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Official RSS page shares old image as Seva Bharati workers working in Kerala flood relief

Pooja Chaudhuri15th August 201816th August 2018

A set of images along with a donation appeal was shared by the official Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Facebook page with the claim that the individuals in the images were…

Opindia, MyNation, Postcard News declare Umar Khalid “not attacked” based on a false testimony

Pooja Chaudhuri13th August 2018

JNU student Umar Khalid was allegedly attacked in the afternoon of August 13 in Delhi outside Constitution Club near Parliament. Initial reports said that an unidentified assailant targeted Khalid who…

CNN Newsi8, India Tooday, Times HOW and RepubiicTV: How parody accounts fool social media users

Alt News Desk13th August 2018

Psychologists have long argued that people are wired to believe what they want to believe. Parody accounts of news websites have figured this out and are preying upon this weakness….

No, Swara Bhasker did not abuse Major Gogoi or the Indian army

Pooja Chaudhuri11th August 201811th August 2018

Bollywood actress Swara Bhasker, responding to Sadhguru’s “liberals are fanatics remark”, tweeted that “some ass***** with big caste pride tied men to a jeep, flogged them publicly and recorded it…

False claim: Muslims perpetrating violence in the garb of Kanwar Yatra pilgrims

Pooja Chaudhuri10th August 2018

“Arrested Kanwariyas turned out to be Muslim guys who dressed up as Kanwar and tried to malign Hindus by committing violence“. A message is being shared on social media claiming…

Old video of wildlife swept away by floods in Odisha circulated as recent Kerala floods

Pooja Chaudhuri10th August 2018

A video is widespread on social media claiming that deer and other wildlife have been washed away in the ongoing floods in the state of Kerala. Among those who shared…

Old video of violence by Kanwariyas shared on social media as recent incident

Arjun Sidharth10th August 201810th August 2018

In the wake of the recent violence in New Delhi by Kanwariyas (Lord Shiva devotees), a video is circulating widely on social media. This video shows a mob of saffron-clad…

Did NDTV report encounter of terrorists in Kashmir as death of civilians?

Arjun Sidharth9th August 2018

“Army gun down 5 terrorists in J&K but @ndtv call them Citizens Pls for sake of this Nation and our brave soldiers STOP watching @ndtv Unsubscribe @ndtv and all its channel,…

No, Punya Prasun Bajpai is not joining NDTV as claimed on social media

Arjun Sidharth6th August 20186th August 2018

The recent exit of senior journalists Punya Prasun Bajpai and Milind Khandekar from ABP News has become a subject of controversy. There has been intense amount of speculation that the…

Old video of child’s murder from Thailand construed as Indian, shared on Facebook

Jignesh Patel6th August 20186th August 2018

A disturbing video of a man hanging himself and a kid to a pole has been circulating on Facebook over the past few days. In the video, a man and a…