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No, West Bengal government did not declare 5-day holiday for Eid

Pooja Chaudhuri11th June 20189th July 2018

A notification attributed to West Bengal government is doing rounds on social media, claiming that the state has announced a five-day holiday for Eid. Among the first to share it…

Digvijay Singh tweets old image of damaged metro pillar from Pakistan as Bhopal

Pooja Chaudhuri10th June 20189th July 2018

“यह है सुभाष नगर रेल्वे फाटक भोपाल पर बन रहे रेल्वे ओवर ब्रिज का एक पोल,जिसमें आ गई दरारे/क्रैक इसकी गुणवत्ता पर सवाल उठाती हैं,अभी तो पुल भी नही बना…

Photoshopped image of Pranab Mukherjee at RSS event: Whose handiwork is it?

Arjun Sidharth9th June 20189th July 2018

Hours after former President Pranab Mukherjee addressed RSS cadres at an event in Nagpur, a photograph began circulating on social media in the late hours of June 7. It was…

Photo from farmers’ protest in Maharashtra shared with false claim, targets Congress

Jignesh Patel7th June 20189th July 2018

“This Nagpur Congress neta snatched milk from poor Farmers & spilled it on road. He also abused & threatened police men when they try to stop him” tweeted Rishi Bagree,…

Photoshopped image circulated to malign INC candidate contesting bypoll in Bengaluru

Arjun Sidharth6th June 20189th July 2018

Assembly bypoll for the Jayanagar constituency in Karnataka is set to take place on June 11. Ahead of the election, one of the candidates in the fray, Sowmya Reddy who…

Fake quotes industry targets Congress Party by ascribing false statements to Pranab Mukherjee

Arjun Sidharth6th June 20189th July 2018

Former President Pranab Mukherjee will be addressing RSS cadres at an event in Nagpur on June 7. Mukherjee’s acceptance of the invitation has taken many by surprise. While there are…

No, Ashok Gehlot did not say that generating electricity will remove energy from water

Arjun Sidharth5th June 20189th July 2018

Jab pani mein se bijli nikal jayegi, aur pani kheto mein jayega, toh pani mein se bijli nikal jayegi toh takat hi nikal jayegi, phir kheto mein pani kaam kya…

Why so serious? Image from old satirical article shared as anti-Modi conclave schedule

Pooja Chaudhuri4th June 201810th July 2018

An image is currently circulating on social media with the claim that an ‘Idea of India Conclave’ to be held in New Delhi has lined up prominent speakers, most with…

“Victory for Allah, defeat of Ram”- Fake quote ascribed to new Kairana MP Tabassum Hasan

Arjun Sidharth1st June 201810th July 2018

In the aftermath of the impressive victory of Begum Tabassum Hasan, candidate of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) from Kairana, UP in the recent bypoll, a quote ascribed to Hasan…

Fake quote of Obama endorsing Rahul Gandhi for Prime Ministership shared by FB fan page

Arjun Sidharth31st May 201810th July 2018

सोचिये नहीं, दबा के शेयर कीजिये (Do not think, share widely- translated). These words accompany a message along with a photograph of Congress President Rahul Gandhi with former US President…

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