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‘Ram tapakna’: Kumari Selja’s remarks taken out of context to claim she insulted the Hindu deity

Abhishek Kumar2nd September 2024

With assembly elections soon to be held in Haryana, political leaders from various parties have hit the campaign trail. In this context, Congress MP Kumari Selja appeared as a guest…

‘Bhola’, ‘Shankar’ were aliases used by IC 814 hijackers; web-series maker Anubhav Sinha did not invent them

Indradeep Bhattacharyya2nd September 20244th September 2024

Anubhav Sinha, one of the creators of the web series ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ has come under severe criticism from the Right Wing on social media for using ‘Bhola’…

Kejriwal called Uddhav Thackeray Balasaheb’s ‘nakli santan’? Clipped video shared out of context

Pawan Kumar31st August 2024

A video is currently going viral on social media in which Arvind Kejriwal appears to call Uddhav Thackeray an “illegitimate” child and not a real son of his father, Balasaheb…

Karachi video from 2023 viral as Muslim kids sabotaging railway tracks in India

Prantik Ali31st August 2024

A 40-second video is viral across social media platforms with the claim that it shows Muslim children purposefully sabotaging train tracks in a bid to cause railway accidents in India….

Sanjay Roy cutting cake next to ex-principal Sandip Ghosh? No, man in viral photo is not the R G Kar accused

Indradeep Bhattacharyya30th August 202431st August 2024

A photo is viral on social media where a person is seen cutting a cake, standing next to Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College…

Rahul Gandhi has shared images of Hindu deities several times; RW claim, OpIndia article have no basis

Shinjinee Majumder & Mohammed Zubair28th August 202428th August 2024

Right-wing propaganda outlet OpIndia recently published a report titled “Rahul Gandhi Extends Greetings on Janmashtami Without Lord Krishna’s Image: Why Has He Been Avoiding Using Pictures of Hindu Gods?” In…

Muslim man objects to Indian flag on his roadside stall? No, it’s a scripted video

Abhishek Kumar28th August 2024

A video circulating on social media shows a group of people attempting to place the Indian flag on a coconut vendor’s stall on Independence Day. In the video, a fruit…

Video of clash between typist and clerk in Haryana court falsely viral as judge beaten up

Abhishek Kumar28th August 2024

A recently viral video on social media depicts a scene where two individuals fight inside a room. One person hits the other with a stick while several people stand nearby,…

Woman dancing at BJP’s R G Kar protest? No, viral video is from a Bengal village fair

Indradeep Bhattacharyya26th August 2024

A video of a woman dancing to peppy music is widely viral on social media. On the dais behind the dancer, one can see ‘Justice for R G Kar’ posters….

Golam Azam was not in the emergency building at the time of R G Kar crime: Multiple testimonies support his alibi

Shinjinee Majumder & Oishani Bhattacharya24th August 2024

The two persons who have been most frequently named in social media theories as accused in the R G Kar rape and murder case in Kolkata are Arshean Alam and…

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Viral video of rally seeking Chittagong Hill Tracts’ inclusion in India is from Tripura, not Bangladesh

Sonam Wangchuk did not say he would help China enter India; 2024 video clipped, shared falsely