Social media users have been sharing a screenshot of an alleged tweet by “@gayur_sheikh” that appeals to the Muslim community to sell poor quality food and beverages laced with chemicals…
Mehtab wasn’t the kidnapper, Agra girl’s disappearance with friends communalised
On March 2, the Uttar Pradesh Police issued a press release stating that the woman abducted from Agra on February 23 was recovered safely from New Delhi’s Tilak Nagar. “The…
BJP members share old photos of Left Front rally as PM Modi’s Kolkata address ahead of polls
Ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, Prime Minister Modi addressed his first rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata. Soon after pictures of the rally showing a massive…
Old video falsely shared as hostel girls forced to strip by Mumbai cops
A video of a semi-naked woman embroiled in a heated argument with a group of people in the lobby of a building is circulating on social media. “Uddhav Thackeray is…
BJP candidate’s promise of ‘good beef’ is from 2017, unrelated to 2021 Kerala polls
Kerala assembly elections are scheduled to be held from April 6, 2021. Congress leader Salman Nizami tweeted a Hindustan Times article on March 4 which said that the BJP’s candidate…
Fact-check: Is this Banke Chamar, leader from Jaunpur in the 1857 revolution?
A photograph has been shared on social media with the claim that the man is 1857 freedom fighter Banke Chamar. Twitter user Vinod Sharma wrote, “He is Banke Chamar. The…
Old video of lost child who was reunited with parents viral with false claim
A video of a man recording a video of a lost child brought to a Gurudwara has been shared on social media. The man requests people to share the video…
Video from South America shared as people falling off balcony during vaccination in Mumbai
A video of a massive crowd of people pushing and shoving on the fourth floor of a building is circulating on WhatsApp. The video shows the floor railing giving away…
Congress falsely claims AAP lost election deposit in one seat in Delhi MCD elections
Municipal corporation by-elections recently took place in Delhi where the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won four out of the five seats and the remainder was lost to the Congress. The…
BJP claims encroachment over Hindu shrine in Andhra, collector and police deny
BJP national secretary and co-incharge of Andhra Pradesh Sunil Deodhar claimed that an illegal Christian cross was erected on a hilltop in Edlapadu, Andhra Pradesh where footprints of Hindu deity…