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Fake tweet portrays Rahul Gandhi suggesting odd/even method to reopen schools

Jignesh Patel26th May 2020

A screenshot of a tweet supposedly put out by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is doing the rounds on social media. “Schools and colleges should reopen from 1st June on odd/even…

Fact-check: Did Rajasthan govt halt buses transporting students to UP for Rs 19 lakh fuel dues?

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On May 16, Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wrote a letter to BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh government seeking permission to send 1,000 buses from Rajasthan for labourers from UP to travel back…

Video of PM Modi’s recent visit to West Bengal morphed with ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ slogans

Jignesh Patel23rd May 202023rd May 2020

A video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Cheif Minister Mamata Banerjee is getting shared on social media. In the video, both of them are seen heading towards…

No, Mohan Bhagwat did not say he has lost faith in religion – manufactured clipping viral

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An alleged newspaper clipping is viral on social media. It claims that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said that he has lost faith in religion because of the coronavirus outbreak. The…

Photos of Rahul Gandhi’s interaction with migrant workers shared with false claim

Priyanka Jha21st May 2020

On May 16, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi met a few migrant labourers near Delhi’s Sukhdev Vihar flyover. According to media reports, he interacted with them and arranged for their…

Old video shared as recent confrontation between Indian and Chinese troops

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Indian soldiers and Chinese PLA personnel were involved in a fierce face-off in Nakula area of North Sikkim on May 9 in which seven Chinese and four Indian soldiers reportedly…

No, temples are not charged more for electricity than mosques and churches in Tamil Nadu

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In the past few days, several Twitter users have posted an illustration that claims that electricity charges for temples are higher than what mosques and churches have to pay in…

Video of DTC personnel complaining about lack of social distancing in Delhi bus is from March

Jignesh Patel20th May 2020

On May 18, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that bus services in the capital will resume but only 20 passengers will be allowed at a time. He said that…

Congress’s Surjewala shares 2012 image from Nepal as ‘new India’, deletes later

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On May 19, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted an image of a woman riding a bicycle with an infant wrapped on her back and a sack tugged on to…

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Amit Malviya says earth rotates clockwise, makes false claim about Rahul Gandhi’s Narmada Ghat aarti

After social media outrage, ‘Rashid Khan’ justifying Shraddha murder turns out to be Vikas Kumar