A widespread message, shared by several prominent handles on Twitter, claims that The Wire offered an apology in the Supreme Court after losing the defamation suit filed by Home Minister…
Video of child beaten inside madrasa is from Bangladesh
[Warning: Distressing visuals] Shringi Yadav was arrested from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh after a video of him mercilessly beating a Muslim boy for drinking water from a temple emerged on social…
AIUDF’s Badruddin Ajmal didn’t say India will become Islamic nation, 2019 speech clipped
A 36-second clip of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) founder Badruddin Ajmal is widely shared on social media. In the video, Ajmal can be heard saying in Assamese, “For…
Zee News, IANS falsely claim Kashmiri journalist Baba Umar has ‘Pakistan ISI links’
News outlets Zee News and IANS recently published reports based on an article by an unknown website ‘Greek City Times’ claiming author-activist Peter Freidrich whom the Indian government is pursuing…
Video of Mumbai Kisan rally falsely shared as farmers’ protest ‘hijacked’ by Muslims
On January 21, farmer unions rejected the Centre’s proposal to keep the farm bills in abeyance for 18 months and reiterated their demand for the repeal of farm laws. The…
Old, unrelated images viral as vandalism by farmers during Bharat bandh
An image of vegetables scattered on the road is being widely shared on social media against the backdrop of Bharat bandh called by protesting farmers on December 8. The image…
Explicit video of gym workout from Trinidad & Tobago viral with ‘love jihad’ spin in India
An explicit video that shows a fitness instructor touching a woman inappropriately in a public gym is being shared with a ‘love Jihad’ spin. “This gym is owned by ‘jihadi’…
No, Congress MLA Aslam Shaikh’s men did not disrupt Durga Puja in Mumbai in this video
A 32-second video is viral with the claim that ‘Jihadis’ went inside a Durga Puja pandal in Mumbai and interrupted the festivities. In the video, a man wearing a blue…
Image of BJP worker’s dead body hanging from a tree is from 2018
On October 2, TMC MP Derek O’Brien visited Uttar Pradesh to show solidarity with the alleged Hathras gang-rape victim’s family. Since then several social media users questioned his intentions and…
India Today Group, Times Now air old images of PLA cemetery as graves of Chinese killed in Galwan
The deadly face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Galwan valley on June 15 led to the deaths of 20 Indian army men. The casualties suffered on the Chinese side,…