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Viral Nitish-Lalu meeting video is from 2022; ‘political game-changer’ speculation baseless

Ankita Mahalanobish6th September 20246th September 2024

Three days after RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav had met Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar at the state secretariat, a video clip of Kumar meeting RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav at…

M K Stalin photo at Times Square, New York? The viral image is edited

pawan6th September 2024

Recently, there has been significant discussion on social media about Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin’s visit to the United States. Amid this, a photo went viral showing Stalin’s…

Tulsi rosary was not removed from Bangladesh child’s neck; Muslim boy’s video falsely viral

Abhishek Kumar6th September 2024

A video has gone viral on social media showing a man wearing a skull cap giving ration to a child who is standing in knee-deep water, and cutting a cord…

Amit Malviya shares Bangladesh candle-light vigil video as R G Kar protest in Kolkata

Priyanka Jha6th September 2024

A video recorded by a drone is circulating on social media purportedly depicting a protest demanding justice for the August 9 rape and murder at Kolkata’s R G Kar Hospital….

Akhilesh fled from the press? No viral video from 2023 shows him scaling locked gate to pay tribute to JP

Ankita Mahalanobish6th September 20249th September 2024

A video clip of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is viral on social media. In the clip, Akhilesh is seen scaling what appears to be a boundary wall or a…

Hindus thrashed a man for converting to Christianity? No, 2022 video shows Telangana man beaten up for ‘affair’

Abira Das5th September 2024

A video depicting a man being flogged has gone viral on social media. The clip shows a crowd watching the man is thrashed by several others. Many social media users…

Tania Yasmin: Paramedic who passed out of R G Kar in 2023 finds herself dragged into Aug 9 rape & murder

Indradeep Bhattacharyya5th September 2024

The alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital sparked several unverified theories on social media about various aspects of the…

Man who put up pro-Pakistan posters in Delhi flat is not a Muslim; claim by Sudarshan News false

Abhishek Kumar4th September 2024

A video circulating on social media shows a person entering a room the walls of which are adorned with pro-Pakistan slogans and radical posters. Inside, the video shows a young…

Rajdeep refused to acknowledge Kolkata rape-murder? One-yr-old clipped video shared with false claims

Abhishek Kumar2nd September 2024

A clip from The Lallantop’s Neta Nagri program is currently viral on social media. In this clip, journalists Rajdeep Sardesai, Saurabh Dwivedi, and Rahul Srivastava are seen on stage. During…

‘Ram tapakna’: Kumari Selja’s remarks taken out of context to claim she insulted the Hindu deity