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Indian media outlets air old video of fighter jets as Russian invasion in Ukraine

Archit24th February 202224th February 2022

Amid the ongoing Russian military operations in Ukraine, several Indian media outlets broadcas a video clip of fighter planes flying at a low altitude over a city. Times Now tweeted…

BJP, Congress members share dubious ‘Sikhs For Justice’ letter supporting AAP in Punjab

Archit19th February 202223rd February 2022

A letter written in Punjabi has been widely shared on social media with the claim that US-based ‘Sikhs For Justice’ (SFJ) has extended support to AAP ahead of the Punjab…

Old video of Maratha rally in Mumbai shared as anti-hijab protest in Karnataka

Pooja Chaudhuri17th February 202217th February 2022

Amid students in Karnataka protesting against colleges barring them from wearing hijabs and burqas on campus, a video has been shared on social media that shows a huge rally of…

Kishan Bharwad’s murder sparks false claim of Muslims being forced out of Gujarat village

Kinjal17th February 2022

A man named Kishan Bharwad was shot and killed in Dhandhuka, Gujarat for allegedly posting an “objectionable” religious Facebook post. Since then, several claims related to the murder have been…

Hijab row: BJP leaders falsely claim bombs hurled at Murshidabad school during protest

Kalim Ahmed16th February 2022

On February 12, it was reported that a school in the Suti area of Murshidabad district, West Bengal was vandalised after the headmaster allegedly asked girl students not to come…

Surat: Man kills woman for rejecting love proposal, false communal spin added online

Archit15th February 2022

[Disclaimer: The viral video depicts violence. It has not been embedded in this report.] Two clips that show a man slitting a woman’s throat in public have been shared online….

Karnataka hijab row: Fake accounts pose as Mandya student Muskan Khan

Pooja Chaudhuri14th February 2022

Muskan Khan, a student of PES college in Mandya, made headlines after a video of her standing up against a saffron-clad mob heckling her for wearing a burqa surfaced on…

Video of Rakhi Sawant in hijab is from 2021

Archit14th February 2022

On February 11, Karnataka High Court passed an interim order asking students not to wear any religious dress to class in educational institutions that have prescribed uniforms. Several district administrations…

Karnataka hijab row: Video doctored to show Burj Khalifa honours Muskan Khan

Kalim Ahmed12th February 2022

The state of Karnataka has witnessed violent protests for the past several weeks due to several colleges barring hijab-wearing students from attending classes. As Muslim students protest against the ban,…

Videos from UP and Paraguay linked to minor’s death in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag

Archit11th February 202211th February 2022

[Disclaimer: Violent content. The video has not been added or linked in this report.] On February 6, a 17-year-old boy was killed in a clash between members of two communities…

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Did Sonia, Rahul Gandhi ‘disrespect’ ex-PM Manmohan Singh in meetings with foreign leaders?

Dozens arrested in Odisha after 2 Dalit men tortured on false charges of cow smuggling