A controversy over a harmless advertisement by jewellery brand Tanishq featuring an interfaith couple was blown out of proportion due to social media vitriol. The company’s brand manager Mansoor Khan’s…
Video shared to make misleading claim that Hathras victim’s family did her last rites
A 19-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras was allegedly tortured and gang-raped by four upper-caste men on September 14. She succumbed to her injuries on September 29. The UP…
Photo of Pak actress used to falsely claim Osama Bin Laden’s daughter married Hindu man
A viral message suggests that Osama Bin Laden’s daughter has embraced Hinduism and is getting married to singer Pradeep Maurya. “Osama Bin Laden’s daughter has embraced Hinduism and said that…
Fact-check: Did Japan deploy missiles to counter Chinese threat after India-China conflict?
On June 20, a Thailand-based news website Asia News published an article with the headline ‘Japan deployed ballistic missiles at China border after its conflict with India’. The article claimed…
False claim of India ‘capturing’ Chinese side of Pangong Lake published by dubious website
On June 17, a UK-based news platform Epistle News published a report that claimed India has captured the Chinese side of Pangong Lake for the first time since 1962. The…
Times Now falls for fake WhatsApp forward listing names of 30 dead Chinese soldiers
A military stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) escalated on the night of June 15 leading to the death of at least 20…
False claim viral about arrest of Amzath Ali and Thamim Shaikh in Kerala elephant death case
The horrific death of an elephant in Kerala’s Palakkad has turned into yet another issue to target the Indian Muslim population. After reports came pouring in that the animal died…
Gopalganj case: OpIndia blames victim’s father, accuses him of lying to give itself a clean chit
In an article published on May 9, OpIndia claimed that a 15-year-old boy Rohit was sacrificed in a mosque in Bihar’s Gopalganj. Our investigation found that the story was false….
Does ‘Chhapaak’ portray acid attack convict as a Hindu named ‘Rajesh’? No, false claim
Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone expressed solidarity with students injured on the intervening night of January 5-6 during violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Padukone’s visit to the campus irked a…
Video of Qaumi Ekta Week shared with a communal spin after Maha polls
A video of policemen distributing tasbih, prayer beads used by Muslims, and wishing Jummah Mubarak is viral on social media. It is being claimed that the video was shot after…