Even as the Congress picked Siddaramaiah as the chief minister for Karnataka after its victory in the assembly polls, several videos of interactions of mostly Muslim men with the police…
2017 molestation video from Uttar Pradesh shared as Bengal incident
Trigger Warning: Molestation A video showing a number of boys molesting two girls is viral on social media with the claim that it is a recent incident from West Bengal….
Viral video of cow slaughter on BJP flag is from Manipur, 2022, not Karnataka
Trigger Warning: Animal Cruelty [The story uses only screenshots of the relevant tweets instead of the actual tweets in view of the nature of the viral video in question.] A…
No, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif did not thank Karnataka for electing Congress
Following the victory of the Congress in the Karnataka assembly elections, the screenshot of a tweet has been viral on social media platforms. It apparently shows the Prime Minister of…
‘Cong win is win for Muslims’: Doctored Aaj Tak Live screenshot viral with comment by fake Facebook user
Against the backdrop of Congress’s thumping victory in the Karnataka assembly elections, an image is being shared on social media which looks like a screenshot from a Facebook live by…
Video of magician’s flying stunt viral with false claims about powers of Yoga
Social media is rife with the video of a man levitating in the air with the viral claim that this can only be possible with the power of Yoga. Vijay…
Meta deletes BJP-linked ‘Nam Namo – ನಮ್ ನಮೋ’ page on Facebook after EC-norm violation complaint
Voting for the Karnataka Assembly elections concluded on May 10. The Karnataka Election Commission issued a press note on May 7 containing some guidelines before the election. Guidelines for electronic…
Saffron, Green, Dalit flags at Bhatkal: Video viral with false communal claims
Following the victory of Congress in the Karnataka elections, a video of an Islamic flag being waved during celebrations is viral on social media. The video is said to be…
Imran Khan arrest: News channels show AI-generated image as real; old video, fake agreement paper viral
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday, May 9, in the Al-Qadir Trust case from the Islamabad High Court premises. The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was in the biometric…
Fact check: Viral Instagram story of Virat Kohli praising Rahul Gandhi is fake
Even as counting for the Karnataka elections was on and early trends showed that Congress was leading in over 120 seats, many social media users started sharing a screenshot of…