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'No such letter issued': PIB debunks social media reports claiming PM Modi's resignation

July 30, 2026 2:45 pm

"A letter purportedly signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being circulated on social media. No such letter has been issued by the Prime Minister, nor has it been signed by him," the PIB said in a social media post.

'Intellectually dishonest': Congress slams govt assertion on India being among 'most equal' countries

July 07, 2025 1:52 pm

The Congress demanded that the Press Information Bureau (PIB) must clarify as to the origins of this press release and retract it immediately.

Brinda Karat on electoral bonds data: Who pays, who wins

March 23, 2024 10:14 am

Unlike other parties, the CPI(M) did not open an electoral bond account with the SBI. It is this — opposition to the corrupt scheme in policy and practice — that established the bona fides of the CPI(M) as a petitioner and why its petition was accepted by the Supreme Court.

Express View on SC stay on Fact Check Unit: Judge, jury, executioner

March 23, 2024 10:15 am

On the face of it, the FCU is violative of Article 19 of the Constitution -- the right to free speech. Democratic politics is an open contestation of ideas and personalities. The Centre must rethink

PIB’s fact-checking unit: Can the Centre decide what is true about itself and what is not?

March 21, 2024 6:29 pm

Misinformation about a fact should be tackled but it should be done by an independent body. The central government here is the judge, jury, and executioner in its own case. It decides and intermediaries must comply under threat of prosecution

Centre notifies its own fact check unit under PIB: What is it?

March 20, 2024 10:30 pm

Earlier, the News Broadcasters & Digital Association had said the fact-checking unit will 'have a chilling effect on the media' and should be withdrawn.

PIB fact-check unit exposes 9 YouTube channels for fake news

December 01, 2023 9:41 pm

Officials said these channels misattributed derogatory statements to persons occupying constitutional positions, including the Chief Justice of India, Prime Minister and Chief Election Commissioner.

It's Akashvani now, Prasar Bharati drops references to AIR

May 05, 2023 4:15 pm

All India Radio was referred to as 'Akashvani' by renowned poet Rabindranath Tagore in a poem he had written for the inauguration of the Calcutta shortwave service in 1939.

Rajesh Malhotra PIB’s new Principal DG

March 01, 2023 9:21 am

Malhotra, already designated as the Principal D-G, was handling the media and communication division of the ministries of Finance, and Corporate Affairs.

PIB busted 1,100 cases of fake news in 3 years: Anurag Thakur in House

February 08, 2023 7:39 am

Thakur’s statement was in response to a question on fake news by Kerala Congress MPs K Muraleedharan and Benny Behanan on whether the government has taken cognizance of the increase in fake news cases as reflected in the data published by the NCRB.

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