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Girl seen with Rahul Gandhi in viral pic is not the one who had shouted ‘Pakistan Zindabad’

Abhishek Kumar26th September 2022

An image of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is viral on social media, in which he can be seen with a girl. BJP leaders and supporters have claimed that the girl…

PFI protest: Media and BJP leaders falsely claim ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were raised

Mahaprajna Nayak & Shinjinee Majumder25th September 202225th September 2022

On September 22, 2022, in a raid jointly conducted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and police in multiple states, over 100 leaders of the Popular Front…

Picture of PM Modi taking photo with lens cap on is morphed

Abhishek Kumar21st September 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 17 released wild cheetahs brought from Namibia at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. Following this, the prime minister was also seen taking…

Was Nehru a ‘citizen of London’? Video viral with misleading claim

Archit21st September 202221st September 2022

The UK’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away last week. In the backdrop of this, a clip of Jawaharlal Nehru at a public event is being shared on social…

Are ‘TMC cadres’ seen pelting stones at cops in video shared by BJP leaders after Nabanna march?

Shinjinee Majumder & Indradeep Bhattacharyya19th September 202219th September 2022

Violence erupted during Nabanna Abhijan, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s protest march to West Bengal state secretariat ‘Nabanna‘ on September 13 as police in various parts of Kolkata and the adjoining…

Scripted video of ‘cleric’ drugging and molesting woman viral with communal spin

Mahaprajna Nayak17th September 202217th September 2022

A video of a cleric molesting a woman in the garb of performing a ritual has been shared widely on social media. The video captures an elderly man, allegedly a…

News channels, BJP leaders’ claim that UPA got St. George’s Cross back on Navy flag is false

Abhishek Kumar16th September 202217th September 2022

On September 2, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the new flag of the Indian Navy in Kochi. The St George’s Cross was removed from the erstwhile flag and it was…

Data on Waqf properties shared with false claim about Boards encroaching lands

Indradeep Bhattacharyya14th September 202214th September 2022

On September 13, Twitter user Anshul Saxena, who claims to be a ‘news junkie’, ‘observer and analyst’ tweeting ‘informative facts and opinions’, shared a tweet containing a table of data…

Video from Bahrain shared as woman smashing Ganesha idols in Kerala

Mahaprajna Nayak14th September 202215th September 2022

A video of a burqa-clad woman smashing Ganesh idols in a shop is being widely circulated on social media. Several users tweeted the video claiming that the incident occurred in…

Morphed photo: Kejriwal’s dinner host did not have Modi’s portrait on wall

Shinjinee Majumder14th September 202215th September 2022

On his two-day visit to Gujarat, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was invited by an auto-rickshaw driver, Vikrambhai Dantani, to dinner at his home after Kejriwal addressed a gathering 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