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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…

Karnataka hijab row: Muslim mob falsely accused of injuring female student in ‘stone-pelting’

Kalim Ahmed9th February 20229th February 2022

Violence has spread to several districts in Karnataka amid colleges prohibiting students to attend classes wearing hijabs and the government backing the ban. As Muslim students protest against the ban…

No, Indian national flag was not ‘removed’ to install saffron flag in Shivamogga college

Archit9th February 2022

Since the last week of December, six female students belonging to the Government PU College for Girls in Udupi were not allowed to attend classes wearing hijab with uniforms. On…

No arrests made after 2018 Varanasi flyover collapse? False claim viral

Archit5th February 20225th February 2022

Since January 28, several social media accounts have been posting an image of cars flattened under the debris of a collapsed flyover. As per social media claims, this image is…

No, China did not launch an “artificial Sun” into the sky

Kalim Ahmed12th January 2022

A 0:30 seconds long clip is being widely circulated on social media with the claim that China recently “debuted” an “artificial sun”. Except for the video, these claims do not…

Central govt employees DA has not been suspended, fake memorandum viral

Kalim Ahmed4th January 2022

An alleged “office memorandum” is circulating on WhatsApp in the name of the Department of Expenditure under the Ministry of Finance. As per the notice, Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness…

Graphical representation video believed to be satellite visual of CDS Bipin Rawat’s chopper crash

Archit13th December 2021

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…

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NSA Ajit Doval did say ISI recruited more Hindus than Muslims in India; his ‘deepfake’ claim is false

News outlets misidentify Delhi blast suspect Dr Arif, pass off photo of unrelated namesake as key accused