Congress Social Media Team

"Please stop tagging me," Amrinder Singh tweeted on Thursday morning. This was Amrinder Singh, the Indian football team's goalkeeper who was mistaken for former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on social media.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will not meet Navjot Singh Sidhu, his bitter rival and the newly-appointed chief of the Congress' state unit, until he apologises for his social media attacks and swipes, a member of Mr Singh's team tweeted.

Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Congress needs fearless leaders and those in the party who are afraid should be thrown out, in a pep talk to the party's social media team that ended up as a scorching message to defectors and dissidents.

Delhi Police teams arrived at offices of Twitter near Delhi on Monday evening after serving notice in connection with a row over the social media site marking BJP leader Sambit Patra's tweet on a "Congress toolkit" as "manipulated media".

A diverse team "representing a varied political spectrum" who have "political experience" is part of its policy-making process globally, Facebook said today in response to Congress allegations about pro-BJP bias of its India policy chief Ankhi Das. Enforcing policies on hate speech is "not made unilaterally by any one person", added the social medi...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's latest campaign -- "Main Bhi Chowkidar" -- may have taken social media by storm, but there are a few who believe that he has fallen short in playing the watchman for all sections of the society. Among them is Fatima Nafees, whose son -- Najeeb Ahmed -- disappeared under mysterious circumstances from his hostel room in...

On Valentine's Day, the Congress's social media team worked overtime to shred the BJP meme by meme. The party shared caricatures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top BJP leaders and ministers and targeted each of them on a different issue.

Divya Spandana, credited with amping up the social media game of the party and its chief Rahul Gandhi ahead of several big elections, is reportedly upset with the party, which fueled speculation that she had stepped down as the party's social media head. The Congress firmly denied it but some leaders confirmed that her job profile has been downsize...

A Congress social media team member, Chirag Patnaik, was arrested in Delhi on Monday for allegedly sexually harassing a former colleague. He was released on bail soon after.

The ruling BJP on Tuesday hit back at the Congress, demanding action on an alleged complaint of sexual harassment by a former employee of the Congress' social media team against her boss.

The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed an FIR against a social media team member of the Congress after a former colleague accused him of molestation.

As Madhya Pradesh gears up for high-voltage campaign ahead of the assembly elections, the BJP has recruited about 65,000 "cyber warriors" to take over the party's social media platforms and help send young voters to the polling stations. An additional 5,000 will be added to the syndicate soon.

After memes and slogans, the Congress and BJP are now waging a video war on social media as the Gujarat campaign for elections next month gets more intense. Activist Hardik Patel's team is also targeting the ruling BJP with an aggressive video campaign aimed at harnessing the support of Gujarat's younger voters. 65 per cent of the state's voters ar...

Congress will set up new communication teams with a separate wing dedicated to social media in all the five poll-bound states of Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram.

"Please stop tagging me," Amrinder Singh tweeted on Thursday morning. This was Amrinder Singh, the Indian football team's goalkeeper who was mistaken for former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on social media.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will not meet Navjot Singh Sidhu, his bitter rival and the newly-appointed chief of the Congress' state unit, until he apologises for his social media attacks and swipes, a member of Mr Singh's team tweeted.

Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Congress needs fearless leaders and those in the party who are afraid should be thrown out, in a pep talk to the party's social media team that ended up as a scorching message to defectors and dissidents.

Delhi Police teams arrived at offices of Twitter near Delhi on Monday evening after serving notice in connection with a row over the social media site marking BJP leader Sambit Patra's tweet on a "Congress toolkit" as "manipulated media".

A diverse team "representing a varied political spectrum" who have "political experience" is part of its policy-making process globally, Facebook said today in response to Congress allegations about pro-BJP bias of its India policy chief Ankhi Das. Enforcing policies on hate speech is "not made unilaterally by any one person", added the social medi...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's latest campaign -- "Main Bhi Chowkidar" -- may have taken social media by storm, but there are a few who believe that he has fallen short in playing the watchman for all sections of the society. Among them is Fatima Nafees, whose son -- Najeeb Ahmed -- disappeared under mysterious circumstances from his hostel room in...

On Valentine's Day, the Congress's social media team worked overtime to shred the BJP meme by meme. The party shared caricatures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top BJP leaders and ministers and targeted each of them on a different issue.

Divya Spandana, credited with amping up the social media game of the party and its chief Rahul Gandhi ahead of several big elections, is reportedly upset with the party, which fueled speculation that she had stepped down as the party's social media head. The Congress firmly denied it but some leaders confirmed that her job profile has been downsize...

A Congress social media team member, Chirag Patnaik, was arrested in Delhi on Monday for allegedly sexually harassing a former colleague. He was released on bail soon after.

The ruling BJP on Tuesday hit back at the Congress, demanding action on an alleged complaint of sexual harassment by a former employee of the Congress' social media team against her boss.

The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed an FIR against a social media team member of the Congress after a former colleague accused him of molestation.

As Madhya Pradesh gears up for high-voltage campaign ahead of the assembly elections, the BJP has recruited about 65,000 "cyber warriors" to take over the party's social media platforms and help send young voters to the polling stations. An additional 5,000 will be added to the syndicate soon.

After memes and slogans, the Congress and BJP are now waging a video war on social media as the Gujarat campaign for elections next month gets more intense. Activist Hardik Patel's team is also targeting the ruling BJP with an aggressive video campaign aimed at harnessing the support of Gujarat's younger voters. 65 per cent of the state's voters ar...

Congress will set up new communication teams with a separate wing dedicated to social media in all the five poll-bound states of Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram.