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Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s funeral procession viral as PM Modi filing nomination papers

Pooja Chaudhuri17th April 201917th April 2019

A video clip circulated on social media is being shared with the claim that it represents a massive crowd of people that gathered in support of prime minister Narendra Modi…

False claim: Temples rediscovered upon demolition of Muslim houses for Kashi corridor

Pooja Chaudhuri16th April 201923rd June 2021

The Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Project is an ambitious initiative of the prime minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government, which aims to provide direct access to pilgrims between the Kashi Vishwanath Temple…

Fake newspaper clipping of Rahul Gandhi arrested at Boston Airport in 2001 viral yet again

Pooja Chaudhuri16th April 20199th March 2023

A purported newspaper clipping from 2001 that has the headline ‘Indian Politician Arrested’ is circulating widely on social media. As per the clipping, an Indian politician was arrested at the…

Fake letter alleging divisive poll strategy of Congress shared ahead of elections

Arjun Sidharth16th April 201925th March 2021

A letter which was purportedly written by Karnataka Congress leader M B Patil to Sonia Gandhi in July 2017, has been shared by a few social media users. According to…

Old video viral as election officers exiting a Sangh office after fixing Lok Sabha polls

Pooja Chaudhuri16th April 2019

“#न्यायपालिका के साथ #कार्यपालिका पर #चुनाव आयोग पर भी ब्राम्हणोका कब्जा #संघ कार्यालय मे चुनाव अधिकारी/कर्मचारी चुनाव की सेटिंग करके बाहर निकलते हुये और सवाल करणे पर जवाब ना देते हुये निकल भाग पडे…

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman voted for BJP? No, he’s a lookalike

Alt News Desk15th April 201915th April 2019

A viral post on Facebook claims that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has openly come out in support of the BJP and voted for the party in the ongoing Lok Sabha…

OpIndia falls for unofficial Facebook page of AMU; fails to acknowledge its error

Jignesh Patel13th April 2019

On April 11, right-leaning portal OpIndia published an article titled, “Aligarh Muslim University promotes Congress on Facebook page while appealing to vote”. Aligarh Muslim University promotes Congress on Facebook page…

Prosthetic fingers from Japan viral as ‘fake fingers’ made for casting votes in LS elections

Pooja Chaudhuri12th April 201913th April 2019

“*Beware* Fake fingers being made for casting votes, I don’t know where we are going?” is a message viral on social media. A Facebook group We Support Republic was among those…

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2009 photo of Israeli shell exploding over Gaza Strip viral with claims that it shows Iran’s strikes on Tel Aviv

Churu: FIR slapped on local journalist who recorded DSP hitting lady constable on the back