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Fake tweet portrays AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan saying ‘Islam will win across India’

Pooja Chaudhuri13th February 202026th February 2021

A screenshot of an alleged tweet by AAP MLA Amanatullah is circulating on social media. The purported tweet portrays the politician dedicating his win in the 2020 assembly polls in…

Rahul Gandhi blames PM Modi for ‘unemployment of eagles’? Edited video viral

Jignesh Patel12th February 202012th February 2020

A video of former Congress President Rahul Gandhi is doing the rounds on social media where he can be heard saying, “Here, please explain one thing to me why are…

Did Manoj Tiwari ask Modi-Shah to not campaign in Delhi ahead of polls? Fake letter viral

Ketan12th February 202012th February 2020

Ahead of the Delhi assembly elections, an alleged letter with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) letterhead went viral. The letter carries the alleged signature of BJP Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari…

Misleading reports claim Shaheen Bagh empty post AAP win in Delhi election

Kritika Goel , The Quint11th February 202011th February 2020

When the counting of votes for Delhi assembly elections was underway on Tuesday, 11 February – with latest trends pointing to a massive mandate for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)…

Coronavirus: No, this video of bats removed from a rooftop is not from China

Kinjal11th February 2020

On February 10, The New York Times reported that Coronavirus killed 97 people in a single day in China. The epidemic has spread to other countries as well and according…

Old video from Rajasthan shared as Muslims chanting slogans of Islamic supremacy amid Delhi polls

Jignesh Patel10th February 202010th February 2020

Pakistani-Canadian author Tarek Fatah tweeted a video of a group of men, a majority of them wearing skull-caps, and wrote . “In the #DelhiPolls2020, Muslim goons chant a provocative slogan against…

No, this video doesn’t show people infected with Coronavirus in China screaming for help

Archit10th February 202010th February 2020

On February 7, Brajesh Misra, editor-in-chief of Bharat Samachar tweeted (archive) a 15-second video and said, “People from Wuhan can be heard begging for life from their homes. Instead of medical…

Old, unrelated photos viral as Zee News office attacked for insulting Delhi voters

Pooja Chaudhuri10th February 202011th February 2020

“An enraged crowd attacked Zee News officer for terming the people of Delhi freeloaders and traitors. Heard this, is it true?” wrote one Sunik Kumar on Facebook, drawing close to 900…

Amit Malviya: How the ringmaster of BJP’s propaganda machinery weaponises misinformation

Pooja Chaudhuri10th February 202011th February 2021

On January 15, 2020, Amit Malviya, national in-charge of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) IT cell, shared a video of a random group of persons insinuating that the women of…

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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