An image has been shared widely on Facebook with the claim that it represents the ghats of Varanasi. Varanasi Ghats 🚩🕉 Posted by The Saffron Chariot on Friday, October 25, 2019 The…
UP govt approved estimated budget of Rs 1.33 cr NOT Rs 133 cr for ‘Deepotsav’; media misreports
On October 26, 5.51 lakh ‘diyas’ were lighted as part of the “Deepotsav” in Ayodhya, an event which was declared an official function where the expenses will be borne by…
Website impersonates official EPFO portral, ‘offers’ Rs 80,000 benefits
A message about Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) offering benefits worth Rs 80,000 is being shared on social media. It claims that workers who have worked between 1990 to 2019…
Video from Pakistan falsely shared as armed robbery of Hindu family
“Hindu women in car. #DesertGOats caught Hindu man, they started threatening the family Horror situation, 4-5 #GOats, one hindu man and hindu woman, fear of murder of Hindu man and…
ANI shares old video of firecracker explosion in Maharashtra as Telangana
On October 28, news agency ANI tweeted a video of firecracker shops engulfed in flames supposedly at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Khammam, Telangana. The tweet informed that there were…
Man murdered for bursting crackers? Click-bait reports given communal colour on social media
On Diwali night, October 25, a youth was hacked to death in Odisha’s Sundarpada, Bhubaneshwar. Subsequent media reports declared “bursting of crackers” as the motive behind the murder. Barring a…
Neither Mumbai nor Japan; digital creation shared as fireworks display
“1 min, 45 seconds of fireworks in Borivali West, Mumbai. This show is the first of its kind in the world (spherical pyrotechnics) Worth seeing …one of the World’s best…
Photoshopped News18 graphic credits PM Modi for death of IS leader Baghdadi
A purported graphic of News18 show ‘Aar Par’ is circulating on social media. The text on the graphic credits PM Modi for the death of Islamic State (IS) chief Abu…
No, Honda is not giving away 300 free Activa scooters this Diwali
A message which claims that Honda is “giving away” 300 Honda Activa 5G scooters this Diwali is being shared on WhatsApp with the following link, “http://honda.com-cc.com”. The message – “Honda…
Image of govt hospital in MP shared as Delhi govt school
An aerial image of a majestic building has been shared on social media with the claim that it is a government school in Dwarka, Delhi. “Yeh 5 star Hotel nahi hai…