Several social media users have posted images that show stacks Rs 2,000 currency notes seized by the police. The accompanying claim suggests that the cash was recovered from the car…
Photo of Dalit activist Kancha Ilaiah shared as elderly student at JNU
A post with a photograph of an elderly man is being shared on Facebook with a claim that the man is 47-year-old Moinuddin from Kerala, studying at Jawarharlal Nehru University…
BJP MLA ‘Anil Upadhyaya’ talking about CAA? No, videos yet again viral with fictitious name
A video of a man talking about violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is being shared with the claim that he is…
Fictitious politician ‘Anil Upadhyaya’ makes a comeback, now as BJP MLA criticising CAA/NRC
A video of a politician is being shared in with the claim that he is ‘BJP MLA Anil Upadhayay’ criticising the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens…
Tarek Fatah tweets movie clip as Pakistani mother denying polio vaccination to her children
Pakistani Canadian author Tarek Fatah tweeted a video with the claim that it shows a Pakistani mother denying polio workers from vaccinating her children. “Pakistani mother slams the door shut…
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…
ABVP JNU secretary denies masked woman in viral video associated with ABVP, visual evidence disagrees
On January 11, India Today’s Rahul Kanwal questioned Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) JNU secretary Manish Jangid about Komal Sharma after a masked photograph of her inside Jawaharlal Nehru University…
Morphed tweet of Shehla Rashid calling for boycott movie of movie on Kashmiri pandits viral
The trailer of Bollywood film ‘Shikara – The Untold Story of Kashmiri Pandits’ released on January 7, 2020. Journalist Aditya Raj Kaul shared the trailer and tweeted, “In tears. I…
Video from 2015 of traffic cops beaten by a crowd shared with communal narrative
A video of a group of men beating two police personnel is being shared in the backdrop of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 across the country. The…
No, Indira Gandhi did not force Sitaram Yechury to resign as JNUSU president during emergency
A picture tweeted by former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai on January 10, 2020, took Twitter by storm. It garnered 4,500 retweets and 9,500 likes in one day. The text on…