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A photograph featuring a tarred road where people stand barefoot as if they enter a temple is now the hottest debating point among political buffs in India. The image was shared widely by right-wing supporters, and they claimed that it is Narendra Modi’s governance which actually has brought a positive change in India. Some Modi supporters even went ahead and ...

Following the historical verdict by the Supreme Court regarding the women entry in Sabarimala, Subramanian Swamy, a top brass BJP leader claimed that women will suffer genetic mutation if they enter Sannidhanam. Subramanian Swamy’s series of tweets soon went viral on online platforms, and many people claimed that the BJP leader is also proclaiming the ancient notion that menstrual blood ...

Telangana is not Uttar Pradesh and people of Telangana are not fools to believe that they are still under the rule of the Nizam. But UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, unaware of Telangana’s history, told a rally that the erstwhile ruler fled in the wake of India taking over the Nizam state. On Sunday, speaking at an election campaign in ...

It has been long rumored that the Indian National football team was compelled to play barefoot in the 1948 Olympics due to the pathetic financial conditions of the nation just free from the British Raj. But the truth was that the Indian football players preferred to play barefoot as they practised it that way. They were seen wearing shoes in ...

PC George, the Janapaksham MLA in Kerala, often known for his strong rhetoric and outspoken attitude recently said that Jainism is the oldest religion. In a recent debate programme aired on ‘Janam TV’, PC George claimed that Jainism founded by Lord Mahavira is older than Buddhism, and he added that Hinduism more of a culture than a religion which originated ...

Quoting a BARC report, major news publishers including the Economic Times had published that BJP is the top TV advertiser. But the truth is, as per the BARC list for top 10 brands, BJP is on top of the list with 22,099 insertions, just behind the tenth top advertiser Marico Ltd. that had put out 22,195 insertions. If BJP had put ...

A concert by Salman Khan along with Pakistani singer Atif Aslam scheduled for Sunday evening in Uttarakhand is fake, said the singer’s Indian Aadeez Organisation that is responsible for holding his Indian concerts. In fact, he was singing at an event in Dubai on Saturday, Nov. 23, just a day before the Kashipur event.  Here’s the tweet: This Is Fake ...

Not Colgate or Santoor soap, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has emerged as the number one advertiser on television, according to the audience research firm BARC’s top 10 advertisers for the week 46 (November 10-16, 2018), indicating that BJP is spending big on television medium, which has the highest reach in terms of publicity. This is also the first ...

Sabarimala temple has been in the midst of controversies after the historic judgment made by the Supreme Court on October 28, which allowed the entry of women between the age of 10 and 50. As police made some mass arrests, opposition parties like Congress and BJP have started alleging that the LDF government led by Pinarayi Vijayan is intentionally trying ...

Kerala politics witnessed an intense storm recently when BJP leader KP Sasikala (teacher) was arrested during her journey to Sabarimala. After a day-long hartal, Sasikala obtained bail, and she successfully reached Sannidhanam with her grandchildren and relatives. But a section of left front supporters alleged that KP Sasikala has broken the customs and traditions of Sabarimala temple stating that she ...