In a tweet posted on December 18, 2020, BJP’s Delhi unit accused the AAP-led Delhi government of corruption. It claimed that the Kejriwal administration bought a single pulse oximeter, normally…
Fact-check: Does this photo show Rahul Gandhi holding UP cop by his collar?
A Dalit woman’s alleged gang-rape in Hathras sparked protests in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi after UP police cremated the victim’s body against her family’s consent. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s handling…
India Today Group, Times Now air old images of PLA cemetery as graves of Chinese killed in Galwan
The deadly face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Galwan valley on June 15 led to the deaths of 20 Indian army men. The casualties suffered on the Chinese side,…
False: Rahul Kanwal’s claim about Trump suggesting early access of COVID-19 vaccine to India
Rahul Kanwal, News director of India Today, claimed that President Donald Trump has suggested that India could have early access to COVID-19 vaccines being developed in the US since PM…
Video of ABVP member assaulting AISA student shared by journalists as Left parties attacking ABVP
A video of a man in a red jacket beating up another person in green clothing is widely circulating on social media to espouse the claim that students associated with…
Did Rahul Gandhi cut Manmohan Singh’s birthday cake? Old, unrelated video viral
A video of Rahul Gandhi cutting a cake with Manmohan Singh has been shared on social media with the claim that Gandhi did not let the former PM cut his…
Fake BBC opinion poll predicting a BJP win in Rajasthan circulates on social media
A purported opinion poll for Rajasthan elections attributed to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is currently viral on social media. Many have shared (1, 2, 3) the home page of BBC along…
Times Now and Republic TV misreport Congress manifesto for Telangana as Muslim-centric
“Telangana election: SHOCKING Congress manifesto vows ‘Muslim-only schools, govt contracts’ – DETAILS” screamed the title of a news report published by Times Now on November 27, 2018. According to the report,…
Old video of Ex BJP MLA circulating as Congress MLA praising demonetisaion
A video purportedly of a Congress MLA praising Modi government on demonetization and surgical strike has gone viral on social media. (“कांग्रेसी विधायक राकेश मेघवाल मोदी जी की तारीफ कर…
The truth of the letter ‘written’ by Nehru calling Subhas Chandra Bose a ‘war criminal’
Did India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru write a letter to then Prime Minister of Britain Clement Attlee in 1945, referring to Subhas Chandra Bose as a ‘war criminal’? Did…