“Remember JNU student Najeeb who went untraced? BJP/RSS and the whole Sangh Parivar were blamed and condemned for abducting and killing him- an innocent minority!! Now he is traced- with…
Sehwag apologises for his tweet that gave Kerala lynching a communal colour
“Madhu stole 1 kg rice. A mob of Ubaid , Hussain and Abdul Kareem lynched the poor tribal man to death….” Virender Sehwag tweeted naming the “mob” and the victim…
Is Kamal Haasan’s party website registered in Cayman Islands, a tax haven?
“Kamal’s party website http://Maiyam.com is registered in Cayman Island.” “Maiyam Cayman Island link, Cayman Island is a Tax Haven, How did Kamal who is fighting Corruption, get people in Tax…
Is World Bank going to auction off Karachi port as claimed on social media?
According to posts which are viral on social media, Pakistan is in an economic mess so deep that it is now being compelled to sell off its national assets. The…
Congress Twitter handle conducts poll based on fake news
Will your mobile phone number have 13 digits by the end of the year? This is what the Congress party claimed on Twitter. In a Twitter poll, it asked, “The Department…
Copy-paste journalism: ‘Chinese’ has not been declared an official language of Pakistan
On February 19, news reports emerged that Pakistan has declared Mandarin as one of its official languages. This information was first put out by the Pakistani news channel Abb Takk…
Baba Ramdev’s biopic comes under attack on social media
Baba Ramdev unwittingly seems to have become the target of ire on social media. The Yoga guru’s biopic, which has launched on February 11 became a talking point after the…
National Herald Twitter polls on PNB Scam backfire
Twitter polls are a double edged sword. National Herald is learning it the hard way after two of it’s polls on PNB scam backfired. After the news of USD 1.77 billion Punjab…
Viral: Fake quote about Gandhi and Congress attributed to Nana Patekar
“Chhipkali raat ko kide makode khakar subah hote hi gandhi ke tasveer ke pichhe chhup jati hai, theek yahi kaam Congress karti aayi hai” (Lizards after eating ants all night…
Aaj Tak’s attempt at whitewashing a fake quote broadcasted on its show
What ought to be expected from the ‘gold standard of credible journalism’ when a goof-up happens on-air? Most definitely a retraction and perhaps an apology. How about a cover up?…