Some social media users have shared a picture of important leaders from the Cabinet of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, including B R Ambedkar and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, sharing a…
Hate Speech: At Hyderabad Ram Navami rally, T Raja Singh ups the ante against Muslims, calls for Hindu Rashtra
Taking part in the Ram Navami Shobha Yatra in Hyderabad on March 30, suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh delivered yet another communally charged speech rife with open calls for…
Dumped passports found: 2018 video viral with false claim about ‘illegal Muslim settlers’
A video is viral where some youngsters can be seen picking up trashed passports from a paddy field alongside a village road. Social media users have shared this video with…
Exclusive: Network of shadow Facebook pages spending crores on ads to target Oppn are connected to BJP
For the last few years, political propaganda on social media has been a part and parcel of electoral politics across the world. Alongside that, advertising has become an important tool…
Video of BMC demolition drive in Santacruz viral as ‘bulldozer Raj’ in Uttar Pradesh
A video has been making rounds on social media where an aged man can be seen lying down in front of a bulldozer. He then gets up and can be…
Bulandshahr blast: Sudarshan News, RW handles falsely claim house belonged to a Muslim
On March 31, a blast rocked a house in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, leaving several people dead. Sharing the news, many media outlets, Right Wing influencers and journalists tweeted that the…
Jains contribute 24% of total income tax in India? Unfounded claim viral for years
From time to time, different types of claims regarding the Jain community circulate on public forums, online communities and social media. The reach of these claims is so wide that…
Rampyari Gurjar led 40,000 soldiers to defeat Timur? No credible evidence to back such claim
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on March 11 unveiled a statue of Kotwal Dhan Singh Gurjar at a police training school in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. During his speech at the programme, he…
School-goers clash with knives in Delhi, videos viral with false communal claim
A number of videos featuring school-going children are being shared on social media. In the first clip, a group of boys dressed in school uniform are seen fighting near an…
Muslim ‘priests’ in Kerala temples? Video of ritualistic dance viral with false communal claim
A clip in which a man can be seen reciting the Adhan (Islamic call to prayer) is circulating widely on social media. It is claimed that the government in the…