A video of a man brutally assaulting a woman is doing the rounds on social media. In the video, the man can be seen kicking, slapping and stomping on the…
Photos of sadhu injured in personal dispute in Vrindavan shared with false Bangladeshi angle
A set of photographs of an injured, bloodied sadhu is viral on social media. Posts and tweets claim that the Hindu ascetic was murdered by “Bangladeshi immigrants” in Vrindavan. They…
Video of suicide incident from Gujarat falsely associated with financial crisis during lockdown
A video of two children and a woman who seem to have committed suicide by hanging themselves in their home is viral on social media. Facebook user Mohd Samim posted…
Unrelated image shared as the minor girl who was gang-raped in Rajasthan’s Tonk
A photograph of a bloodied girl lying dead on a chair has been shared widely on social media. It is being claimed that she is a 15-year-old who was gang-raped…
“Red is green, green is red”? – Sambit Patra shares clipped video to mock Rahul Gandhi
Sambit Patra, national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), tweeted a video mocking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. In the mere 6 second clip, Gandhi can be heard saying, “The…
Old video from Surat shared as cop taking money from migrants walking home on rail tracks
A video of a policeman collecting money from a group of women walking on railway tracks carrying luggage is viral on social media. It is being claimed that the cop…
ABP Asmita airs week-old video from Kolkata as visuals of the recent attack on police in Ahmedabad
A mob, frustrated with stringent lockdown rules, pelted stones at policemen in Ahmedabad’s Shahpur area on May 8. The clashes reportedly erupted when cops and paramilitary forces tried to enforce…
OpIndia’s article on ‘yellow journalism’ is a work of plagiarism
The outrage machinery went into operation soon after Kashmiri photographers, Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand were honoured with the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in feature photography for their coverage…
Viral message falsely claims Mumbai and Pune to be under military lockdown, CM debunks rumour
On May 5, IAS officer Rajiv Kumar Gupta announced that “[in] the entire AMC [Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation] area, all shops and home delivery services except milk and medicine shall remain…
Fake tweet portrays Amit Shah saying he has bone cancer
A screenshot of Home Minister Amit Shah’s alleged tweet has gone viral on WhatsApp. As per the screenshot, Shah wrote in Hindi that he is suffering from bone cancer and…