Social media is abuzz with the claim that students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) raised anti-national slogans calling for secession from India. Recently, a controversy erupted at the university over…
Old video of PM Modi rally in Varanasi shared as Udupi rally ahead of Karnataka elections
On May 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a rally at Udupi in Karnataka, one among the 21 rallies he is scheduled to hold in the state ahead of voting…
Inflammatory, fake post claims Christian man burned alive for converting Hindus in Nepal
ये नजारा नेपाल का है। ये एक इसाई था जो वहा के हिन्दुओ को बहला फुसलाकर उनका धर्म बदलवाकर उन्हे इसाई बनाता था। साले का पता चलते ही बीच चोराहे…
Viral: Fake news about INC K’taka candidate threatening ‘unending bloodshed of Hindus’ if voted to power
‘Bangalore Congress candidate (chamarajpet) Zameer Ahmed promises unending bloodshed of Hindus if Congress is voted to power and when he becomes minister’. This provocative message accompanies a video that is…
Rajeev Chandrasekhar shares fake tweet about Twitter being paid to trend #GoBackModi
“@Twitter has accepted in a statement given to @news7tamil that they were paid 2.2 crore rupees by DMK to trend #GoBackModi” A screenshot of News7 Tamil with this text is…
Did Kolkata Metro come out in support of passengers who thrashed a young couple?
“Dear commuters, there is a fake post circulating in the social media claiming that Metro Railway supports the passengers who allegedly thrashed the couple. The fact is that Metro Railway,…
April round up: Misinformation about Kathua rape floods social media
The month of April saw a flurry of fake news with regard to the Kathua rape and murder case and the Bharat bandh protests on April 2, apart from missteps…
Misleading NASA maps posted by Piyush Goyal to depict total rural electrification
Prime Minister in his address to the nation on 15th August, 2015 announced that 18,500 odd villages across India which hadn’t been electrified would be electrified within the next 1000…
Led by IANS, media outlets fall for a parody account of Tripura CM Biplab Deb
“There is no truth in the (media) reports of Modiji summoning me to Delhi. The (Delhi) trip was long planned. In fact, Modiji loves me like a son,” news agency…
Viral: Fake quote attributed to journalist Ravish Kumar on Ghazipur rape case
इसके लिए असहिष्णुता दिखाने का वक्त नही आ गया है क्या अब??? Is it not time to show intolerance towards him? (translated). With these words, a photograph has been posted on…