Politics Archives - Page 172 of 380

BJP Bengal uses 2014 image of California wildfires in poster against TMC

Pooja Chaudhuri20th January 202121st January 2021

West Bengal’s Minakhan police arrested four people for vandalising and setting on fire homes of BJP leaders and activists on January 13. Anandabazar Patrika reported that BJP minority leader Nur…

Photo of Muslim woman in solidarity with farmers at Tikri border viral with misleading claim

Kinjal19th January 2021

A photograph of a group of women seated onstage in front of a Punjabi banner has been shared with the text, “Women power on the Kisan stage – When did…

Video of man hacked to death on busy road in Hyderabad shared as Delhi’s Karol Bagh

Archit19th January 202120th January 2021

A 22-second clip of three men hacking another to death with sticks and a huge stone in public has gone viral. It’s being shared with a Hindi text that claims…

No, Coca-Cola has not launched campaign in support of farmers’ protest

Anuradha Prasad19th January 2021

An image of two Coca-Cola bottles is being widely shared on social media linking it with the ongoing farmers’ protests. The text on one of the bottles reads “Kisan Ekta”…

False statement of killing Muslims and farmers ascribed to PM Modi

Kinjal19th January 2021

An image of a purported page from a newspaper has two headlines that read, “Ram Temple will never be built: Amit Shah” and “To win the trust of Hindus, it…

Fact-check: Did Mumbai police pay respects to Hazrat Pir Mahim for the first time under Shiv Sena?

Kinjal15th January 202115th May 2021

A video of a group of policemen saluting Hazrat Pir Makhdoom Ali Mahim is circulating on social media with the claim that these are Mumbai cops paying their respects to…

Video of protest in Ladakh against Hazara killings shared as PoK

Kinjal14th January 2021

On January 10, @RadioChinar tweeted a video claiming that it shows a protest rally allegedly held in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir’s (PoK) Gilgit-Baltistan against the atrocities inflicted on Pakistan’s Hazara community…

AAP, BJP, Congress politicise Delhi HC’s order to remove Hanuman temple at Chandni Chowk

Archit13th January 202116th January 2021

A Hanuman temple in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk was razed in the morning of January 3 as part of a beautification drive. The demolition sparked a political blame game where the…

Woman’s placard morphed to read ‘will disrobe but not show documents’ for NRC

Pooja Chaudhuri13th January 202113th January 2021

A photograph of a young woman displaying a placard that allegedly reads in Bengali, “I will take off my saree and clothes but will not produce documents. NONRCCAANPR,” has been…

Politics

Why PM Modi’s dig at ‘infiltrators’ in Independence Day speech could spell trouble

Voter list ‘errors’: Several of EC’s ‘fact checks’ make no sense, mislead people further