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Photo of Ayodhya Railway Station? No, proposed New Delhi Railway Station

Kinjal24th September 2021

A photo claimed to portray the redeveloped Ayodhya Railway Station has been circulating widely. Twitter user Nayak Mahesh Chauhan, who describes himself as an RSS and Bajrang Yuva Sangh supporter…

Photo morphed to claim RSS paying respect to Queen Elizabeth during freedom struggle

Priyanka Jha23rd September 202123rd September 2021

A black and white photo that purportedly shows RSS volunteers paying respects to the Queen of England has been circulating on social media. It shows a group of men dressed…

Old video of symbolic protest in Colombia viral as Christians killed in Afghanistan

Priyanka Jha23rd September 2021

A video of people wrapped in plastic bags lying on the side of a street has been shared with the claim that Christians in Afghanistan were left to suffocate in…

Video of scuffle between two Hindu families in Jodhpur viral with false communal spin

Priyanka Jha23rd September 2021

A video of a group of people thrashing a bloodied man with sticks is being shared widely on social media. It has been claimed that Muslims “with no fear of…

Dalveer Bhandari hasn’t been elected ‘chief justice’ of ICJ; messages falsely laud PM Modi

Priyanka Jha20th September 2021

BJP Bihar General Secretary (Organisation) Nagendra Nath Tripathi claimed in a tweet that former Supreme Court judge Dalveer Bhandari has been elected as the Chief Justice of the International Court…

Fact-check: Did top 5 intelligence agencies of the world convene in Delhi?

Kinjal20th September 2021

A photo has been claimed to portray Indian, Russian, Israeli, American and British intelligence agencies convening for the first time in Delhi. A Facebook user shared the image with this…

Rahul Gandhi’s statement on Mahatma Gandhi clipped, presented out of context

Kinjal16th September 202116th September 2021

A 28-second video of Rahul Gandhi has been doing massive rounds on social media. Rahul Gandhi can be heard saying in the video, “You must have seen in pictures of…

Videos of liquor distribution at Baba Rodu Shah in Ludhiana falsely linked to farmers’ protest

Aqib Pathan16th September 202116th September 2021

Two videos have been linked to the ongoing farmers’ protest and shared on social media. The first video shows some people emptying liquor bottles into a drum and the second…

Old video from Pak falsely viral as Taliban chief secy praising BJP, RSS

Archit Mehta15th September 202115th September 2021

A video of a Muslim man commenting on Maratha rulers, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Indian politics is viral with the claim that the video shows the Taliban admitting BJP…

Video from Hyderabad falsely shared as Hindus in Kerala stopped from worshiping Ganesh

Priyanka Jha15th September 2021

A video showing a group of police officers confiscating an idol of Hindu deity Ganesh as the crowd gathered around tries to stop them has been circulating widely on social…

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Five-yr-old image from Patna shared to claim no solidarity for recent Bharat Bandh

Old visuals shared with misleading claim of Manmohan Singh being ‘disrespected’ by Gandhis