A video of a group of women demonstrating in their bare bodies in front of a life-size figure that appears to be dressed like police in riot gear is viral…
Clash between two groups over idol immersion in Bilaspur falsely viral with communal spin
A video of a clash in which a group of people are seen pelting stones and sticks at a truck is being circulated widely on social media. It has been…
Media outlets air old image of a crocodile from Costa Rica as Babiya from Kerala
The famed vegetarian crocodile named Babiya, living at the Ananthapura Lake Temple, recently passed away in Kerala’s Kasaragod district. Several news organizations reported the news carrying a picture of a…
Morphed image: 2017 Times Now graphic edited to show Rahul ahead of Modi
Arun Reddy, the social media coordinator of the All India National Congress Committee, tweeted a screengrab taken from the Times Now news channel on September 26. The image features a…
Fact-Check: Did UP electricity dept issue notice only to mosqes & madrasas for stealing power?
A few days ago, media outlets reported that 400 mosques and madrasas in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur were operating on stolen electricity. According to these reports, the electricity department issued notices…
Iran Hijab row: Turkish TV drama scene shared as man dancing at daughter’s last rites
On September 13, Iran’s ‘Morality Police’ arrested 22-year-old Mahsa Amini from Tehran for not wearing her hijab according to official dictates. Mehsa Amini died three days later, allegedly in police…
No, viral video doesn’t show Rahul and Cong leaders inebriated during Bharat Jodo Yatra
A video of Rahul Gandhi and some other Congress leaders coming out of a restaurant is making the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that the politicians were…
Did Rahul refuse to perform ‘aarti’ to Hindu deity Durga? Clipped video shared with false claim
In the middle of the Navratri festivities, a 23-second video of Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi has gone viral on social media. Due to the poor quality of the…
Analysis of Saam TV clip of PFI protest reaffirms no pro-Pak slogans raised
On September 23, a day after Popular Front of India (PFI) offices across the country were raided by multiple law-enforcement agencies, a protest by PFI activists in Pune created a…
From Dharm Sansad to hate speech PIL: The curious case of Ashwini Upadhyay
Last week, as advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay stood in the Supreme Court arguing for his own petition on hate speech, he must have remembered that not-so-distant afternoon at…