Politics

Image of Islamic flag in Chhattisgarh temple shared with false communal claim

Archit10th February 2023

An image of a green flag hung inside a temple with a crescent moon, star, and number 786 written on it is being shared with the claim that it is…

Bangladesh school boy murder: False communal claim by Right Wing handles

Shinjinee Majumder10th February 202310th February 2023

Trigger Warning: Dead body Several social media users have shared the image of the body of a boy, seemingly a minor, with the claim that he had been murdered because…

Blatant calls for violence against Muslims by T Raja Singh, BJP leaders from Mumbai rally

Kalim Ahmed6th February 20237th February 2023

Several BJP leaders took part in a march in Mumbai on January 29 christened ‘Hindu Jan Akrosh Morcha’ that sought to stop ‘Love Jihad’ and ‘Land Jihad’, implementation of anti-conversion…

Clipped video viral; Bengal cleric Taha Siddiqui didn’t ask Muslims to wage war against Hindus

Indradeep Bhattacharyya4th February 202328th April 2024

An X (Twitter) user named Gargi Mukherjee (Modi Ka Parivar) has shared a video of a speech by Pirzada Taha Siddiqui of Furfura Sharif in West Bengal and written, “Why police…

Viral video of woman beaten up by men: No communal angle to the 2-yr-old incident

Abhishek Kumar3rd February 20233rd February 2023

A purported video of a Dalit woman being beaten up for bathing in a water body is making the rounds on social media. The footage shows a group of young…

No, renaming of UAE area to ‘Hind City’ has got nothing to do with Hindus or Indians

Archit2nd February 20237th February 2023

On January 29, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued instructions to rename Al Menhad area and its surroundings ‘Hind City’….

Unrelated, old videos viral as audience reaction to Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Pathaan’

Vansh Shah2nd February 2023

Despite boycott calls from some sections including the Indian Right Wing, Shah Rukh Khan’s film ‘Pathaan’ has set the box office on fire. Against this backdrop, social media users have…

BJP leaders tweet clipped video, share T R Baalu’s remarks on ‘demolishing temples’ sans context

Kalim Ahmed31st January 2023

A 40-second-long clip of DMK MP T R Baalu speaking at an event has gone viral on social media. It is claimed that the leader was boasting about demolishing Hindu…

Rahul Gandhi’s photo with UK politician falsely viral as him meeting BBC Modi-docu producer

Vansh Shah28th January 202328th January 2023

The BBC documentary, India: The Modi question, which questions Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots has been banned in India by the BJP government by using emergency powers…

Misreporting by major news outlets; Pakistan flag was not hoisted in Bihar’s Purnea

Shinjinee Majumder27th January 202327th January 2023

On January 26, 2023, news broke that a Pakistani flag had been hoisted on a residential building in Madhubani Sipahi Tola area in Purnea, Bihar. Several news media outlets reported…