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    Home / Archives for January 2019 / Page 2

    Month: January 2019

    Politics

    Fake: Viral poster claims Rahul Gandhi’s DNA doesn’t match Rajiv Gandhi’s

    Jignesh Patel25th January 2019

    A poster about a supposed DNA expert’s claim that Rahul Gandhi is not the son of Rajiv Gandhi is circulating on social media. It has been shared by several individuals…

    Politics

    Congress uses 2011 image to portray PM Modi’s constituency Varanasi in poor state

    Pooja Chaudhuri24th January 201924th January 2019

    The official Twitter handle of Manipur Congress tweeted a collage of four images on January 23 to showcase development in Rahul Gandhi’s turf Amethi and regression in PM Modi’s constituency…

    News

    Old image of a Jain fast-unto-death ritual viral as protest against cow slaughter

    Jignesh Patel23rd January 2019

    A Twitter user, Prof. S. Vengugopalan tweeted a photograph of an emaciated man claiming that a Jain monk is fasting unto death to stop cow slaughter in India. It has…

    Politics

    Telangana police mock drill video viral as terror attack in Tirupathi Tirumala bypass road

    Pooja Chaudhuri23rd January 2019

    A video viral on social media is being circulated with claims that one terrorist was killed and three were arrested at Tirupathi Tirumala bypass road. The video has been shared…

    Politics

    Did gun toting men force people to participate in TMC’s mega rally? No, its an old India Today broadcast

    Jignesh Patel23rd January 201923rd January 2019

    A video of an India Today broadcast showing masked men waving guns at people has gone viral on social media. Masked men in the video can be seen brandishing guns…

    Politics

    No, terrorist Syed Salahuddin did not contest Kashmir elections on Congress ticket in 1987

    Pooja Chaudhuri23rd January 201923rd January 2019

    A Facebook page Narendra Modi – True Indian shared a post on January 22, claiming that Syed Mohammed Yusuf Shah, popularly known as Syed Salahuddin, had contested Kashmir assembly elections in 1987 on…

    Politics

    Amit Shah falsely claims ‘Vande mataram’ & ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ slogans not raised at TMC’s Mega Rally

    Pooja Chaudhuri22nd January 2019

    At his rally in West Bengal’s Malda, BJP president Amit Shah claimed that no slogans of ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ were raised during the Opposition’s Mahagathbandhan rally….

    Politics

    No, Mamata Banerjee did not exclusively promote Islam or Urdu at the United India rally

    Jignesh Patel22nd January 2019

    After the mahagatbandhan rally in Kolkata organized by the TMC, social media user Gaurav Pradhan tweeted a screenshot of a television news broadcast attributing a statement to West Bengal CM Mamata…

    Politics

    Fake news about Modi govt to print currency notes featuring former PM late Atal Bihari Vajpayee shared on social media

    Pooja Chaudhuri21st January 2019

    An article recently viral on social media suggests that the PM Modi-led government has taken a “historic step” of printing Indian currency notes featuring former prime minister late Atul Bihari…

    News

    Doctored video: Arvind Kejriwal did not claim that Modi-Amit Shah will ruin Pakistan if voted back to power

    Jignesh Patel20th January 20196th February 2019

    On January 19, Opposition leaders of 20 political parties came together for Mamata Banerjee’s ‘United India’ rally with a common purpose of taking on the BJP in the 2019 Lok…

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