On May 24th Southern Railway announced a “unique initiative”. It had decided to expand parcel traffic by commencing transportation of Livestock in parcel vans. As tweeted by Chief Commercial Manager,…
A viral online petition wants Twitter to sack Raheel Khursheed from a position he doesn’t hold
A Change.org petition to remove Raheel Khursheed as head of Twitter India is viral on social media and has done well to get 28000+ supporters so far, presumably from the…
Postcard News: Mass producing fake news
On 18th May 2015, Twitter handle of postcard.news tweeted the picture of two young children claiming that they were Balochs who were being killed and brutalised. In reality, this image…
PIB India’s “inadvertent” error acknowledges a long list of Modi government negatives
The headline stunned everyone who read it, “Modi stuns opposition! On third anniversary, NDA government cites its negatives in report card”. This was BIG. The Modi government is not particularly…
BJP Bengal’s Social Media Accounts use an accident victim’s photo to portray police atrocity
On 24th May, BJP had announced a plan to gherao Lalbazar in Kolkata on 25th May. “We would do a Lalbazar Gherao because we had demanded the arrest of Tipu…
Sonu Nigam: From demanding ‘respect for women’ to standing with Abhijeet
Every time that a woman is abused, there are those who choose to talk of the provocation. In all harassment and violence faced by women, blaming the victim is the…
Fact Check: Are rural roads constructed in 2016-17 at an all-time high as claimed by BJP?
On completion of three years of BJP government, report cards on various schemes are being converted into infographics and shared widely on social media. In an eagerness to state achievements,…
Media coverage of Jharkhand lynching – Where’s the outrage? Where are the hashtags?
Seven men were brutally killed in two separate incidents by a mob in a complete breakdown of law and order in Jharkhand on May 18th. Even as the horrific images…
Sex, Hindutva and Social Media partnerships – Secret to fake news site Insistpost’s astounding success
A picture of Bollywood Actress Alia Bhatt as a toddler sitting in Mahesh Bhatt’s lap is the featured image of an article on the home page of chaskatimes.com. The title…
Gujarat Govt burns off Rs 2.27 Crore to hand out appointment letters to police personnel
The elections are due in Gujarat, and the BJP government is trying to cash in on every possible opportunity to advertise their work. Even a procedure as routine as hiring…