The Ministry of Finance would like us to believe that Inflation Data shows a steady decline in general prices. To do so, they have tweeted a chart that shows consumer…
Fake News Round-up, November 2017 – BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya is the star
From Pandit Nehru to Nobel Laureate, Richard Thaler, no one was spared by the fake news industry this month to further its agenda. The obsession of right-wing groups with pro-Pakistan…
Six year old video circulated claiming SP leader Kamal Akhtar thrashed by UP Police for inciting riots
“दंगा भड़काने वाले सपा के कैबिनेट मंत्री कमाल अख्तर को UP पुलिस ने बीच सड़क पर गद्दे और रजाई की तरह धोया गया। इस सुंदर दृश्य को शेयर कीजिये Translation:…
Did Mahatma Gandhi ask Hindu and Sikh women to ‘cooperate with Muslim rapists’?
On November 11, 2017, The twitter handle @ShankhNaad shared a poster that attributed the following quote to Mahatma Gandhi – “if a Muslim expressed his desire to rape a Hindu or…
Media coverage: Who fuelled BJP narrative on Aiyar’s ‘Aurangzeb’ comment?
“When Shahjahan took the place of Jahangir, was any election held then? When Aurangzeb succeeded Shahjahan, was any election held then? This was always known that the heir to the…
PM Modi distorts Mani Shankar Aiyar’s statement, terms Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as ‘Aurangzeb Raj’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Dharampur, Gujarat, referred to a statement by Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar wherein he claimed that Aiyar had compared the Congress party…
Times Now portrays a veterinary procedure used for pregnant cattle as animal cruelty
The top story on prime time on Times Now on November 30 was over how the cattle slaughter mafia resort to cruel practices in slaughterhouses. The story ran with the…
FIR filed against admin of fake news site Postcard News for an alleged derogatory post
An FIR has been lodged against the admins of Postcard news for derogatory comments allegedly made against three women warriors of Kannada history on facebook pages run by them. It…
Did Rahul Gandhi sign the Somnath temple register as a non-Hindu?
A massive controversy erupted on social media when reports suggested that Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi on his visit to the Somnath temple in Gujarat registered as a non- Hindu…
One more time, UP Police had nothing to do with the detention of donkeys
Social media erupted in laughter yesterday after ANI reported that Uttar Pradesh police released a herd of donkeys from a jail. The donkeys had been detained for destroying expensive plants…