Ashish Shukla's Blog, page 29

Obama squeaks on Russia in final PC

Obama: A disaster to the last word

At his final end of the year press conference before departing on his final taxpayer-paid Hawaiian vacation, Barack Obama decided to repeat a laundry list of ignorant, factually incorrect statement

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Is it really “poor” who are queued outside banks?

Queues: Where's the unrest?

Opposition parties and media have cried themselves hoarse that poor are suffering and dying by standing in queues outside banks after the demonetization was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Mod

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Now, it’s time for electoral reforms

Why AAP has withdrawn from Mah, Chandigarh civic polls?

After the demonetization of November 8, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) pulled out of local civic elections of both Mumbai and Chandigarh. It can be a coincidence—or after-effects of a surgical strike.

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When even RBI supplied fake currency!!!

Fake Currency: The Pakistan's game

(This brilliant piece in Internet Hindu is being republished by

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Murthal is one of many "fake news": But who cares?

Muruthal Gangrape: The story that never was 

The kind of furore and din media created on “Murthal gangrape” during the Jat Stir in Haryana is beginning to unravel.

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Cong. fears “WikiLeaks” of hacked accounts

Congress shudders at "WikiLeaks" of their account

First it was the twitter handle of Rahul Gandhi which was hacked on Wednesday.

The next morning, the official handle of the Indian National Congress was compromised.

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Ram “Janmabhoomi” through history’s prism

Ram Janmabhoomi and its essence for Hindus

(The destruction of Babri Structure this week 24 years ago was a seminal moment in India's history. Over many centuries, Hindus fought tooth and nail to reclaim "Ram Janmabhoomi".

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The Fake News vs. Real News debate

Janet Cooke of Washington Post: Fake Pulitzer story

A few days ago, Major Surendra Poonia made an angry tweet: “Yesterday one TOI (Times of India) reporter asked me when I was w

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Jan Dhan accounts to get Rs 5,000-Rs 10,000

Freebies in Jan Dhan accounts: A masterstroke

Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared it in a public rally that so far Rs 5 lakh crore have been collected since the introduction of demonetization on November 8, 2016—that our mainstream newspaper

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Where’s Your Freedom of Expression, TOI?

Where's your freedom of expression, TOI?

Times of India in its editorial today (see pic) has cried bucketful on the “harmful” influence of social media on the “news-professionals” like them, and other mainstream media.

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