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False claims of Gurmehar Kaur interviewed by BBC in Pakistan; statements twisted

Pooja Chaudhuri21st February 201923rd February 2019

Twitter handle @squintneon, which has been suspended by the micro-blogging site twice in the past, is back with circulating misinformation. At 1:23 PM on February 21, ‘Comrade Squinty’ tweeted student…

Mock drill at Delhi’s Dilshad Garden metro station viral as “bomb found” by the police

Pooja Chaudhuri21st February 201921st February 2019

“Dilshad garden metro station bomb found” – is the message accompanying a viral video on social media. The 31-second clip shows police gathered outside Delhi’s Dilshad garden metro station. The person…

BHU professor leaks phone numbers of public figures on his Facebook profile

Arjun Sidharth21st February 2019

98111XXXXX पर प्रशांत भूषण को, 98115XXXXX पर रविश को, और 82830XXXXX पर सिद्धू को भारत विरोध के लिये बधाई दें This message was posted by a Facebook user Koushal Mishra, who leaked…

Khalistan supporters gatecrashing Congress event in London resurfaces with false claim

Pooja Chaudhuri20th February 2019

Recently, a video is being circulated on social media with the claim that the Congress let in Khalistan protesters at their event where the separatists chanted anti-India slogans. Several individual users…

Old interview of J&K civilian falsely portrayed as terrorist resurfaces after Pulwama attack

Jignesh Patel20th February 2019

“आज सुबह और कल हमने जिस शख्स को धमाके से उड़ा हुआ देखा या पढ़ा वह आज इंटरव्यू दे रहा है ! शाबाश मीडिया और बीजेपी (This morning and yesterday,…

No, Yogi Adityanath did not laugh at Pulwama martyr’s funeral; old video goes viral

Arjun Sidharth20th February 201915th March 2019

शहीद के शव के पास बेठ कर बिलक बिलक कर रोते हुए😢 देखो योगी आदित्य नाथ को (Look at Yogi Adityanath crying buckets near the body of martyr- translated). Along with…

Old photo of PM Modi and CM Nitish Kumar shared as duo laughing after Pulwama terror attack

Jignesh Patel20th February 201920th February 2019

On February 17, Youth Congress took a jibe at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for supposedly sharing a laugh after the recent Pulwama terror attack. Youth…

False claim that Saudi prince gave opinions on Kashmir

Pooja Chaudhuri20th February 20197th August 2019

A video doing rounds on social media is being shared as “Opinion of Saudi prince on Kashmir”. In the one-minute clip, a person dressed in traditional thobe can be heard saying…

“HDK blames India for terror crisis”: Times Now misquotes Karnataka CM on Pulwama attack

Arjun Sidharth19th February 201915th March 2019

Karnataka CM, HD Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) blames India for ‘terrorism crisis’ #PulwamaPayback tweeted the popular English news channel Times Now, playing a sound bite of the Karnataka Chief Minister. Karnataka CM, HD…

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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