A screengrab from a Republic Bharat broadcast is viral on social media. It reads, “SP to change the name of Ayodhya if it comes to power”. It is claimed that…
BJP’s poster on campaign for slum dwellers misuses Tamil author Perumal Murugan’s photo
BJP leaders JP Nadda, Adesh Gupta and Meenakshi Lekhi tweeted pictures of themselves addressing people on the conclusion of BJP Delhi’s campaign for slum dwellers “Jhuggi Samman Yatra”. The poster…
Fact-check: Does this photo show UPTET aspirants sleeping on roadside at night?
The Uttar Pradesh Teachers Eligibility Test (UPTET) was cancelled after a question paper for the examination was leaked. The exam was scheduled to be held on Sunday. Against this backdrop,…
Video of Akhilesh Yadav’s spar with Shivpal Yadav is from 2016
A video of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and national president of the Samajwadi Party (SP) Akhilesh Yadav in a heated argument while on stage at an SP event is…
BJP leaders share images from S Korea and China in a video on Noida Intl Airport
In the run-up to the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, the BJP government has inaugurated multiple infrastructure projects in the state. On November 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid…
Old images of train coaches in fire falsely shared as recent
Two images of a burning train coach are being circulated widely on social media. It is claimed that the fire broke out after a train from Chapra collided with the…
VFX video showing a bird spitting fire believed to be true
A collage of two videos where one of them shows a man giving a speech and the other depicts a bird spitting fire is widespread on social media. People have…
Morphed image shows AAP installed billboard promising caste/ religion-wise divide in Goa
A purported billboard has been making the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) installed a billboard that promises to divide Goa on the…
Facebook fails to terminate hate speech propagator Suresh Rajput, YouTube suspends his channel
On November 9, Yati Narsinghanad disciple Suresh Rajput uploaded a video on Facebook about AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi, where he referred to Muslims as “pigs” and termed the violence against…
Awareness video falsely viral as woman pepper sprays at Muslim harassers at bus stop
A video that appears to be CCTV footage shows three men harassing a woman at a bus stop. The two-minute clip ends with another woman pepper spraying the men. Several…