A video showing some members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 sharing a seemingly light-hearted moment is viral on social media with claims that…
Fact Check: Claims of Saraswati Puja not being allowed at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University entirely false
Against the backdrop of a video of an Iftar party at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU) going viral, Union minister and BJP West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar on March 26 took…
Malhar certification, scheme mooted in Maharashtra to promote ‘jhatka meat’, is not a govt initiative
Malhar certification, a recently launched initiative in Maharashtra that aims to identify Jhatka (animal slaughter performed according to Hindu traditions) meat sellers and provide them with certificates, has stirred up…
Scripted video: Viral clip of Muslim man admitting to marrying own daughter is scripted
A video of an elderly man wearing a white kurta and a skullcap sitting with a young girl has been gathering a lot of traction on social media. The elderly…
Accused in UP minor’s rape not Muslims, old Lallantop report shared with false claims
A screengrab of a post by news outlet ‘The Lallantop’ is doing the rounds on social media. It states, “Father, uncle and grandfather arrested for raping minor in UP, girl…
Waqf Board did not stake claim on Maha Kumbh Mela ground; Yogi Adityanath’s claim false
The Rajya Sabha cleared the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the early hours of April 4 after a 14-hour long debate, paving the way for it to become a law…
El Salvador prison video falsely shared to claim US treated Indian deportees better than those of Muslim countries
A video, around a minute-long, is viral on social media with the claim that it shows American military personnel in the process of deporting illegal immigrants from Islamic countries. The…
Woman thrown under moving train after gangrape in Bangladesh? No. Video is scripted
Note: The report only uses blurred screenshots instead of the scripted clip because the visuals may be triggering for some readers. A video showing a headless woman’s body on railway tracks…
Nagpur clashes: Cryptic cauliflower memes referring to mass killings in 1989 Bhagalpur riots resurface
Often, innocuous-seeming symbols are encrypted with coded messages. For instance, in the United States, a hangman’s noose is associated with the far-Right, White supremacist group Ku Klux Klan (or the…
Old video from Bangladesh viral as Muslims attacking Hindus in Bengal’s Malda district
At least 34 people were arrested and internet services shut down in West Bengal’s Malda district after communal clashes were reported from Mothabari and surrounding areas. Tension erupted on Wednesday,…