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Dainik Bhaskar, OpIndia misreport that 300 illegal firearms & 50,000 cartridges seized from Lucknow man

Abhishek Kumar7th July 2025

On June 26, Lucknow police arrested a man named Salahuddin and recovered some weapons, cartridges and equipment used to make illegal weapons. Soon after that, news outlets published reports that…

Ambedkar supporters thrashed by police? No, viral video shows making of a Kannada film

Pawan Kumar7th July 2025

A video, in which policemen are seen beating up half-naked men in public, is doing the rounds of social media. Users are sharing the video while claiming that police beat…

After SCO defence ministers’ meet, false claims of India being left out and Russia signing joint statement go viral

Prantik Ali & Diti Pujara3rd July 2025

After defence ministers representing their countries at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) were unable to adopt a joint statement at the end of their talks on June 26, several rumours…

Dalit man tortured in Jhansi? Old video resurfaces; police says victim, assailants from same community

Oishani Bhattacharya2nd July 20252nd July 2025

A 55-second-long clip, purportedly showing a Dalit labourer with his hands tied and his head being shaved against his will as a crowd laughs at his plight, is viral on…

Video from 2023 pro-Palestine protest viral with misleading claims that Muslims are ripping US flags in NYC

Prantik Ali1st July 202510th July 2025

A video showing a man climbing a street lamp and removing American flags is being widely circulated on social media. Shared after Zohran Mamdani’s win in the mayoral primary for…

2021 video from Delhi showing injured Muslim men after brawl with neighbour resurfaces with misleading claims

Prantik Ali30th June 202530th June 2025

A video showing several members of a family injured and in blood-stained clothes is viral on social media with claims that an influential Muslim family in Delhi’s Yamuna Vihar was…

Digitally manipulated clip of ABP debate shared with claims that Iranian lawmakers burnt Indian flag

Prantik Ali27th June 2025

Visuals of the Indian flag being burnt in the Iranian Parliament are viral on social media and a clip showing a television debate on this image by a Hindi news…

News18, social media users share 2-month old visuals of blast in Iranian city as footage from June conflict with Israel

Oishani Bhattacharya26th June 2025

A 17-second clip showing a cloud of smoke emanating from an explosion in an urban area is viral on social media with claims that it shows Iran being bombarded by…

Viral image does not show 70-year-old Muslim man from Rajasthan married to his teen granddaughter

Ankita Mahalanobish26th June 2025

Images of a young woman with an elderly man are being shared widely with claims that a 70-year-old Muslim man from Churu, Rajasthan, married his 19-year-old granddaughter. On June 18,…

Clip of Air India crash survivor Vishwas Kumar Ramesh going back to look for brother viral with conspiracy theories

Prantik Ali26th June 202526th June 2025

Following the devastating crash of Gatwick-bound Air India flight 171, a new video purportedly of Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the tragic accident, is viral on social media….