Politics

Tania Yasmin: Paramedic who passed out of R G Kar in 2023 finds herself dragged into Aug 9 rape & murder

Indradeep Bhattacharyya5th September 2024

The alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital sparked several unverified theories on social media about various aspects of the…

Man who put up pro-Pakistan posters in Delhi flat is not a Muslim; claim by Sudarshan News false

Abhishek Kumar4th September 2024

A video circulating on social media shows a person entering a room the walls of which are adorned with pro-Pakistan slogans and radical posters. Inside, the video shows a young…

Rajdeep refused to acknowledge Kolkata rape-murder? One-yr-old clipped video shared with false claims

Abhishek Kumar2nd September 2024

A clip from The Lallantop’s Neta Nagri program is currently viral on social media. In this clip, journalists Rajdeep Sardesai, Saurabh Dwivedi, and Rahul Srivastava are seen on stage. During…

‘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…