A two-minute video in which a mob can be seen pelting stones in front of policemen was shared after communal violence shook Delhi’s Jahangirpuri. London-based Twitter user @URScrewed_ posted this…
A massively widespread message claims that Biryani laced with pills that cause impotence was sold to Hindu customers by Muslim shop owners in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. From the Facebook page…
On February 28, several social media users shared a 20-second video of a building engulfed in fire. The viral message blamed “Islamic jihad” for the incident and claimed that this…
Several users on Twitter uploaded a video of a mob brutally thrashing a man with stones and sticks. The accompanying claim suggests that the video is from the recent communal…
Several social media users have shared two images of a dead body of a woman/girl and a third image of a sword with bloodstains. “Student studying in 11th grade went…
In the deadliest communal clashes witnessed in Delhi in decades, at least 21 people have lost their lives including police constable Ratan Lal. A viral social media message now claims…
On February 23, BJP leader Kapil Mishra made a provocative speech targetting protesters against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Since then, north-east Delhi has witnessed widespread communal riots which have…
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief, Mohan Bhagwat, was at Mukherjee University, Ranchi on February 19. Since then, several media outlets have reported that Bhagwat said, “Avoid using the word ‘nationalism’,…
Since February 10, several media outlets – national and international – have published a report saying that an increase in sulfur dioxide levels in Wuhan and Chongqing is possibly linked…
An image of Ratan Tata has gone viral on social media particularly on WhatsApp. The text on the image reads, “Big announcement by Rata Tata Sahab: From now on Tata…