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Panellist praising PM Modi is not a Congress spokesperson, false claim viral

Kinjal21st December 2021

Footage from a primetime news debate is viral on social media. In the video, the anchor asks a panellist whether Rahul Gandhi would be able to woo Hindu voters as…

Photo falsely viral as PM Modi touched feet of IAS officer Aarti Dogra

Pooja Chaudhuri21st December 2021

A photo of PM Modi touching the feet of a dwarf woman has been shared with the claim that the woman is “Aarati Dogra, IAS Officer who was the chief…

Video of clash between supporters of two BJP leaders shared with false claim

Kinjal21st December 2021

A video of a group of people smashing car windows and damaging vehicles – some with BJP flags on them – is viral on social media. It has been claimed…

No, Haryana doctor who consumed cow dung was not admitted to the hospital

Kinjal20th December 2021

Two photos have been circulating widely on social media recently. The first shows a man lying on a hospital bed surrounded by medical equipment, while the second is the thumbnail…

Old image falsely viral as 34 Muslim families convert to Hinduism in UP

Archit16th December 2021

Former chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Wasim Rizvi converted to Hindusim on December 6. In the backdrop of this, several social media users have shared an image of…

Video of young women drinking in public is scripted, misused to target Delhi CM

Kinjal15th December 202115th December 2021

A video featuring two young women consuming alcohol in public is viral on social media. The video shows a youth recording the women while policing them about liquor consumption in…

Video shared with false claim that SP MLA “Salim Haider” beat up a policeman

Kinjal13th December 2021

A video of a group of people beating a policeman is viral on social media. It has been claimed that “Mukhtar Ganj SP MLA Salim Haidar” and Ram Kripal Yadav…

False quote attributed to Ravish Kumar after General Bipin Rawat’s demise

Mohammed Zubair11th December 2021

After the death of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat, and his wife in a helicopter crash near Coonoor, a viral claim began circulating on social media. It…

No, Akhilesh Yadav had not signed the petition to commute Kasab’s death sentence

Archit11th December 2021

Several social media users claimed that Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav was one of the 302 people who signed the petition to stop the capital punishment of Mohammed Ajmal Amir…

Video of Hindu groups protesting in Chhattisgarh shared as Mathura

Aqib Pathan9th December 20219th December 2021

In the last week of November, it was reported that a Mathura-based right-wing group Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha threatened to install a Krishna idol at the Shahi Idgah on December…

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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