Though US President Barack Obama’s visited India as the State guest for Republic Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ensured substantial work was done on the foreign policy front too. That PM Modi was already taking a different approach to foreign policy was evident right from his swearing in. However, the broad contours of India’s reach … Read more
On Saturday morning, Times of India via the below tweet created a storm on Twitter, when it alleged that the Election Commission had raided AAP candidate Naresh Balyan’s residence and siezed more than 5000 Liquor bottles. Expectedly, there was wide spread outrage on Twitter which ridiculed AAP for using corrupt practices to secure votes: … Read more
HYDERABAD: A video has come out showing a Muslim cleric in India leading a funeral prayer, where he praises and endorses the murder of cartoonists and satirists of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. This is the second major incident of someone in India openly supporting the Charlie Hebdo killers. Earlier a former minister of Uttar … Read more
BJP or Narendra Modi, have no stake, officially or unofficially in any Satire website in India. But if you read some comments on Twitter, you might be fooled into thinking otherwise. Two of India’s most popular satire sites, FakingNews and TheUnrealTimes, are often accused of being soft on BJP, or pro-BJP. It’s a different issue … Read more
BHOPAL: India’s leading newspaper The Times of India, which is hardly known for promoting factual and objective journalism, sunk to a new low when it tried to project a Shia-Sunni riot in Madhya Pradesh as a Hindu-Muslim riot. Indian media is known to spin reports of communal violence in a way that Hindus always appear … Read more
While the liberal crowd in India is busy bailing out Mehdi Masroor Biswas, the Bangalore based youth who operated @ShamiWitness, one of the most influential Twitter account pushing ISIS propaganda, one needs to analyze if this incident could be part of a bigger conspiracy. Let’s not forget that this has happened a few days after … Read more
It is not new for the Times of India to do hit jobs against people who are against Congress. From “Rambo Modi” story to the latest “No holiday on Christmas” one, Times Group has helped Congress more than Rahul Gandhi’s leadership has. But ever wondered why the Times Group is pro-Congress? No, it is not due … Read more
A month after the conclusion of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos in Switzerland, an Indian ‘RTI activist’ by the name of Ajay Bose has been spreading canards about the Modi government. In a tweet (archive) on Friday (17th February) morning, he alleged that the Indian embassy in Switzerland has … Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the BJP, saying that if the ruling party at the Centre does not face defeat in this year’s general elections, then the Aam Aadmi Party “will make India free of BJP” rule in the next Lok Sabha elections. “The biggest challenger of BJP … Read more
The All India Bar Association (AIBA) has written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, cautioning about demands for President’s Rule in the state after witnessing horrific incidents of sexual assault and violence in Sandeshkhali. AIBA Chairman and Senior Advocate, Dr Adish Aggarwala, has also condemned the incident and the lackadaisical approach of the West … Read more