An image captioned “इंदिरा के पोते ने तोड़ दिया इंदिरा का रिकॉर्ड (Indira’s grandson breaks Indira’s record)” was shared by Facebook page Rahul Gandhi for PM, claiming that a crowd of 25…
Provocative media reports fuel communal hatemongering on Ankit Garg’s murder
Ankit Kumar Garg, a 31-year old teacher was shot dead on October 1 in Delhi. Soon after the incident, multiple news organisations reported that this was a case of honour…
The shadowy world of Flynn Remedios – IndiaScoops, IndiaScribes, Bollywood and more
IndiaScoops is a website that recently came under the scanner after it published a report which claimed that 35 lakh rupees had been spent by the PMO for Prime Minister…
Accident during Muharram procession portrayed as sword attack by Muslims on Hindu boy
A claim about a Hindu boy’s throat being slit by a sword during a Muharram procession in Gauri Bazar area of Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh is circulating on social…
FB page India 272+ circulates year old false claim targeting journalist Ravish Kumar
“सुना है कि ब्रह्मांड के इकलौते ईमानदार पत्रकार रविश कुमार की बहन भ्रष्टाचार मामले में नौकरी से सस्पेंड हो गई है। बेचारे का भाई पहले ही सेक्स रैकेट में आरोपी…
Mohandas Pai falls for impostor BBC website listing Congress among world’s most corrupt parties
The fake news website BBCNewsHub.com has struck again claiming among other people, T.V. Mohandas Pai and BJP MP, Subramanian Swamy as its latest victims. “Shocking list. One Indian political party…
17 year old video of Imam Bukhari abusing Shabana Azmi being circulated with a false claim
“Barkha Dutt conducted a debate in NDTV Studio in which Imam Bukhari openly Called @AzmiShabana a prostitute in front of Owaisi and Farooq Sheikh. No one vomited. In Fact Shabana…
Old incident of BJP leader caught with girl in temple resurfaces with false image
An article from Newsfyi, a dubious news website, published on August 20, 2018 is doing the rounds on social media. काकावाणी (@Alisohrab007), a Twitter user had shared the link of the…
Right-wing falsely claim Rahul Gandhi’s Mansarovar yatra photo lifted from Google images
Rahul Gandhi’s Mansarovar yatra was recently in the news over a controversy on consumption of non-veg food before embarking on the pilgrimage. Once again, the Congress president has come under…
2007 image of Adivasi woman stripped, beaten in Assam shared as recent incident from Bengal
A Facebook user Hindu Akhilesh Gupta, on August 31, shared an image of a woman stripped naked, chased down the street and beaten by a group of men. The narrative used…