Shobhaa De Tweets

On Tuesday, Captain Mithali Raj, who became the highest run-getter in women's ODI, was presented a BMW car. While people on social media cheered for the skipper and the team, a critical tweet from author and columnist Shobhaa De landed her in a controversy on the micro-blogging site.

The Madhya Pradesh police officer who was fat-shamed by writer-columnist Shobhaa De on Twitter has been admitted to a private hospital in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh after he took ill. Inspector Daulatram Jogawat, the officer, had fever for the last five days and his food intake had come down to almost zero, said Dr Vipul Garg of Garg Nursing Home wher...

Daulatram Jogawat, an inspector with Madhya Pradesh police at whom columnist Shobhaa De had poked fun over his obese physical condition in a tweet, is undergoing a series of tests at a hospital here to determine the diseases he suffers from and if bariatric surgery could help him, a statement said.

Two days ago, columnist Shobhaa De's tweet about an overweight policeman caused massive uproar on social media. Now, a 58-year-old policeman from Madhya Pradesh, photographed in the tweet, has expressed his unhappiness over the incident.

A day after Shobhaa De, columnist and author, came under heavy criticism for tweeting an image of an overweight man in uniform and mocked Mumbai police's "heavy" arrangements on the day of the BMC polls, she offered advice to the cop in picture, "consult a dietician".

A tweet by Shobhaa De, seen to be making fun of what she thought was an overweight personnel of the Mumbai Police, has triggered a storm of abuse and criticism on Twitter. The well-known author and columnist was accused of cracking jokes in bad taste and body shaming. Others pointed out that the photograph was even not of a Mumbai Police personnel,...

Columnist Shobhaa De's tweet on Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, where she advised her to "tweet less" has left many upset with some suggesting Ms De to follow the same "resolution" herself. Ms Swaraj is known for her quick and helpful responses to SOS posts on Twitter.

Columnist Shobhaa De's Olympic tweet that upset so many people some days ago isn't going to be forgotten any time soon. Twitter is reserving some of its breath for rejoinders to her posts about badminton star PV Sindhu, who prevailed over Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the Olympic women's singles semi-final in Rio on Thursday.

Keeping calm and carrying on wasn't an option for India last evening as badminton star P V Sindhu powered through to the women's singles final at the Rio Olympics. The proud moment for India was reflected on Twitter which erupted in joy, celebrating the 21-year-old shuttler's triumph. Among those tweeting was actor Amitabh Bachchan, among whose po...

"This seems to be a very distorted thing to say to people who are representing us and it can be one's personal opinion but being such a credible author and powerful woman who people look upto, it's disheartening and it's not good news at all," said Kangana Ranaut

Only the frivolous will find it humourous, because when the chips are down and all that you have worked for in the last four years comes to nought, like Jitu Rai, Abhinav Bindra or any of the others in Rio, then it is our duty to remind our sportsmen and women that they are still champions and will always be.

Pratyusha was thrown into a life nobody had prepared her for. And she made the most of the opportunities that came her way.

The Supreme Court today asked author Shobhaa De to respond to the breach of privilege notice issued by the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly against her to clarify that her tweets on Marathi movies has "remotely nothing" to do with the conduct of the House.

After a petition by author Shobhaa De, the Supreme Court today put on hold a notice of privilege sent to her by the Maharashtra assembly over her tweet criticizing a state government order on Marathi films.

Hours after political activists, allegedly from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or MNS, vandalised the office former city Sheriff Nana Chudasama for an 'anti-marathi' banner, his staff has put it back at its original location in Marine Drive, Mumbai.

On Tuesday, Captain Mithali Raj, who became the highest run-getter in women's ODI, was presented a BMW car. While people on social media cheered for the skipper and the team, a critical tweet from author and columnist Shobhaa De landed her in a controversy on the micro-blogging site.

The Madhya Pradesh police officer who was fat-shamed by writer-columnist Shobhaa De on Twitter has been admitted to a private hospital in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh after he took ill. Inspector Daulatram Jogawat, the officer, had fever for the last five days and his food intake had come down to almost zero, said Dr Vipul Garg of Garg Nursing Home wher...

Daulatram Jogawat, an inspector with Madhya Pradesh police at whom columnist Shobhaa De had poked fun over his obese physical condition in a tweet, is undergoing a series of tests at a hospital here to determine the diseases he suffers from and if bariatric surgery could help him, a statement said.

Two days ago, columnist Shobhaa De's tweet about an overweight policeman caused massive uproar on social media. Now, a 58-year-old policeman from Madhya Pradesh, photographed in the tweet, has expressed his unhappiness over the incident.

A day after Shobhaa De, columnist and author, came under heavy criticism for tweeting an image of an overweight man in uniform and mocked Mumbai police's "heavy" arrangements on the day of the BMC polls, she offered advice to the cop in picture, "consult a dietician".

A tweet by Shobhaa De, seen to be making fun of what she thought was an overweight personnel of the Mumbai Police, has triggered a storm of abuse and criticism on Twitter. The well-known author and columnist was accused of cracking jokes in bad taste and body shaming. Others pointed out that the photograph was even not of a Mumbai Police personnel,...

Columnist Shobhaa De's tweet on Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, where she advised her to "tweet less" has left many upset with some suggesting Ms De to follow the same "resolution" herself. Ms Swaraj is known for her quick and helpful responses to SOS posts on Twitter.

Columnist Shobhaa De's Olympic tweet that upset so many people some days ago isn't going to be forgotten any time soon. Twitter is reserving some of its breath for rejoinders to her posts about badminton star PV Sindhu, who prevailed over Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the Olympic women's singles semi-final in Rio on Thursday.

Keeping calm and carrying on wasn't an option for India last evening as badminton star P V Sindhu powered through to the women's singles final at the Rio Olympics. The proud moment for India was reflected on Twitter which erupted in joy, celebrating the 21-year-old shuttler's triumph. Among those tweeting was actor Amitabh Bachchan, among whose po...

"This seems to be a very distorted thing to say to people who are representing us and it can be one's personal opinion but being such a credible author and powerful woman who people look upto, it's disheartening and it's not good news at all," said Kangana Ranaut

Only the frivolous will find it humourous, because when the chips are down and all that you have worked for in the last four years comes to nought, like Jitu Rai, Abhinav Bindra or any of the others in Rio, then it is our duty to remind our sportsmen and women that they are still champions and will always be.

Pratyusha was thrown into a life nobody had prepared her for. And she made the most of the opportunities that came her way.

The Supreme Court today asked author Shobhaa De to respond to the breach of privilege notice issued by the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly against her to clarify that her tweets on Marathi movies has "remotely nothing" to do with the conduct of the House.

After a petition by author Shobhaa De, the Supreme Court today put on hold a notice of privilege sent to her by the Maharashtra assembly over her tweet criticizing a state government order on Marathi films.

Hours after political activists, allegedly from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or MNS, vandalised the office former city Sheriff Nana Chudasama for an 'anti-marathi' banner, his staff has put it back at its original location in Marine Drive, Mumbai.