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Scripted video of ‘cleric’ drugging and molesting woman viral with communal spin

Mahaprajna Nayak17th September 202220th June 2023

A video of a cleric molesting a woman in the garb of performing a ritual has been shared widely on social media. The video captures an elderly man, allegedly a…

News channels, BJP leaders’ claim that UPA got St. George’s Cross back on Navy flag is false

Abhishek Kumar16th September 202217th September 2022

On September 2, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the new flag of the Indian Navy in Kochi. The St George’s Cross was removed from the erstwhile flag and it was…

Data on Waqf properties shared with false claim about Boards encroaching lands

Indradeep Bhattacharyya14th September 202214th September 2022

On September 13, Twitter user Anshul Saxena, who claims to be a ‘news junkie’, ‘observer and analyst’ tweeting ‘informative facts and opinions’, shared a tweet containing a table of data…

Video from Bahrain shared as woman smashing Ganesha idols in Kerala

Mahaprajna Nayak14th September 202215th September 2022

A video of a burqa-clad woman smashing Ganesh idols in a shop is being widely circulated on social media. Several users tweeted the video claiming that the incident occurred in…

Morphed photo: Kejriwal’s dinner host did not have Modi’s portrait on wall

Shinjinee Majumder14th September 202215th September 2022

On his two-day visit to Gujarat, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was invited by an auto-rickshaw driver, Vikrambhai Dantani, to dinner at his home after Kejriwal addressed a gathering of…

Smriti Irani makes false claim that Rahul didn’t pay respects at Kanyakumari before Bharat Jodo Yatra

Abhishek Kumar13th September 202214th September 2022

On September 10, the BJP organized a Jana Spandana program in Doddaballapur, Bengaluru to celebrate the third anniversary of the party’s coming to power in Karnataka. BJP MP and Union…

Did Modi say his mother should’ve stopped him from committing petty thefts? No, it’s a clipped video

Abhishek Kumar10th September 202210th September 2022

A 10-second video is viral on social media in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is giving a speech from a stage. In the video, Modi says, “If my mother had…

No, none of the women throwing objects at kids in viral video is Queen Elizabeth II

Shinjinee Majumder10th September 2022

An old video that shows two women throwing objects at children who run around trying to catch them is going viral with the claim that one of the women seen…

2020 video from Perth, Australia being shared as Bengaluru cloudburst

Indradeep Bhattacharyya9th September 2022

Many parts of Bengaluru were inundated after the city received extremely heavy torrential rain over the past week. The Press Trust of India reported that Bengaluru City observatory of the…

Did Gehlot drink charanamrit with mask on? No, BJP leaders shared clipped video

Priyanka Jha8th September 20228th September 2022

A number of BJP functionaries are criticizing Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot while sharing a 5-second video in which Gehlot is being offered charanamrit by a temple priest and the…

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Form suicide squads & ISIS-like outfits, Yati Narsinghanand urges Hindus amid sword distribution in Delhi, Ghaziabad

BJP adds communal spin to idol vandalism in West Bengal’s Santipur