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The All Assam Chutia Students Union (Aacsu) has accused Facebook of blocking the accounts of thousands of people with the name Chutia saying that the social network has confused it with Hindi slang, reports the Times of India. Chutia, pronounced Sutiya, is the name of a community in Assam. But chutia, or chutiya, is also a mildly derogatory term in Hindi: Urban Dictionary translates its most common slang usage as fool.
Said Jyotiprasad Chutia, Aacsu general secretary:
Facebook has blocked the accounts of all the subscribers belonging to the Chutia community of Assam thinking the names are false and fabricated. For Chutia being an abusive word in the Hindi language, Facebook authorities thought that the account holders are fake and fabricated. But, they are still unknown to the fact that Chutia is an ethnic tribe of Assam which has a rich historical background in the state history.
Rickshaw drivers protest by climbing electricity towers
LAHORE: Rickshaw drivers protested against the heavy fines given out by the traffic police by climbing electricity towers.
Initial only one rickshaw driver climbed the electricity tower in protest to the heavy fines, but later several others also followed suit.
When the police reached the site, associates of the rickshaw drivers also joined in the protest and beat policemen.