RPN Singh blames BJP for Rajiv Gandhi's lax security
Assertion: On 6 November 2013, the BJP Parliamentary Board passed a resolution seeking Prime Ministerial level security cover for Narendra Modi, its Prime Ministerial Candidate. Reacting to this, Minister of State More...
Guest Post: 2014 Key Battlegrounds–UP and Bihar
Note: This was sent in by Shwetank, a well-wisher and supporter of IndiaFacts. Shwetank is a Chartered Accountant and a keen political observer. Narendra Modi began his campaign for the 2014 general elections More...
Tunku Varadarajan on Gujarat Riots Numbers
Assertion: In an article in the Daily Beast, journalist Tunku Varadarajan, brother of Siddharth Varadarajan the recently-resigned Editor of the Hindu, makes the following assertion about the Gujarat riots of More...
Sankarshan Thakur's History Lessons for Modi
Assertion: At the end of an oped in the Telegraph on 30 October 2013, the paper’s editor, Sankarshan Thakur provides history lessons to Narendra Modi and concludes that Modi’s sense of history is More...
Muslims in Gujarat Poorer: NYT
Assertion: In its editorial on 26 October 2013, the New York Times makes the following claim: [Narendra Modi's] economic record in Gujarat is not entirely admirable, either. Muslims in Gujarat, for instance, More...
Times of India Distorts Headline
The Times of India report about a Muslim Imam who murdered a married man with whose wife he was having an illicit affair is headlined as follows: Priest kills lover’s hubby, held in J&K Neither does More...
ANNOUNCEMENT
IndiaFacts is pleased to announce that we are now throwing the floor open to the public for our popular Distortion Watch feature. Here’s how it works: 1. If you come across any distortions and/or slander anywhere–print, More...
Media has more freedom in India: Shinde
Assertion: Speaking at a function in Butibori near Nagpur, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde claimed that the print, electronic and social media in India has more freedom as compared to the West. Facts: The More...
Aamir Khan's Unreleased Movie Insults Hindu Gods
Incident: Aamir Khan’s under-production movie titled PK, directed by Rajkumar Hirani has a scene in which a man dressed as Lord Shiva [is] pulling a rickshaw in which two burqa-clad women were sitting. Facts Here More...
Tipu Sultan Originated the Salaam Aarati at Kollur: Vijaya Karnataka
Assertion : In an article in the mainstream Kannada Daily Vijaya Karnataka on 10 October 2013, a ritual practiced in the coastal temple of Kollur was reported. The following is the translated summary of the original More...