[The story only uses screenshots and not the entire video in view of the violent nature of the content.] A video of a woman being tortured and killed by a…
Hindu woman beheaded 6 Muslims in Varanasi after rape threat? Fake report viral; no such incident, confirm police
An image of an apparent report by UP Tak (a Lucknow-based media outlet from India Today’s ‘Tak’ cluster) is viral in which it is claimed that a Dalit woman is…
Shivam from UP beat up wife over dowry, video shared with ‘Abdul’ jibe to communalise crime
Trigger warning: Violence A video of a man beating a woman is being widely shared on social media. In the video, this man first hits the woman with a stick…
Ghaziabad: 2022 incident of woman’s murder by suspecting lover shared with false ‘Love Jihad’ claims
Several users have claimed on social media that a young woman named Asha, a resident of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, was brutally assaulted and murdered by her lover, Nadeem when she…
Fact check: Viral Manmohan Singh tweets praising Narendra Modi are fake
An image of two apparent tweets by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is viral on social media. The text in the viral image shows that the former PM is praising…
Fact check: Telangana collectorate inauguration was attended by Hindu, Muslim & Christian priests
A video is being shared widely on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter in which a group of people are seen standing next to a man who appears…
Gujarat cyclone: Unrelated videos flood social media, ex-DD News boss shares several such clips
Cyclone Biparjoy hit the coastal areas of Saurashtra and the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat around 7 pm on Thursday, June 15, in the form of a very severe cyclonic…
Kedarnath pilgrims assaulted by mule operators: Video viral with false communal claim, all accused Hindu
A video is viral on social media with the claim that in Kedarnath a few horse and mule operators had assaulted some devotees with sticks. The users also claimed that…
Cyclone Biparjoy: Republic anchor’s antics symptomatic of everything that’s wrong with Indian TV media
Even before cyclone Biparjoy (literally, ‘disaster’) made landfall in Gujarat, news anchor Sweta Tripathi had taken Indian television news by storm on Wednesday night. Republic Bharat, the channel where she…
Fact check: Viral video of woman torturing child is from Central America
Trigger Warning: Descriptions of abuse A video circulating on social media has gained widespread attention. It lasts for approximately 3 minutes and 20 seconds and shows a child being tortured…