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Viral: Fake news about student leader Kanhaiya Kumar having failed for 11th time

Arjun Sidharth23rd April 201811th July 2018

Former JNUSU President and student leader Kanhaiya Kumar has failed his exam for the 11th time in JNU is the claim put forward on social media. On Twitter, a section…

Fake quote from parody account ascribed to journalist Rana Ayyub viral on social media

Arjun Sidharth23rd April 201810th June 2019

“Minor child rapists are also human, do they have no human rights. This Hindutva Government is bringing ordinance for death to child rapists just to hang muslims in larger numbers….

Did NDA Govt recover Rs 4 lakh crore of NPAs as claimed by BJP and PM Modi’s app?

Alt News Desk23rd April 201811th July 2018

An infographic tweeted by the official BJP twitter account on April 14th made a claim that “Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 has resulted in recovery of Rs. 4 lakh…

Video from 2008 from Goa shared as ISKCON devotees thrashed in West Bengal

Arjun Sidharth22nd April 201815th May 2021

A video is being shared widely on social media in which policemen are seen clashing with a group of devotees. The claim accompanying the video is that West Bengal police…

Post-mortem report of Kathua victim contradicts Dainik Jagran’s front page splash

Alt News Desk21st April 201811th July 2018

“No rape of the girl in Kathua, postmortem report only talks of injuries” screamed the front page of the Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran on April 20. The article claims that…

Did angry commuters force BJP leader to deboard train over Kathua, Unnao incidents?

Arjun Sidharth19th April 201811th July 2018

Amidst the public outrage following the recent incidents of rape in Kathua and Unnao, a video is being circulated on social media with the claim that a BJP leader was…

Viral: Fake news about Krishna devotees attacked by Christians in Goa

Pratik Sinha18th April 201811th July 2018

“This is how police in India is controlled by Christian missionaries. Christian goons attacked foreign iskon devotees who are singing & distributing gita. secular parties will not condemn the raavan…

Fake video of funeral procession of Kathua rape victim viral on social media

Arjun Sidharth17th April 201811th July 2018

A video is being circulated on social media, and it is claimed that it is the video of the funeral of the 8-year old victim of the Kathua rape and…

Fake news about ABVP member involved in Surat rape case circulated on social media

Arjun Sidharth17th April 201811th July 2018

An 11-year old girl was found dead with more than 80 injury marks on her body in Surat. According to reports, she was raped and tortured before she was strangulated….

India Today circulates old videos of Kohli, Akshay Kumar as messages on Kathua & Unnao

Arjun Sidharth16th April 201811th July 2018

On April 14, 2018, news channel India Today reported that Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has expressed anguish over the Kathua and Unnao rape cases. Breaking this news on the channel,…

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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