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Fact-check: Did SPG accidentally shoot a beggar to protect Rajiv Gandhi in 1986?

Kalim Ahmed10th January 202210th January 2022

A 1:58 minutes long video of the Associated Press’s coverage of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s visit to the Rajghat in 1986 is being widely circulated on social media….

Video of gold seized in robbery case falsely viral as IT raid in residence of Tirupati priest

Kinjal7th January 2022

A video that resembles a press briefing by the police has been shared on social media. The video shows gold jewellery laid out on a table. It has been claimed…

Misleading claim of massive upgrade to CRPF uniform under PM Modi viral online

Kalim Ahmed7th January 2022

Two sets of photos are viral on social media. The first photo is of a CRPF officer on duty while wearing basic protective gear such as a helmet and a…

Old video of pro-Khalistan bike rally falsely linked to PM’s Punjab visit

Pooja Chaudhuri6th January 2022

A video of a bike rally taken out by members of the Sikh community raising the flag of ‘Khalistan’ and chanting pro-Khalistan slogans is circulating on social media. It has…

Video of Farooq Abdullah singing bhajan is old and unrelated to abrogation of Article 370

Kinjal5th January 2022

A video of former J&K chief minister and Jammu-Kashmir National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah singing a Ram bhajan is making the rounds on social media. The Hindi text superimposed…

Video from 2012 falsely viral as Aryan Khan publicly urinating at a US airport

Priyanka Jha4th January 20224th January 2022

A video of a man in an inebriated state urinating in public at an airport has been circulating widely on social media. The video shows him being pushed to the…

Old video from Mexico shared as RSS worker killed in Kerala

Kinjal3rd January 2022

Graphic footage of a man whose limbs have been severed is viral on social media. In the final seconds of the video, he is seen falling to the ground. Alt…

Media misreport old photos of SAD MLA Bikram Singh Majithia at Golden Temple as recent

Kalim Ahmed3rd January 20223rd January 2022

A series of photos of former cabinet minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Bikram Singh Majithia have gone viral after the images were shared by the official page of…

CCTV video of boy attacking girl with knife shared with false communal spin

Kinjal30th December 2021

CCTV footage of a boy stabbing a young girl on the street is viral on social media. It has been claimed that the attacker was Asraf Ali who stabbed an…

Video of BJP leader assaulting differently abled man for criticising BJP is from 2018

Archit30th December 2021

National spokesperson of the Samajwadi Party IP Singh posted a 41-second clip of a broadcast by ABP News. In the video, the anchor reports that a BJP leader attacked a…

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Scrolling through Assam BJP’s X handle: An exhibition of hate, xenophobia & anti-Muslim propaganda

Durgapur ‘gang rape’: Mamata Banerjee falsely claims crime occurred at 12:30 am; asks why victim stepped out so late