Three people lost their lives in violence that erupted in Bengaluru on Tuesday night after a mob attacked the residence of Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy over a defamatory Facebook post allegedly made by his nephew against a religion. The riots... Read More
Author - Pooja Chaudhuri
Air India Express flight IX-1344 crashed at Kozhikode International Airport on August 7. Eighteen people died in the mishap and over 150 others were injured. Malayalam channel Manorama News, during its August 10 bulletin, played a video claiming that... Read More
Air India Express’ flight IX-1344 overshot the runway at Karipur airport with 190 passengers on board on August 7. Captain Deepak Vasant Sathe, the pilot in command of the aircraft, and co-pilot Akhilesh Kumar lost their lives along with 16 others. A... Read More
A video of priests embroiled in a verbal altercation and toppling the donation box in a temple has been shared on social media. Twitter user @TapasNiyama linked the video to the Ram Mandir Bhumi Pujan held on August 5 and how the event has brought... Read More
Air India crash: Malappuram Collector terms news of 40 passengers testing COVID positive “fake news”
Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi published a story on August 8 claiming that 40 victims of the Air India Express plane crash at Kozhikode International Airport tested positive for coronavirus. The article is now deleted but the tweet remains... Read More
A video of vehicles driving over a huge pothole on the road has been shared with the claim that it is from Mumbai.#vehicles suspension testing in #Mumbai #RoadSafety #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/7vO3OqhV0L — Titwala.com (@MyTitwala) August 4,... Read More
A video that shows jets emerging behind a large building and leaving a dazzling display of orange, green and white colours in the sky is widely circulating on social media. “Indian tricolour farewell in France for the Rafale jets,” reads... Read More
A video of a temple exquisitely decorated is doing the rounds on social media. It is being claimed that the video shows the decoration of the pandal for Ram Mandir Bhumi Pujan in Ayodhya. From the account @RatanKAgrawal, the clip garnered over 100... Read More
A video of policemen escorting a man from the basement of a building has been shared on social media as “terrorist” caught in Delhi’s Gaffar market. The person recording the video can be heard making this claim. Terrorist... Read More
A bizarre piece of news made headlines on July 27 — a goat was “arrested” by Kanpur police for not wearing a mask. An IANS feed republished by National Herald, Orissa Post and News18 English claimed, “The incident took place over... Read More