Why PM Modi’s dig at ‘infiltrators’ in Independence Day speech could spell trouble
Speaking from the ramparts of the Red Fort on India’s 79th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unusual declaration while discussing his government’s achievements in all sectors, from...
Unrelated videos viral as footage of weapon seizure in Lucknow with communal claims
A 57-second video showing a heap of firearms and bundles of currency notes scattered is doing the rounds online with different claims. Some social media users who shared the video...
On December 8, an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter carrying India’s first chief of defence staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Raje Singh Rawat, crashed in Tamil Nadu’s…
On November 16, BJP supporter Rishi Bagree jotted down Uttar Pradesh’s purported ranking on various performance indicators such as unemployment rate, ease of doing business (EoDB) and gross state domestic…
On November 29, Amar Ujala and Dainik Jagran reported that a 15-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district was allegedly raped by two men. Subsequently, several social media users shared…
On October 28, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company’s name has been changed to Meta. Since then, a post has been circulating widely on Facebook about certain changes…
On November 19, Dainik Bhaskar shared 15 photos in a report on the recent flooding in Andhra Pradesh. The thumbnail of the article shows animals being swept away in the…
On October 31, journalist Sachin Gupta of Dainik Bhaskar tweeted that a hawker named Aamir selling clothes in UP’s Aligarh was beaten up by two people. They tore his clothes…
On July 4, dozens of Muslim women in India found themselves “up for sale” on an app that went by the name “Sulli Deals”. The app uploaded publically available pictures…
On November 8, ANI cited the Mumbai police informing that actress Poonam Pandey’s husband Sam Bombay was arrested in Mumbai after she complained of assault. She was admitted to a…
A week after violence against the minority Hindu community was reported in Bangladesh, communal attacks targeting the Muslim community took place in Tripura. The Indian Express reported that the last…
A CCTV video of a scooty suddenly exploding was shared with the claim that the blast happened because the two-wheeler was battery-powered. (Archive link) बैटरी वाली स्कूटी फटी बीच बाजार…