munna2009 (Super-Mod! + Sravanthi Love): Many of these handles were still accessible across internet connections with the exception of Airtel.
This comes even as Twitter, which has about 16 million accounts from India, agreed to block six fake accounts, which the government said were 'misrepresenting' Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. *
23-08-12 - 09:42:46

munna2009 (Super-Mod! + Sravanthi Love): "Twitter has agreed to block the six fake PM accounts. They responded to our complaint saying we need to follow an internal channel to lodge a formal complaint in the matter," a news report quoted PM's communications adviser Pankaj Pachauri as saying. *
23-08-12 - 09:43:36

munna2009 (Super-Mod! + Sravanthi Love): But when ET contacted Pachauri, he said that the Indian government did not have a 'problem with criticism on social media'.
"In fact, we welcome it as genuine feedback. In some instances, actions have been initiated on complaints made to PM's Twitter account. We also have no quarrel with people parodying PM as long as it is in the limits of good humour. We complained to Twitter about handles which were mis-representing the Prime Minister, *
23-08-12 - 09:44:46

munna2009 (Super-Mod! + Sravanthi Love): impersonating his office and loading material with his picture which was inciteful and could have led to confusion about communally sensitive issues among the Twitter users. When they did not respond, we took advice from the legal department in June and complained to the cyber security cell of the government for appropriate action. *
23-08-12 - 09:48:04

munna2009 (Super-Mod! + Sravanthi Love): Now Twitter has emailed to us that they will review our requests and they will be in touch with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology about this matter. We welcome their cooperation and will follow up with them," Pachauri said. *
23-08-12 - 09:48:48