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Fact-check: Did Rajputs in Rajasthan fire gunshots to protest cracker ban on Diwali?

Priyanka Jha23rd November 202023rd November 2020

A video has been shared on social media with the claim that due to firecrackers banned in Rajasthan, Rajputs celebrated Diwali by firing gunshots in the air. राजस्थान में…

Old video shared as Vedic mantras chanted on Biden’s ‘first day’ now viral as Kamala Harris

Kinjal21st November 20202nd December 2020

A video is widely circulating on social media with the claim that mantras were chanted and Sanatana dharma was worshipped on Kamala Harris’s ‘first day’ as Vice President of the…

Video of woman’s charred dead body found in Karnataka falsely viral as UP and Bihar

Priyanka Jha21st November 2020

A disturbing video claimed to be from Uttar Pradesh has been making the rounds on social media. The clip shows a charred dead body of a girl. Several users are…

Old image of Amit Shah and Mamata Banerjee linked with West Bengal elections

Anuradha Prasad20th November 202021st November 2020

Several Facebook users shared an image featuring Home Minister Amit Shah, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dining along with two other people. Facebook user…

Polling officer admits rigging in Bihar elections? No, video shot during MP bypolls viral with false claim

Archit18th November 2020

Indian National Congress (INC) leader Vijay Singh tweeted (archived link) a two-minute video that was originally posted by Twitter user @IndiaAwakened_ (archived link). A woman is giving an interview to…

Photos of woman killed in Bihar’s Vaishali in July linked with recent murder of Muslim woman

Kinjal18th November 2020

Several photos circulating on social media are being linked to the recent murder of a young woman in Bihar’s Vaishali district. Last month, three men from a village in Vaishali…

Old image falsely shared as Tejashwi Yadav leads protest march for woman burnt alive in Bihar

Anuradha Prasad17th November 2020

Recently, reports of a 20-year old Muslim woman burnt alive in Bihar’s Vaishali emerged. The woman was admitted to the hospital in critical condition. She succumbed to her injuries on…

Old video falsely viral as proof of ‘saffron wave’ inside JNU campus

Priyanka Jha17th November 2020

Author Harinder Sikka, known to have shared false information on several occasions, tweeted a video on November 15. The accompanying caption read, “Must thank Leftists, Tukde-Tukde gangs #Congress supporters, JNU…

Ex-Pak major shares 10-yo photo as Indian army men who died in LoC ceasefire violation

Archit17th November 2020

On November 13, The Hindu reported that Pakistan breached ceasefire along the Line of Control in four Jammu and Kashmir districts. In the backdrop of this, on November 15, Muhammad…

Priyanka Gandhi’s old tweet morphed to target Jawaharlal Nehru

Pooja Chaudhuri & Aqib Pathan17th November 2020

An alleged screenshot of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s tweet has gone viral on social media. The tweet shows Gandhi sharing her “favourite story” about her great grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru….

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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