Popular Tik Tok star Megha Thakur dies
Dec 03, 2022, at 09:02 pm
Popular Tik Toker and social media influencer Megha Thakur has died in Canada, her parents said on Saturday.
Actor and BJP leader Sonali Phogat dies in Goa
Aug 23, 2022, at 06:10 pm
Panaji/UNI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and actress Sonali Phogat died in Goa last night apparently after a heart attack. She was 41.
App ban: China opposes India's decision, asks New Delhi to immediately correct stance
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:58 pm
Beijing/New Delhi:China has criticised Indian government's decision to continue its ban on 59 Chinese mobile apps and said the measures were in violation of WTO non-discriminatory principles.
TikTok, WeChat and 59 other Chinese apps permanently banned in India
Jan 26, 2021, at 10:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: TikTok, WeChat and 59 other Chinese apps, banned by the government in June 2020, will be permanently inaccessible in India, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has decided, said media reports.
'We simply have no choice': TikTok sues Trump administration over allegations of security concerns
Aug 25, 2020, at 06:13 am
Washington/IBNS: Makers of video-sharing app TikTok have said they have no choice but to sue the Trump administration over an executive order banning its operations and alleged that its "extensive efforts" to protect the privacy and security of TikTok’s US user data have been ignored, said a Reuters report.
India bans 47 more Chinese apps including TikTok Lite
Jul 27, 2020, at 08:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In another digital strike on China following the deadly Galwan Valley clash, India on Monday banned 47 more applications from the neighbouring country, media reports said.
Video sharing website TikTok discontinues negotiations to open HQ in London amid tensions : Reports
Jul 19, 2020, at 09:13 pm
London: The parent company of social media giant TikTok has decided to discontinue negotiations to open its global headquarters in the United Kingdom in the backdrop of deterioration of relations between Beijing and London.
India app ban forces TikTok to distance itself from Beijing
Jul 04, 2020, at 08:25 pm
Beijing/UNI: Social media app TikTok on Saturday distanced itself from Beijing after India banned 59 Chinese apps in the country, in retaliation to clashes in Galwan Valley, which left 20 Indian military personnel dead.
'People will suffer like demonetisation': TMC MP Nusrat Jahan differs with Mamata over TikTok ban
Jul 02, 2020, at 01:35 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Nusrat Jahan has said the Narendra Modi government's banning of 59 Chinese apps including TikTok will lead people to suffer, giving a reaction which is completely opposite to that of her party chief Mamata Banerjee.
Mukul Rohtagi refuses to represent Chinese app Tik-Tok
Jul 01, 2020, at 04:49 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Former Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi on Wednesday refused to appear for Chinese video-sharing app TikTok and challenge the ban imposed by the Centre on it.
Tiktok goes offline in India, says 'in process of complying with govt directive'
Jun 30, 2020, at 11:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after the Centre banned 59 apps with Chinese links, TikTok has now completely stopped working in India.
Jun 30, 2020, at 10:52 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Chinese video-sharing social networking site TikTok on Tuesday said it had shared no information of its users with any foreign government including the one in China, following the ban imposed on all apps from the Asian country by India.
A list of 52 Chinese apps Indian intelligence red flags amid border clash
Jun 17, 2020, at 08:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian intelligence agencies have asked the government to ban or advise people against the use of 52 Chinese apps over concerns of being unsafe and stealing of large chunk of user information and data, a media report said.
Assam girl commits suicide after making TikTok video
Jun 17, 2020, at 11:18 am
Guwahati/IBNS: A young girl from Assam’s Nalbari district on Tuesday allegedly committed suicide after she made a TikTok video to inform her parents about the incident.
NCW asks TikTok India to delete Faizal Siddiqui's account for 'instigating violence against women'
May 18, 2020, at 01:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked social networking service TikTok to delete one Faizal Siddiqui's account for allegedly instigating violence against women through a video.
18-yr-old accidentally shoots self while making Tik Tok video in UP
Jan 14, 2020, at 01:03 pm
Bareilly/UNI: A student was killed while shooting a Tik Tok video at the Muriya Bhikampur village in the Hafizganj area of this district of Uttar Pradesh, police sources said on Tuesday.
TikTok star Sonali Phogat accuses her sister, brother-in-law of assaulting her
Oct 30, 2019, at 05:11 pm
Hisar, Oct 30 (UNI) TikTok star Sonali Phogat, who contested the assembly election from Adampur on the BJP ticket, was allegedly assaulted by her sister and her brother-in-law in her native Bhothan Kalan village in Fatehabad district.
Youth loses life while recording a video near floodwaters
Jul 26, 2019, at 10:35 pm
Darbhanga, July 26 (UNI): A youth drowned while recording a video allegedly for TikTok here in the district.
Several Tik-Tok videos of cops in Gujarat surface after suspension of lady constable
Jul 26, 2019, at 10:20 pm
Gandhinagar, July 26 (UNI): After the recent suspension of a lady police constable in Gujarat for sharing her singing video on controversial app Tik-Tok, there seems to be a spurt in such cases with even some higher ranked police officials also involved in such acts.
Madras High Court lifts ban on TikTok video app
Apr 24, 2019, at 09:15 pm
Chennai, Apr 24 (IBNS): The Madras High Court on Wednesday lifted the interim ban on Chinese-owned TikTok video app subject to certain conditions.
Madras High Court lifts ban on TikTok video app
Apr 24, 2019, at 09:15 pm
Chennai, Apr 24 (IBNS): The Madras High Court on Wednesday lifted the interim ban on Chinese-owned TikTok video app subject to certain conditions.
TikTok is no longer available on Apple, Google stores after Indian government's direction
Apr 17, 2019, at 04:46 pm
New Delhi, Apr 17 (IBNS): IT majors Google and Apple have apparently removed popular social media app TikTok from the Play Store and App Store respectively after the Indian government directed them to do so as there were allegations that the app is a source of cultural degradation.