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Video from Hathras stampede falsely viral as killing of Hindus in Bangladesh

Prantik Ali5th December 2024

The story uses only screenshots in view of the graphic nature of the video being fact-checked. A video is viral on social media showing several dead bodies, mostly of women,…

Apologise or give proof: Doctors irked after Navjot Singh Sidhu says Ayurvedic diet cured wife’s cancer

Pawan Kumar5th December 20246th December 2024

A video with Navjot Singh Sidhu, former president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress and a retired cricketer, claiming that his wife, Navjot Kaur Sidhu, overcame stage-IV cancer despite doctors saying…

Vande Bharat stone-pelting: 2 Hindu accused misidentified as Salman, Shahid to add communal spin

Pawan Kumar4th December 2024

The Union rail ministry recently tweeted that two accused who pelted stones at the Vande Bharat Express from Gaya had been arrested. Social media users have since amplified the tweet…

No, Chandrababu govt has not abolished Waqf in Andhra; it only revoked a YSRCP-regime order

Prantik Ali4th December 20244th December 2024

Several social media users have recently claimed the Chandrababu Naidu government in Andhra Pradesh has abolished Waqf Board. The claims have gone viral in the backdrop of the contentious Waqf…

Old video of cow being shot falsely viral as celebration of Priyanka Gandhi’s win in Kerala

Abhishek Kumar4th December 2024

A video has gone viral on social media in which a man is seen shooting a bull tied to a tree with a rifle. The video is being circulated with…

Old video viral with false claim that Muslims demolished Hindu temple in Bangladesh

Prantik Ali3rd December 20243rd December 2024

A minute-long video showing scores of men, some with skull caps, breaking down and destroying a structure is being widely shared on social media with the claim that is of…

No, a Muslim mob in Bangladesh’s Sherpur district did not attack Hindu homes

Oishani Bhattacharya2nd December 2024

A 1.54-minute-long viral video showing a group of men in skull caps, armed with sticks and metal poles is being widely shared by several Indian Right-wing handles. They claim the…

A brawl between college students in Bangladesh viral with a false communal spin

Ankita Mahalanobish29th November 2024

A video of a chaotic brawl outside Dr. Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College in Bangladesh has gone viral on social media. It has been shared with captions alleging that it depicts…

Indian Media misreports deceased Bangladeshi advocate Saiful Islam as Chinmoy Krishna Das’s lawyer

Shinjinee Majumder27th November 202428th November 2024

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Monday, November 25 announced that Chinmoy Krishna Das, leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Bangladesh, had been arrested after being named…

Jharkhand elections: BJP-linked Facebook pages flouted ECI’s silence period rule, yet again

Abhishek Kumar27th November 2024

The recently concluded Jharkhand assembly elections have once again highlighted the inability of social media platforms to effectively enforce electoral regulations. Despite the guidelines set forth by the Election Commission…

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Video available online since October 2024 falsely linked to current Israel-Iran conflict

Video of arms seized in Myanmar viral as Indian Army’s recovery of ammunition from militants in Manipur