyred Indian soldier Captain Mandeep Singh, has urged both the Indian and Pakistan governments to stop pretending and solve the real issues.

Facebook beats analyst estimates in its quarterly results

Menlo Park, California, Apr 28 (IBNS) Popular social media and tech giant Facebook beat analysts' estimates as it reported its first quarter results on Wednesday, according to media reports.

Mamata Banerjee will chat live on Facebook today

Kolkata, Apr 13 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will chat live on social networking site Facebook on Wednesday.

Justice Katju bids adieu to Facebook, posts his last post

New Delhi, Jan 27 (IBNS) The controversial retired judge of the Supreme Court of India Justice Markandey Katju has said goodbye to Facebook.

Earthquake: Facebook activates safety check tool for Northeast India

California, Jan 4 (IBNS) Popular social networking site Facebook on Monday activated Safety Check for people in Northeast India and parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar due to the earthquake which rocked the region on Monday.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg supports net neutrality

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IBNS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is currently in India, said his company supports net neutrality.

PAN details to be made mandatory for cash transaction : Arun Jaitley

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IBNS) In a bid to check generation of black money, the Centre is an advanced stage of making mandatory to provide PAN card details for cash transaction beyond a certain limit, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday.

PM Modi breaks down while speaking about his mother at Facebook Townhall

Menlo Park, California, Sept 27 (IBNS) From expressing his dream of making India a 20 trillion dollar economy and breaking down while talking about the struggles faced by his mother, Indian PM Narendra Modi visited the Facebook headquarters and attended a Facebook Townhall Q&A session on Sunday.

I dream to make India a 20 trillion dollar economy: Modi

California, Sept 27 (IBNS): Addressing at the Townhall session with CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook Headquarters, Indian PM Narendra Modi on Sunday said he dreams to make India a 20 trillion dollar economy.

India is the fastest growing start up nation in world: Sundar Pichai

San Jose, Sept 27 (IBNS): India-born Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said India is the "fastest growing start up nation in the world."

FB, Twitter, Instagram new neighbourhoods of new world: Modi at Silicon Valley event

San Jose, Sept 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met world's top tech chiefs, including India-born Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai, and shared his plans for digital India at a massive event at Silicon Valley in Sane Jose in US while stating that Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are the new neighbourhoods of the new world.

Maneka Sanjay Gandhi holds Q & A session on Facebook

New Delhi, Sept 14 (IBNS) Union Minister of Women & Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi on Monday held a live Q&A session on social networking site Facebook India to discuss the new initiatives of the Ministry of Women & Child Development and to initiate a dialogue with the people on the issues concerning the women and children in the country.