Several Twitter users have shared a clip of a man narrating an assault on him inside a train. The users have alleged that the man was beaten up by people…
News of Mysore engineering student’s murder viral with communal spin
On September 2, Star of Mysore, an evening newspaper from the city of Mysuru, reported that a 21-year-old engineering student, Apoorva Shetty, was found murdered in a private hotel on…
FB page brands Bangladeshi tourists as “infiltrators”, BJP leaders amplify false claim
A man conducting a vox-pop (short interviews with members of the public) at Shaheen Bagh with men exiting a mosque after namaz has gone viral. In this video, the interviewer…
Banner from a 2018 farmers’ protest by AIKS shared as recent
An image that shows a banner inscribed with the slogan, “Not Modi, Not Yogi, Not Jai Shri Ram, if someone rules the nation it has to be labourers and farmers”…
Fact-check: Did TN govt direct temples to pay Rs 10cr to fund 5,450 tonne free rice to mosques?
On April 29, OpIndia (archive link) published an article with the headline — ‘5,450 tonnes of free rice to 2,985 mosques, 47 temples have to pay rupees ₹10 crores: Tamil…
Dalit man thrashed by mob inside a mosque? Viral video, false claim
A video is viral on social media with the claim that it depicts a Dalit man being mercilessly thrashed by a mob of Muslim men in Uttar Pradesh. The man…
Has CM of Andhra Pradesh appointed an evangelist to head the Tirupati Temple Trust?
How can this be allowed @HMOIndia? Sudha Murthy resigns from Thirupathi board. Jagan appoints his uncle YEHOVA VINCENT Subbareddy( YV SUBBARADDY) -a staunch Evangelist as chairman of TIRUPATI TUMALA BALAJI…
False claim: Sadhvi Pragya has been acquitted of terror charges
Sadhvi Pragya, accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, will be contesting the ongoing Lok Sabha election on a BJP ticket. News of Pragya’s nomination from Bhopal, MP had sparked…
Postcard News circulates fake letter about Sonia Gandhi and Karnataka minister engineering Lingayat issue
“MASSIVE EXPOSE! Karnataka minister M B Patil’s letter to Sonia Gandhi reveals that Global Christian Council and World Islamic organisation masterminded the division of Lingayats in Karnataka!” Postcard News has…
Paresh Mesta death: Rumour-mongering of brutality sparks tension, Karnataka Police issues stern warning
‘Head cut open’, ‘castrated’ and ‘boiling oil poured on face’ are some of the provocative messages that are doing the rounds on social media to describe 21 year old Paresh…