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Scene from Iranian TV series peddled as aged Muslim man caught sexually assaulting minor girl in Pakistan

Oishani Bhattacharya22nd June 2024

A 14-second clip is viral on social media where an aged man is seen with a girl. Social media users are claiming that the man was sexually assaulting a seven-year-old…

NEET: Dharmendra Pradhan goes from ‘no corruption’ to ‘some irregularities’ to ‘taking moral responsibility’ in 7 days

Oishani Bhattacharya21st June 2024

The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG), conducted annually by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to undergraduate medical programs, was held on May 5 this year with a record 23.81…

Cattle slaughter in residential complex: Old video from Dhaka falsely shared as Bakri Eid in West Bengal

Shinjinee Majumder20th June 2024

A video of cattle being slaughtered in an open space is viral on social media with the claim that the video was shot in West Bengal on the occasion of…

No, Modi and Rajnath have not recently entered BJP Margdarshak Mandal

Prantik Ali20th June 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s supposed induction into the Margdarshak Mandal, an advisory committee of the BJP, has led several users on social media to claim that it indicates that Modi…

Viral claims of Modi’s refusal to shake Joe Biden’s hands at G7 summit false

Prantik Ali17th June 2024

A video is viral on social media with the claim that PM Narendra Modi refused to shake hands with American President Joe Biden at the recently held G7 Summit in…

Police debunk false claims of Amethi woman’s death in queue to avail ‘Mahalakshmi’ benefits

Prantik Ali17th June 2024

Some social media users have claimed that a woman died after suffering a heatstroke in Amethi while she was waiting in a queue to avail benefits of the Congress’s Mahalakshmi…

Exclusive: How Meta allowed policy violations by proxy pages running pro-BJP ads

Abhishek Kumar17th June 202417th June 2024

As part of its initiative to bring transparency to political advertisements on Facebook and Instagram, Meta launched the Ad Library in 2018, in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal….

BJP lost at least 20 constituencies where Modi openly targeted Muslims in campaign speeches

Oishani Bhattacharya13th June 202418th August 2025

The recently concluded seven-phase general elections held over two months saw the BJP carry out a campaign that was unprecedented in terms of the use of anti-Muslim narratives and misinformation. While…

JCB driver who damaged Hapur toll plaza is not a Muslim; false claim by the Right Wing

Shinjinee Majumder12th June 2024

Asked to pay toll tax at the Chhajarsi toll plaza in Pilkhuwa of Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur district, a bulldozer driver damaged at least two toll booths with his JCB around…

Sofia Firdous victory rally in Cuttack: Slogans in name of ‘Sofia Didi’, ‘Moquim Bhai’ peddled as ‘Pakistan Zindabad’

Oishani Bhattacharya12th June 2024

A 1-minute clip went viral on social media after Congress’s Sofia Firdous had created history by becoming Odisha’s first female Muslim MLA. Thirty-two-year-old Sofia won the Barabati-Cuttack assembly seat by…

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Athar Hussain’s horrific ‘killing’ third reported case of lynching this year in Bihar’s Nawada

Bihar Police refutes Sudarshan News report on ‘Bangladeshi extremists’ disguised as monks in Gopalganj