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Did governmental regulations prevent RSS from hoisting national flag for 52 years?

Pratik Sinha17th March 201726th January 2020

On January 26th, 2002, RSS hoisted the national flag at its headquarters in Nagpur voluntarily for the first time after India’s first Republic day. Prior to that, the only other…

Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga appointed as Delhi BJP Spokesperson; A quick look at his career till now

Pratik Sinha14th March 201712th May 2017

Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, a well-known figure on social media, has been appointed as the Delhi BJP Spokesperson. Tajinder Bagga is the latest in the new crop of BJP workers…

Woman in tears after losing a day’s wage to attend PM Modi’s rally, was promised Rs 400, paid only 150

Pratik Sinha10th March 2017

A video is currently viral on social media which shows a woman in tears while claiming that she skipped her daily wage job to attend Modi’s rally upon being promised…

BUSTED: ‘True’ story by Manish Malhotra about Modi working 18-20 hours a day

Pratik Sinha9th March 201723rd November 2018

There are several urban legends regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi which circulate on social media. We’ve heard how “Narendra Modi had been declared the best prime minister in the world…

Dear Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the articles you wanted banned have been archived on a Czech website. What now?

Pratik Sinha8th March 2017

A City Civil Court at Bengaluru ordered two articles on The Wire website to be taken down following an application filed by Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandresekhar. The Wire took…

Guatemalan mob lynching video passed off as one of Marwadi woman being burnt alive by a Muslim mob

Pratik Sinha5th March 201731st August 2017

For the past few months, we have repeatedly come across a video posted by many on social media in which a young girl is beaten up by a mob and…

‘Unpolluted’ leaders from the Sangh ecosystem boasting about riots, mass murder and more

Pratik Sinha4th March 20174th March 2017

Recently, India’s Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr Kiren Rijiju had termed Gurmehar Kaur’s mind as ‘polluted’ because she had appealed for peace between India and Pakistan after having…

How the right wing machinery is circulating a fake video claiming it is Gurmehar Kaur drinking and dancing

Pratik Sinha4th March 20177th June 2018

The bhakt gang is up to their usual tactics again. Many people like ‘Ashwani Gupta’ in the image above, who has a picture of PM Modi in his cover image,…

Do these plagiarized tweets by the Phogats indicate their accounts are being used for BJP propaganda?

Pratik Sinha1st March 201725th June 2017

Mahavir Phogat, the father of the legendary Phogat sisters, and the Phogat sisters themselves have come into the spotlight for the public stance that they have taken via their tweets…

From their crop to their huts, how much do the poor need to forgo to accommodate PM Modi’s rallies?

Pratik Sinha28th February 201728th February 2017

In the last two weeks, at least two instances of poor suffering to accommodate PM Modi’s expansive election rallies have come forth. For PM Modi’s 27th February rally in Mau,…