A video of a teacher sexually violating female students is being shared on Indian social media with the claim suggesting that the incident took place inside a madrasa. Twitter user…
Old incident revived with false claim of Muslim men attacking cop in Chennai
Twitter user ‘Raji Hindustani’ shared two photographs and claimed that Chennai police inspector Akilan was attacked by three Muslim youths in Chennai’s Tiruvallikeni. The user added that the youths were…
Video of Muslim vendor’s unhygienic handling of fruits falsely linked with spreading coronavirus
A video of a vendor licking his finger while handling fruits on his cart has been massively shared on social media in the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. While the…
How Twitterati followed by PM Modi spread misinformation about Deepika Padukone’s ‘Chhapaak’
On the eve of January 7, Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone visited Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), expressing solidarity with the students injured in the JNU attack of January 5. A section…
Old provocative speech by Muslim cleric shared amid anti-CAA protests
On February 3, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra tweeted a 45-second video clip with the claim, “वो जीना चाहते है और हमारे बच्चे मरने को तैयार है (They want to live…
Journalist Arfa Khanum’s speech on CAA shared with distorted interpretation by BJP office-bearers
“The Islamists want CAA protests to be ‘inclusive’ only till the time you, the non Muslims, start accepting their religious identity, beliefs and supremacist slogans as gospel,” tweeted BJP IT cell…
Did Rahul Kanwal say chanting ‘Vande Mataram’ is anti-national? Clipped video, misleading claim
Last week, India Today broadcast a series of sting operations investigating the violence in Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus that left 36 injured on January 5. The broadcast was…
Mirror image used to portray JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh faked her injuries
Two photographs of JNSU president Aishe Ghosh have been juxtaposed together to portray that she plastered different arms at different times. Thus suggesting that her injuries are fake. Ghosh was…
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…
Old video from Rajasthan falsely shared as Hindu women assaulted by Muslims in Pakistan
A video, where two men can be seen attempting to take a girl hostage while an elderly woman tries to stop the duo, was shared by Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy…