A message about the government purportedly introducing a new scheme called the ‘Pradhan Mantri Ramban Suraksha Yojana’ is viral. As per the claim, beneficiaries will receive a sum of Rs…
Wife beats husband, alleged girlfriend in Bhopal gym; incident communalised online
A video of a burqa-clad woman hitting a man and another woman with slippers is viral. It has been claimed that the man hails from the Muslim community and was…
Video of Durga Puja pandal vandalised in Bangladesh shared as West Bengal
A video of a mob vandalizing a pandal is viral on social media. It is being claimed that Muslims in West Bengal demolished a Durga Puja pandal. #हिन्दू_मुस्लिम_भाईचारा ,सरकार…
Prakash Javadekar shares 8-month-old video as govt supplying coal amid recent shortage
Rajya Sabha member and former environment minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted a video of a train carrying coal and claimed that a 4-km-long rack train with four engines is running on…
Media misreports Afghan women’s volleyball player beheaded by Taliban
The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a blow to women’s rights in the country. Many women have taken to the streets to protest against the hard-line regime. Afghan women leaders…
Fact-check: Did JRD Tata write “Nehru stabbed me in the back” after nationalisation of Tata Airlines?
Tata Sons made the winning bid of Rs 18,000 crore for Air India, the airline founded by JRD Tata in 1932. Back then it was known as Tata Air Services. In…
Teacher trashes student for ‘loitering’, Sudarshan News injects false communal spin
Sudarshan News tweeted a video on October 16 that shows a teacher beating a pupil in class. The channel claimed that a Christian teacher in Tamil Nadu brutally beat up…
Is this an ISKCON monk killed in Bangladesh? No, 2016 photo from West Bengal
On October 15, ISKCON Noakhali tweeted that its devotees were violently attacked and a temple was vandalised in Bangladesh’s Noakhali. It also claimed that a devotee was killed in the…
Fact-check: Has Indian passport strengthened under PM Modi as claimed by Amit Shah?
On October 14, Home Minister Amit Shah addressed BJP members at a Karyakarta Sammelan in Goa. One of the claims Shah made during the address was that the strength of…
Old video of man hacked to death in Bangladesh viral as recent communal violence
[Disclaimer: Viral video depicts extreme violence. Only screenshots are used as identifiers.] Disturbing reports of communal violence in Bangladesh continue to unfold a series of targeted attacks against the minority…