A purported newspaper clipping from 2001 that has the headline ‘Indian Politician Arrested’ is circulating widely on social media. As per the clipping, an Indian politician was arrested at the…
Fake letter alleging divisive poll strategy of Congress shared ahead of elections
A letter which was purportedly written by Karnataka Congress leader M B Patil to Sonia Gandhi in July 2017, has been shared by a few social media users. According to…
Old video viral as election officers exiting a Sangh office after fixing Lok Sabha polls
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Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman voted for BJP? No, he’s a lookalike
A viral post on Facebook claims that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has openly come out in support of the BJP and voted for the party in the ongoing Lok Sabha…
BJP MLA Raja Singh plagiarises Pakistan Army song, dedicates it to Indian army
On April 12th, BJP MLA Raja Singh announced the release of his new song on Ram Navami dedicated to the Indian Army. You can listen to Raja Singh’s song here:…
False claim: Ravish Kumar set up a man to wear BJP cap before garlanding Kanhaiya Kumar
A Twitter user, Ritesh Kumar, posted a collage of pictures featuring journalist Ravish Kumar and CPI’s Begusarai candidate Kanhaiya Kumar at a roadshow. The message posted with the photo-montage is…
OpIndia falls for unofficial Facebook page of AMU; fails to acknowledge its error
On April 11, right-leaning portal OpIndia published an article titled, “Aligarh Muslim University promotes Congress on Facebook page while appealing to vote”. Aligarh Muslim University promotes Congress on Facebook page…
Prosthetic fingers from Japan viral as ‘fake fingers’ made for casting votes in LS elections
“*Beware* Fake fingers being made for casting votes, I don’t know where we are going?” is a message viral on social media. A Facebook group We Support Republic was among those…
Video from 2017 viral as burqa-clad women casting fake votes in Muzaffarnagar LS polls
A video currently viral on social media shows a woman seizing purported fake Aadhaar cards from a group of Burqa-clad voters. It is being claimed that the woman was a…
Media misreports: Rags to riches story of a mason who secured 53rd rank in UPSC 2018
On April 7, the Hindi news channel ABP News interviewed Sumit Kumar Vishwakarma, a mason who had secured 53rd rank in 2018 UPSC with his own effort without any coaching….