Here’s what happens when you retweet without cross-checking. ‘Dream Girl’ and BJP MP Hema Malini tweeted about Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram Lander reaching the south pole of the moon — a fake news posted by a fake account.
Update on Chandrayaan 2 pic.twitter.com/3wXlxv3hj3
— Hema Malini (@dreamgirlhema) September 8, 2019
Short story. pic.twitter.com/00xm4NeT28
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) September 8, 2019
Also read: ‘Official’ ISRO Twitter account posts fake news on Chandrayaan-2, Hema Malini retweets it
Kiran Bedi, Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, starts off the week with some Monday morning motivation. See what “morning nutrition”, Thomas Edison and palm trees have in common and explain it to us, please?
Good #MorningNutrition pic.twitter.com/38TC6TLDez
— Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) September 8, 2019
Congress’ Sanjay Jha was on song, literally as he showed off his hidden talent — singing. He crooned to cheer up party workers and ended up impressing BJP’s Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga. The beginning of a new friendship?
Hi! This Sunday I try something different : singing a song.
It is dedicated to all my wonderful Congress colleagues, many of whom look very down-in-the dumps. Cheer up, folks!
We grew up on Na Muh Chhupa Ke Jiyo: the late Congressman Sunil Dutt sang it on screen in Humraaz. pic.twitter.com/PHNpLhoH6y
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) September 8, 2019
Political difrences aside, you sing well.
— Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) September 8, 2019
Union Minister Harsh Vardhan heaped praise — and happy birthday greetings — on his favorite actor. Guess who.
फिल्म अभिनेता @akshaykumar जी को जन्मदिन की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। जवानों , किसानों के साथ हमेशा खड़े रहने वाले अक्षय एक बेजोड़ अभिनेता हैं । स्त्रियों के स्वास्थ्य,खुले में शौच का विरोध उन्होंने सिल्वर स्क्रीन के जरिये किया। 'जीवेत् शरद: शतम्' ,उनके जन्मदिन पर मेरी ऐसी कामना है। pic.twitter.com/JYTl1JnwPA
— Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) September 9, 2019
Congress’ Shashi Tharoor is also all praise for Indian cricketer Sanju Samson — and it’s not because he scored 91 off 48 balls.
After his blistering 48-ball 91 vs SAfricaA, Thiruvananthapuram’s star cricketer SanjuSamson announced he was dedicating his match fees to the groundsmen, whose hard work on a wet ground had made play possible. That’s what sets Sanju apart from others: not just talent but spirit. pic.twitter.com/jQs722rIQc
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 9, 2019
Rahul Gandhi, former Congress president, has come up with a new hashtag to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first hundred days of his second term.
Congratulations to the Modi Govt on #100DaysNoVikas, the continued subversion of democracy, a firmer stranglehold on a submissive media to drown out criticism and a glaring lack of leadership, direction & plans where it’s needed the most – to turnaround our ravaged economy.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 8, 2019
Filmmaker Shirish Kunder, more popularly known as Farah Khan’s husband, has a theory on how to spot “idiots” — which has everything to do with Pakistan’s Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry.
How to spot an idiot?
They spell India as Endia.
— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) September 8, 2019
Endia is adding into space debris, ealrier“Mission Shakti”failed and now “Chandrayaan”, irresponsible attitude of #ModiSarkar from region to space is disastrous for the world,Galaxyies and the planet is a delicate business politicians must not be allowed to play foolish gimmicky
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) September 8, 2019
Ashwani Mahajan, author and columnist, shared a clip of American talk show host Trevor Noah, where the latter suggested that India should colonise Britain. Well now, there’s a thought.
Comedy show suggesting India to colonise UK, on the ground they colonised India, that is, UK does not know governance. ????pic.twitter.com/UR9diMiovt
— ASHWANI MAHAJAN (@ashwani_mahajan) September 9, 2019
Congress spokesperson Salman Anees Soz recalls Ram Jethmalani who died Sunday, with a cheeky anecdote about the late lawyer and politician.
At my wedding reception, #RamJethmalani came up to my wife and me, with a sly grin revealed a flask hidden in his inside pocket. Said: “I knew Soz sahib’s party would be a dry affair. I carried my own.” My father is under house arrest but I am sure his thoughts are with Ram. RIP.
— Salman Anees Soz (@SalmanSoz) September 8, 2019
Kanhaiya Kumar, former JNUSU president and now a member of CPI, is delirious with joy as Left groups have swept the JNU student union elections.
जेएनयू में भगत सिंह, अशफाक, गांधी व अंबेडकर की जीत; हेडगेवार, गोडसे, गोलवलकर व सावरकर की हार हुई है। यह जीत एक संगठन की नहीं बल्कि लोकतंत्र, समाजवाद, धर्मनिरपेक्षता जैसे प्रगतिशील विचारों एवं संघर्षों की जीत है।
JNUSU Long-Live!!
— Kanhaiya Kumar (@kanhaiyakumar) September 8, 2019
Former finance minister P. Chidambram might be in jail, but that hasn’t silenced him — he has figured out a way to still have his voice heard. Read on to see how.
I have requested my family to tweet on my behalf the following :-
People have asked me 'If the dozen officers who processed and recommended the case to you have not been arrested, why have you been arrested? Only because you have put the last signature?'
I have no answer.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) September 9, 2019