Politics

Scores of twitter posts are doing rounds with pictures of Narendra Modi and Gurmeet Ram Rahim coming out of a helicopter with messages suggesting that it is the same helicopter…

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been awarded a jail sentence of 20 years after being convicted in the rape cases of two of his followers. Ever since the Gurmeet Ram…

“@ashutosh83B अरे कलुए तूने बिजेपी का नाम नहीं लिया लेले चुतिया खाना हजम नहीं होगा”. On the face of it, there is nothing unusual about this post. You will see…

“Mein guru maharaj Ram Singhji, Mastanji ke Sacha Sauda ki bhumi ko pranam karta hun (I salute Ram Singhji, Mastanji’s Sacha Sauda’s land)” were PM Modi’s words in a speech…

In an article titled, “Swarajya magazine and Jaideep Mazumdar spread falsehood about Suhrawardy Avenue in Kolkata“, Alt News had exposed how Swarajya had pushed out false information regarding a road…

“Terrorist ploy. Clips of rail-road were removed.” Within an hour after the Muzaffarnagar train accident, scores of conspiracy theories started to float on social media. While some were speculative, others…

“It’s A Crying Shame That ‘The Butcher Of Bengal’ Has A Road Named After Him In Kolkata” is the title of a story on the most prominent right-wing portal Swarajya….

“OMG Vice President’s budget is six times that of the President.” or “Vice President spent seven times more than the Prime Minister on foreign travel“, you must have heard statements…

A huge storm of outrage erupted when former VP Hamid Ansari stated that there’s a sense of unease among Muslims in an interview. What followed was a virulent right-wing troll…

“My Twitter account got hacked” is the new “The dog ate my homework”. Social media accounts have a habit of getting hacked just before a controversial post. In some cases,…