A controversy has erupted over the credit claimed by Prime Minister Modi for relaxing the rules allowing Muslim women, aged above 45 years, travelling to Hajj without a Mahram or…
Top fake news stories circulated by Indian media in 2017
2017 will go down as another year that saw a steady decline of trust and confidence in mainstream media. This was a year when mainstream media gave tough competition to…
Gazing into the crystal ball: A compilation of Subramanian Swamy’s predictions for the future
Alas 2017 has ended without Subramanian Swamy’s much awaited prediction of “$1=Re 1” coming true. It was in April 2012 that Swamy made this legendary forecast that has since been a…
Was the ‘Humans of Hindutva’ page taken down by the admin or suspended by Facebook?
On December 28, 2017, a popular Facebook page ‘Humans of Hindutva’ (HoH), that used satire to take jibes at right wing politics, went offline and could not be accessed. A…
Video of ANI reporter touching Yogi Adityanath’s feet raises eyebrows
‘Politics makes strange bedfellows’ is a saying that is vindicated to a not insignificant extent by the close nexus between mainstream media and politicians. The fourth pillar of democracy whose…
An old picture from Palestine is used to create communal hatred among Hindus and Muslims
There is a photograph which is being widely circulated on social media. In this picture, a man is seen with his feed tied to a rope and dragged on the…
RSS ideologue Ratan Sharda at it again, posts misleading tweet on Christmas
Ratan Sharda, RSS thinker and ideologue, was called out by twitterati after he posted this tweet on December 23. The #Church in full form. #HappyXmas. Great marketing pic.twitter.com/AdVSnSMkJd — Ratan…
Fake video of Major Prafulla ‘giving instructions while injured’ is viral on social media
“Major Prafulla giving instructions to his unit though shot and collapsed thereafter“, a video with the aforementioned message is currently viral on social media. It is being claimed that Major…
Sushma Swaraj on a blocking spree on Twitter – Isn’t it unfair to do so as a Minister?
External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj has stirred up a twitter storm by blocking some popular right-wing handles on Twitter. The block feature on twitter allows users to block other users…
Was Atal Bihari Vajpayee passenger of India’s first ever Metro as claimed by PM Modi?
“Hamare liye garv ki baat hai ki 24 December 2002 ko Atal Bihari Vajpayee iss desh ke sabse pehle metro ke passenger bane they” (It is a matter of pride…