Fake BBC opinion poll predicting a BJP win in Rajasthan circulates on social media
A purported opinion poll for Rajasthan elections attributed to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is currently viral on social media. Many have shared (1, 2, 3) the home page of BBC along with the prediction of the election results. The alleged p...
Deccan Chronicle attributes false, previously debunked quote to Jawaharlal Nehru
"By education I'am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and Hindu only by accident of birth- Jawaharlal Nehru". This quotation attributed to India's first Prime Minister was printed by the Deccan Chronicle in its Hyderabad...
ANI misreports UK High Court ruling on Vijay Mallya’s London home
On the evening of November 22, news agency Asian News International (ANI) tweeted that the High Court of London has ruled in favour of Swiss banking firm UBS to take possession of disgraced liquor baron and fugitive Vijay Mallya's plush home in Centr...
Video of an accidental fire circulates in Pakistan as Indian army burning houses in Kashmir
ہندوستانی فوج نے بانڈی پورہ کشمیریوں کے گھروں کو آگ لگانا شروع کر دی آپ ظلم کے خلاف و مظلوم" کے حق میں آواز نہیں اٹھا سکتے تو فیس بک کا" استعمال چھوڑ دیں" (Indian army starts burning down houses of Kashmiris of Bandipora, if you cannot raise your voi...
Viral: Image of 2010 Congo fuel blast circulated as Hindus killed in Godhra train burning
"कांग्रेस को वोट देंने से पहले हिन्दुओ भाई जरा गोधरा कांड भी याद कर लेना जो कांग्रेस के सरकार में कांग्रेस के ही मुस्लिमों ने दो बोगियों से भरा हुआ हिन्दुओ को तेल छिड़क कर आग में जलाया गया था ,अगर थोड़ा सा भी हिन्दुओ के प्रति दया है तो कांग्रेस मुक्त...
THE SKIN DOCTOR or Neelofar Khan? A male dermatologist or a female Islamist Twitter troll?
On August 13, 2017, Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddique tweeted a picture of his son dressed up as Krishna, expressing happiness at his son playing the role of "Natkhat nandlala" in his school. Soon after, a twitter account called Neelafor Khan with ...
Shehla Rashid pocketing money crowdfunded for Kathua/Unnao victims’ family is fake news
Social media was recently brimming with allegations that JNU student leader Shehla Rashid embezzled the money crowdfunded for the family of the Kathua rape victim. The accusations reached to the extent that lawyer Vibhor Anand appealed to those who f...
Vivek Agnihotri tweets misleading, clipped video of Kanhaiya Kumar’s commentary on Islam
Film director Vivek Agnihotri tweeted a video clip of JNU leader Kanhaiya Kumar on November 12 and said, "The messenger of Urban Naxals and the prophet of partition is talking about his religion publicly - translated." The video received over 20,000 ...
Temple discovered upon demolition of a mosque in Karnataka? No, it is an artist’s digital creation
A Twitter handle @umagarghi tweeted an image of a temple with a message, "When a mosque was demolished in Raichur in Karnataka for widening road they have found the this temple. We need to demolish all mosques". Several users have tweeted the...
No, Kanhaiya Kumar did not ask people to embrace Islam
"देखो दोस्तों कैसे राहुल गांधी का यार कन्हैया कुमार सबके सामने हिन्दू धर्म की बुराई कर सबसे इस्लाम अपनाने की अपील कर रहा है...(See friends, how Rahul Gandhi's friend Kanhaiya Kumar is bad-mouthing Hindusim in front of everyone and appealing people to...
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