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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday mistakenly said the number of seats in the Lok Sabha is 546. Twitter users reacted to the gaffe with tweets like "Its an honest blooper. Poor Pappu wanted 1 seat for his chota bheem". Another user wrote "3 more seats to sleep in the parliament?", adding he "needs to go back to school".

The Congress on Monday posted a poll on Twitter, asking which Indian Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the Sardar Sarovar Dam. People responded to the polls with their own polls like "When did construction start - a) Day of foundation stone, b) 1 year later, c) Cong forgot about the project, d) 1987".

Commenting on Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti's first tweet, ex-CM Omar Abdullah tweeted, "25,000 followers later @MehboobaMufti finally broke her silence on Twitter with a tourism promotion video. Welcome to Twitter CM Sahiba." Though Mufti joined Twitter in 2014, she tweeted for the first time on Sunday. Mufti had tweeted the promotional video with the caption "Kashmir, our home."

As the Congress on Wednesday took to Twitter to pay tribute to Raja Ram Mohan Roy on his death anniversary, the political party posted his birth and death dates in reverse order. Many Twitter users trolled the Congress for the mess up, with one of them posting, "Tribute!!! Khangress Ishtyle", and the other tweeting, "Let's check your history...".

Paramilitary forces are developing non-lethal devices for peace-keeping during incidents of civil unrest, officials have said. The crowd-control devices include acoustic devices which emit high-pitch sounds, shock batons, chilli grenades, and laser dazzler which causes temporary blindness. This comes after security forces in Kashmir faced criticism for using pellet guns at unarmed protestors.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the third most followed world leader on Twitter with over 34 million followers, according to the latest report by Twiplomacy. While Modi's place remained unchanged from the previous report released in June, Pope Francis slipped to the second rank as US President Donald Trump overtook him by over 200,000 followers to reach the top spot.

President Ram Nath Kovind took to Twitter to invite people to visit the Rashtrapati Bhavan the next time they are in Delhi. "It (the Presidential House) belongs to Indians all over the world #PresidentKovind," he tweeted. Reacting to the tweet, which has been liked over 8,000 times, a user tweeted, "Breakfast tomorrow?" while another posted, "List it on @trivago."

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman posted a picture on Twitter, wherein she "acknowledged a row of Chinese soldiers" across the India-China border at Nathu La pass. The Chinese soldiers started clicking pictures as she reached the border, and she waved at them, while some Indian soldiers passed smiles. The Defence Minister interacted with soldiers and officials of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

Reacting to the Supreme Court's verdict banning sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR until November 1, author Chetan Bhagat tweeted, "SC bans fireworks on Diwali? A full ban? What’s Diwali for children without crackers?" He added, "Diwali is 1 day, 0.27% of year. pollution comes from 99.6% days of poor planning and regulation. Fix that. Not make 1 religion feel guilty.."

A photograph of a policeman, B Shubh Kumar standing with folded hands in front of a man, an alleged repeat traffic offender, and his four family members on a motorcycle in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur has surfaced online. "My mind went blank... all I could do was fold my hands in total resignation, helplessness and frustration," Kumar said.

Kerala Tourism's official Twitter handle posted the Taj Mahal's picture with the caption, "God’s Own Country salutes the #TajMahal for inspiring millions to discover India. #incredibleindia." This comes amid controversy over Taj Mahal's exclusion from UP government's tourism booklet. The post was a dig at UP government as the page hasn't featured monuments outside Kerala recently, reports said.

A day after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley claimed that India has remained world's fastest growing large economy for the past three years, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "Dear Mr Jaitley, May the farce be with you." Gandhi's tweet, inspired from the line from Star Wars movie series, was shared along with Press Information Bureau's tweet stating GDP growth average.

Reacting to CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan's claim that Madhya Pradesh roads are better than Washington DC roads, a Twitter user posted a photo of an Indian road with potholes and wrote, "Poor condition of Washington road". Sharing a picture of Chouhan being lifted by security personnel during 2016 floods, another user tweeted, "Mamaji, were you talking about this MP road?"

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday tweeted a video of a dog named 'Pidi' with a caption, "Ppl been asking who tweets for this guy..I'm coming clean..it's me..Pidi". "I'm way 😎 than him," the caption further read. This comes after several media reports claimed that Gandhi's recent surge in popularity on social media was due to automated bots.

During his three-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that a team of 3-4 people posts on his Twitter account after receiving suggestions from him. He added that all tweets on political issues are tweeted by him, while the routine things such as birthday wishes are handled by the team.

Commenting on the severe pollution levels in Delhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday tweeted lines from an old Hindi song. "Seene me jalan, ankhon me tufan sa kyon hai, is sheher me har shaks pareshan sa kyon hai," Gandhi's tweet read. He also shared a link to a news report on Delhi's pollution with the tweet.

When Congress leader Shashi Tharoor tweeted on the controversy around 'Padmavati', he mistakenly wrote "Education more important thang Hoog hats", instead of "Education more important than ghoonghats". Reacting to the typo, a user questioned if it was his 'covfefe moment', while another wrote, "kya Sir, googling this word since half an hour. I thought its another farrago like word."

Twitter on Saturday suspended Pakistan Defence's verified account after it posted a photoshopped picture of an Indian girl. The morphed picture, which was later deleted, showed the girl holding a placard containing an anti-Indian message. However, the original picture showed the Indian girl giving out the message of the "secular values of our constitution".

Quoting one of the "greatest wizards" Albus Dumbledore from the Harry Potter series, Mumbai Police on Friday tweeted, "Help will always be give at Mumbai to those who ask for it". "And even to those who don't," they added. Meanwhile, they also shared a poster inspired by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie, titled 'Bullies v Mumbai'.

Extending his greetings on the occasion of Eid-e-Milad, Prophet Muhammad's birthday, PM Narendra Modi tweeted, "May the teachings of Prophet Mohammad further the spirit of harmony in our society." "Good wishes to all fellow citizens, especially our Muslim brothers and sisters in India and abroad," President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted.