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BJP’s missed call campaign number falsely shared with appeal to Hindus for supporting UCC

Abhishek Kumar21st July 2023

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has been a hotly debated issue for decades in India. The proposed legislation contains a provision to establish a common set of laws applicable to…

4-yr-old video shared as recent protests in Paris; users add communal spin

Abhishek Kumar18th July 2023

A video is viral on social media in which some people are seen climbing on top of a monument and waving the Algerian flag. It has been claimed that the…

Karnataka banned wearing of bangles by female mid-day meal workers? No, directive came from Centre

Oishani Bhattacharya17th July 2023

Several users are claiming on social media that the Congress government in Karnataka has directed women involved in making mid-day meals for children not to wear bangles. The order has…

Fact check: Viral video of burning church not from Manipur, but from France

Shreyatama Datta17th July 202317th July 2023

A video is doing the rounds on social media which shows a wooden structure, seemingly a church, on fire. The video is shot by someone on a moving bicycle. As…

Man assaulted by kanwariyas in Haridwar is not a Muslim. He is a Hindu & local BJP leader

Abhishek Kumar17th July 2023

A video of a group of kanwariyas (Kanwar Yatra devotees) beating up a person sitting in a car has been doing the rounds on social media. Later, the Kanwariyas are…

Bengaluru double murder fallout of biz rivalry; victim portrayed as ‘Hindu seer’ to set false narrative on social media

Oishani Bhattacharya15th July 2023

The news of a double murder in Bengaluru broke, on July 11. Two men — Phanindra Subramanyam and Vinu Kumar — were allegedly attacked and killed by a former colleague….

Twitter user @RoflGandhi_ accused of rape? No, false claim by Right Wing users

Shinjinee Majumder11th July 202311th July 2023

The administrator of the popular parody handle on Twitter @RoflGandhi_, Sunil Sharma, recently came under fire with social media users claiming that Sharma was accused of rape. According to them,…

Cars driving over Indian Flag: Old video from Pakistan viral again as Kerala incident

Shinjinee Majumder10th July 2023

A video showing several cars driving over an Indian Tricolour fixed to the ground has gone viral. A group of people carrying the Pakistani flag can be seen cheering on….

Gurugram transperson’s suicide: Right Wing social media users add communal spin

Oishani Bhattacharya10th July 2023

Trigger Warning: Suicide A video has gone viral on social media claiming that in Dharampur of Gurugram, a transgender person was killed and subsequently hanged by a few ‘Bangladeshi Muslims’…

Attack on Pune woman: Accused identified as Shantanu Laxman Jadhav, social media users call him ‘Jihadi’

Oishani Bhattacharya1st July 2023

A video has surfaced on social media where a man can be seen running after a woman with a weapon in his hand and can be seen striking her with…

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Video of Dhaka eviction drive falsely claimed as BJP bulldozer action against ‘Bangladeshis’ in Bengal