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Death of priest at Raebareli temple communalised on social media

Jignesh Patel9th January 2019

A Twitter user, Ravinder Fauzdar tweeted an image of an old man who had seemingly committed suicide by hanging himself. The message circulated along with the image claims that one more…

Sonia Gandhi richer than Queen Elizabeth-II? 6-year-old misreport shared by BJP members

Pooja Chaudhuri9th January 2019

BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay recently tweeted a 2013 report by The Times of India and claimed that Sonia Gandhi is richer than Queen Elizabeth-II and the Sultan of Oman. He circulated the claim…

Fake News: Lord Ayyappa devotee commits suicide over entry of women inside Sabarimala temple

Jignesh Patel9th January 2019

The ongoing conflict surrounding the Supreme Court verdict allowing entry of women of all age groups inside temple has led to tension and violence in Kerala. It is now being…

The Telegraph misreports: Smriti Irani did not refer to Rahul Gandhi’s manhood

Jignesh Patel8th January 2019

“Smriti questions Rahul ‘manhood’”, read the headline of an article published by The Telegraph on January 5, 2019. The article claimed that Union Minister Smriti Irani appeared to question Rahul…

Investigating Twitter handle ‘Know The Nation’ that shared Rahul Gandhi’s clipped video

Pooja Chaudhuri8th January 2019

On January 6, Twitter handle Know The Nation (@knowthenation) tweeted a video of Rahul Gandhi addressing the Lok Sabha on the Rafale Deal. In the 9-second clip, the Congress President…

Not an Indian army soldier; this is a still from a winter surfing video from Michigan, USA

Arjun Sidharth7th January 2019

A photograph has gone viral on social media, with the claim that it represents a soldier of the Indian army in the line of duty. हमारे जवान -5 माईनस डिर्गी मे…

Video from Bangladesh shared as “Islamic terrorism in West Bengal”

Pooja Chaudhuri7th January 20199th April 2020

On January 6, Twitter user Jagdish Sethi shared a video of clashes between a group of people, claiming that it depicted “Islamic terrorism in West Bengal”. He captioned the video…

Kapil Sibal slapped outside court premises? No, he was accidentally hit by a microphone

Arjun Sidharth5th January 2019

कल राम मंदिर के फैसले के बाद कपिल सिब्बल को कोर्ट के बाहर किसी ने लपड़ा दिया मतलब 1 थप्पड़ जड़ दिया. इस घटना की पुष्टि करती हुई ये विडियो…

Yogi Adityanath tweets “No riots during my tenture”: A fact-check

Jignesh Patel4th January 20195th January 2019

“मार्च में मेरे शासनकाल के दो वर्ष पूरे होंगे। मेरे अब तक के शासन में, कोई दंगा नहीं हुआ है। (In March, two years of my term will be completed….

Person thrashed by Chinese army for possessing Quran? No, video from Indonesia

Arjun Sidharth4th January 201915th March 2019

A video of a person being beaten up by another person in a military uniform was posted on Twitter with the claim that the person being thrashed is a Uighur…

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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