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No, Narendra Modi is not India’s first OBC Prime Minister

Shinjinee Majumder26th September 2023

BJP president J P Nadda recently claimed that his party had given India its first OBC (Other Backward Classes) Prime Minister. Nadda was speaking in the Rajya Sabha on the…

No, the cobbler & the potter seen in pics with PM Modi are not the same person

Abira Das25th September 2023

A social media post depicting a man (in a white shirt) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gone viral with several social media users claiming that the same man appears…

Video from Rajasthan falsely shared as that of accused in UP ‘molestation’ incident that led to Class XI girl’s death

Abhishek Kumar25th September 2023

An incident of alleged molestation leading to a girl’s death recently came to light in Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. A group of miscreants reportedly snatched the stole (‘dupatta’) of a…

No, Canada has not banned RSS amid diplomatic row; misleading video viral

Shreyatama Datta23rd September 202323rd September 2023

Amid the rising diplomatic tension between Canada and India over the murder of pro-Khalistan leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a video has gone viral on social media in which a man…

Viral video of crops being injected is scripted, ‘poisoning people’ claims are baseless

Abhishek Kumar21st September 2023

A video of three young men standing in a field and injecting something into crops has been making the rounds on social media. The person filming the footage is heard…

Did Canada issue a travel advisory against India amid worsening diplomatic ties?

Shinjinee Majumder20th September 202321st September 2023

Within hours of Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau alleging that “agents of the government of India” had carried out the assassination of Sikh independence advocate Hardeep Singh Nijjar in…

Old video from Odisha falsely shared as BJP MLA thrashed in MP ahead of polls

Abira Das19th September 2023

A 2-minute video of a mob attacking a white car with sticks is viral on social media. Some in the mob can be seen holding BJP flags. At 1:17, the…

India vs Bharat: BJP’s sudden U-turn & why the ‘British named us India’ theory is a distortion of history

Indradeep Bhattacharyya19th September 202319th September 2023

What’s in a name? Apparently, a lot, if social media trends and raging political discourses are anything to go by. The India vs. Bharat debate has caught the fancy of…

‘Allah’ word was not removed from ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ played at Rajghat during visit of heads of states

Abhishek Kumar16th September 2023

A video of foreign dignitaries, who were recently in India to attend the G20 Summit, paying their respects at the final resting place of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat is being…

No, KBC did not have question on Ujjain Mahakal Corridor; viral video is doctored

Abhishek Kumar15th September 2023

An apparent clip from an episode of the television game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ (KBC) is gaining a lot of traction on social media. In the footage, host Amitabh Bachchan…

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Army man plots ‘attack’ on himself to get ‘famous’; news sparks communal outrage

BJP protesting in front of Canara Bank amid Canada row? Edited image viral