The Congress has been trying to up its digital game in recent years, but it doesn’t seem to having the best time at it. Yesterday, the Congress posted a message on its Twitter, asking users to give a missed call to the phone number 1800-120-555-558 if they wanted to be […]
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How The Left Spread Fake News About The Modi Govt Slashing Education Budget By Rs. 3000 Crore
A lie, as they say, can travel halfway around the world before the truth can put on its shoes. Earlier this week, news reports surfaced that the Modi government was slashing the school education budget by Rs. 3000 crore, ostensibly because of a funds crunch. The outrage was immediate — […]
Shiv Sena Leader Quits Party With Heartfelt Post, Says His Conscience Doesn’t Allow Him To Work With Congress
For political operators, power is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow — that’s the reason they meet people, organize their communities, and toil for years. It’s what makes all the effort worth it. But a Maharashtra politician has stepped aside from his post, just has his […]
Media Spreads Fake News That Ajit Pawar Given Clean Chit; Pawar Wasn’t Involved In Any Of The Cases Closed
The Indian media today broke what seemed to be a sensational story — two days after Ajit Pawar had tied up with the BJP in Maharashtra, 9 cases against him had been supposedly closed by the Anti Corruption Bureau. The move smacked of a political quid pro quo, and commentators […]
Beneath His Accent, Shashi Tharoor Is Just Your Average Fake-News-Spreading WhatsApp Uncle
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is lionized by India’s liberals for his English — they fawn over his vocabulary, they swoon over his accent, and they proclaim him an intellectual because he uses words that they need a thesaurus to understand. But beneath Tharoor’s veneer of linguistic sophistication might lie what […]
Google Searches For “Plogging” Rise More Than 10,000 Percent After PM Modi Photoshoot
PM Modi isn’t only taking India to the world — he’s instituted the World Yoga Day, and made world leaders wear his trademark jackets in the past — but he also seems to be bringing some of the world’s best ideas back home. Google searches for “plogging” have risen more […]
Former Congress Spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi Trolls Party 5 Months After Quitting
What’s the acceptable time period to start badmouthing your former employer after you’ve quit? Five months, if you ask Priyanka Chaturvedi. Former Congress Spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi today tore into the Congress party, five months after resigning as its National Spokesperson. “The social media of Congress continues to plumb new lows. […]