On October 2, TMC MP Derek O’Brien visited Uttar Pradesh to show solidarity with the alleged Hathras gang-rape victim’s family. Since then several social media users questioned his intentions and…
Morphed image shows Uddhav Thackeray watching Republic TV amidst TRP racket
On October 8, Mumbai Police Commissioner Paramvir Singh briefed the media on their findings related to a Television Rating Point (TRP) racket. TRP is a tool that judges a channel’s…
TV9 Bharatvarsh airs video game clip as Armenia shooting down Azerbaijani MiG-25
Amidst the ongoing Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict where the death toll has crossed 250, two videos of shots being fired at fighter jets have gone viral on social media. Video 1: On…
Fact-check: Did Akhilesh Yadav say ‘I don’t need Ram and Hanuman’?
A statement attributed to former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav is doing the rounds on social media. “In 2022, SP will form the…
Old photo shared as Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi ‘laughing’ en route Hathras
A picture of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi smiling and posing for a photo has been trending on social media recently. Users are claiming that this picture was taken on…
Woman burnt in MP falsely claimed to be raped-murdered by Muslim man in Rajasthan
An image of a half-burnt body of a woman is shared on social media. It is being claimed that she is Payal Jain, a 13-year-old girl, who was raped and…
OpIndia changes Indian journo Jawed Naqvi’s nationality to ‘Pakistani’ to take a swipe at Scroll
“Scroll gives space to Pakistani author to blame India for tensions between the two countries,” claimed pro-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) propaganda website OpIndia in a piece from October 6, 2020….
Morphed tweet portrays actor Ali Fazal celebrating IB staffer Ankit Sharma’s death in Delhi riots
As the trailer for the second season of Hindi crime series ‘Mirzapur’ released on Tuesday, a section of Twitter users have been trending #BoycottMirzapur2. The show’s lead actor Ali Fazal…
BJP leader Dilip Ghosh shares old photo from Bihar as West Bengal farmers supporting PM Modi
“Farmers of Bengal, extending their gratitude towards Hon’ble Prime Minister,” tweeted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal President Dilip Ghosh on October 7. Ghosh claimed that the picture featured in…
Fact-check: Did Deepika Padukone sport ‘I Stand With Indian Farmers’ t-shirt?
On September 26, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) interrogated actress Deepika Padukone over her alleged involvement in the drug probe linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. In the backdrop of…