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Clip of Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir visiting LoC viral after Pahalgam attack actually from 2022

Oishani Bhattacharya2nd May 2025

A 57-second clip showing Pakistan’s army chief, General Asim Munir, with armed troops is viral on social media. Claims have emerged online that Munir is visiting the Line of Control…

Pahalgam: Pak media falsely claims Indian Army Lt Gen M V Suchindra Kumar sacked, detained, following attack

Abhishek Kumar2nd May 2025

At least 26 people lost their lives in the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Anantnag district of Kashmir on April 22. According to survivors’ accounts, the terrorists asked tourists enjoying…

Pahalgam terrorists celebrating? Old video by Kazakhstan content creator falsely viral

Abhishek Kumar2nd May 20252nd May 2025

Following the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, a video has been doing the rounds on social media. In the footage, five men are sitting inside a car and heard declaring…

2023 video during ex-Pakistan PM’s arrest falsely linked to Indian army’s action along LoC after Pahalgam attack

Ankita Mahalanobish2nd May 2025

A video showing a crowd of men and thick smoke with yellow blaze in the background was widely shared on social media. In the footage, captured at night, some men…

Video of rape-accused lynched in Bangladesh shared with claims that Hindu boy beaten & killed in Bengal

Prantik Ali1st May 2025

Trigger Warning: The story has visuals of graphic violence. Readers’ discretion advised. A 90-second-long video of a boy brutally lynched by a mob is doing the rounds on social media….

Welsh church fire has no Indian or Pakistani links, South Wales Police rubbishes social media claims

Oishani Bhattacharya1st May 2025

On April 24, a huge fire engulfed a 19th-century Welsh chapel in Port Talbot town of Wales. A video of the ablaze Bethany English Calvinistic Methodist Chapel quickly went viral…

Mass resignations in Pakistan army after Pahalgam attack? Media outlets’ reportage based on fabricated letter

Shinjinee Majumder30th April 20252nd May 2025

In the aftermath of the horrific terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, in which at least 26 people were killed, social media remains rife with several unverified claims,…

Pahalgam and after: Tracking ‘retributive’ hate crimes against minorities across India

Shinjinee Majumder & Abhishek Kumar29th April 20253rd May 2025

At least 26 people were killed in the picturesque Baisaran valley near Pahalgam in Anantnag district on April 22 in the deadliest terror attack targetting tourists in Kashmir in recent…

Bajrang Dal workers in Bengal to tackle ‘jihadis’? Ram Navami video falsely viral

Pawan Kumar28th April 2025

Against the backdrop of the recent communal violence that broke out during protests against the Waqf Amendment Act in Murshidabad, West Bengal, a video went viral on social media in…

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Videos of Iran’s October 2024 strikes on Israel resurface as visuals of June conflict

Man accused of indecency, harassing school girl in viral clip not Muslim; video shared with false communal claims