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Suresh Chavhanke violates Twitter policy, shares venue details of interfaith couple’s wedding reception

Archit21st November 202222nd November 2022

The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the last week. Aftab Amin Poonawalla, the accused and Walker’s live-in partner, was arrested on November…

Fact-check: Is viral video actual footage of a ‘hatman’ killing woman in Mumbai?

Kalim Ahmed12th November 202212th November 2022

A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers can see a woman getting down from a car outside a residential complex and as…

‘32000 Kerala women in ISIS’: Misquotes, flawed math, imaginary figures behind filmmaker’s claim

Shinjinee Majumder & Archit8th November 20228th November 2022

The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social media in which a burqa-clad woman recounts her past as a Hindu named Shalini Unnikrishnan…

Social media conspiracy theories falsely suggest deliberate sabotage behind Morbi bridge collapse

Archit & Kalim Ahmed2nd November 2022

On October 30, while people were celebrating the Chhatt festival across the country, reports came in of a suspension bridge collapsing in Gujarat. The collapse of the 230-meter-long bridge located…

Concocted opinion polls predicting AAP victory in Gujarat elections viral

Shinjinee Majumder25th October 2022

A collection of opinion polls apparently predicting the results of the upcoming Gujarat polls is going viral. All the graphics indicate the victory of the Aam Aadmi Party. The four…

Video of German cop action against football fans viral as assault on price-rise protesters

Abhishek Kumar20th October 202220th October 2022

A video of police personnel pinning down protesters on the ground is being widely shared on social media. It has been claimed that protesters staging a demonstration against high inflation…

‘Police ka Dandiya’: How Aman Chopra of News18 glorified public flogging of Muslims by Gujarat police

Shinjinee Majumder15th October 202219th October 2022

Trigger Warning: Violent visuals. Viewer discretion is advised. In the afternoon of October 4, the residents of Undhela in Gujarat’s Kheda district witnessed a public flogging of 10 Muslim men…

Media misreports link 2021 IAF rescue operation in Andhra to recent Telangana floods

Abhishek Kumar19th July 2022

On July 13 media reports stated that the rise in water level of the Godavari river triggered widespread floods in Telangana. The low-lying areas are facing the brunt of the…

‘Flood jihad’ – NewsX, other media outlets, journos communalise Silchar floods

Archit11th July 202212th July 2022

While reporting on the Assam floods in June, The Indian Express stated that Silchar — southern Assam’s biggest town and the gateway to the three districts on the bank of…

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No Rolls Royce for Saudi Arabia players, reports by nat’l, int’l media outlets false

A woman’s body discovered in a trolley bag in Yamuna Expressway is a case of honour killing