West Bengal elections are underway and supporters of BJP and TMC are not only promoting the parties in election rallies but also on social media, often through misinformation. A photograph…
This is NOT the video of man beaten in MP’s Neemuch, police deny caste/ communal angle
[Warning: The video shows violence and may be distressing for some readers.] A gruesome video is being circulated on social media with the claim that a young Muslim labourer was…
Morphed images show PM Modi and Amit Shah in Sonagachi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were in West Bengal to campaign for the BJP in the ongoing assembly elections. Photographs of the two leaders have been…
Delhi man ‘angry with God’ defiles Hanuman idols, Sudarshan News adds false Muslim angle
Sudarshan TV tweeted a video claiming that three temples were vandalised in Dwarka, Delhi. “Another temple was gripped by hate,” read its tweet. (Archive Link) “नफ़रत की उन्मादी आंधी की…
Video from Bangladesh viral as Muslims in West Bengal obstructing army jeeps
Visuals of a crowd armed with sticks trying to stop army vehicles from moving forward have gone viral on social media. Users are claiming that the incident is from West…
Video of husband stabbing wife to death in Delhi shared with ‘love jihad’ spin
Videos showing violence against woman take little time to be circulated with ‘love jihad’ claims in India. Two videos have recently been shared with similar communal overtones. In the first,…
Did Johns Hopkins hail UP among toppers in managing COVID across the world?
In the first week of April, media outlets reported that an unnamed study by Johns Hopkins University found that Uttar Pradesh’s management of crisis during the pandemic was among the…
Congress MLA JS Negi’s speech viral as Nepalese leader criticises PM Modi
A video of a parliamentary speaker delivering a critical speech on Prime Minister Modi and his policies is being shared on social media with the claim that it is from…
Old video from Manipur viral as poll violence in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar
A two-minute clip of a crowd breaking into a polling booth has been shared by several Twitter users with the claim that it shows an incident from West Bengal’s Cooch…
BJP leaders share photo from Jharkhand as CISF jawan injured in West Bengal violence
[Warning: This article carries a photograph that may be distressing for some. Reader’s discretion is advised.] Sitalkuchi constituency in Cooch Behar, West Bengal went into polling on April 10. Four…