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Wife beats husband, alleged girlfriend in Bhopal gym; incident communalised online

Kinjal23rd October 202123rd October 2021

A video of a burqa-clad woman hitting a man and another woman with slippers is viral. It has been claimed that the man hails from the Muslim community and was…

Video of Durga Puja pandal vandalised in Bangladesh shared as West Bengal

Priyanka Jha22nd October 202122nd October 2021

A video of a mob vandalizing a pandal is viral on social media. It is being claimed that Muslims in West Bengal demolished a Durga Puja pandal. #हिन्दू_मुस्लिम_भाईचारा ,सरकार…

Prakash Javadekar shares 8-month-old video as govt supplying coal amid recent shortage

Pooja Chaudhuri22nd October 202122nd October 2021

Rajya Sabha member and former environment minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted a video of a train carrying coal and claimed that a 4-km-long rack train with four engines is running on…

Fact-check: Did JRD Tata write “Nehru stabbed me in the back” after nationalisation of Tata Airlines?

Archit21st October 2021

Tata Sons made the winning bid of Rs 18,000 crore for Air India, the airline founded by JRD Tata in 1932. Back then it was known as Tata Air Services. In…

Fact-check: Has Indian passport strengthened under PM Modi as claimed by Amit Shah?

Archit20th October 2021

On October 14, Home Minister Amit Shah addressed BJP members at a Karyakarta Sammelan in Goa. One of the claims Shah made during the address was that the strength of…

Old video of man hacked to death in Bangladesh viral as recent communal violence

Archit20th October 2021

[Disclaimer: Viral video depicts extreme violence. Only screenshots are used as identifiers.] Disturbing reports of communal violence in Bangladesh continue to unfold a series of targeted attacks against the minority…

Fact-check: Did UP govt organise fruits for cops to break Navratri fast?

Priyanka Jha19th October 2021

Recently, Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha UP’s Social Media Head Richa Rajput shared a photo claiming that the Yogi Adityanath government made special arrangements and procured fruit for police personnel observing…

CCTV video of woman kidnapped is from Bangladesh, not West Bengal

Priyanka Jha19th October 2021

CCTV footage of a man abducting a woman wearing a burqa and forcing her into a car is viral on social media. In the video, a vehicle suddenly stops in…

Video of petrol pump station employee kidnapped is from Saudi, not UP

Kinjal19th October 2021

A video of a petrol pump station employee being kidnapped from the station is viral on social media. The employee is seen filing a black car with petrol and once…

BJP members share clipped video to portray only ‘Azan’ recited at Congress Kisan Nyay rally

Kinjal18th October 2021

On October 14, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra tweeted a 1:40-minute-long video containing two clips. The first features Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Singh Baghel and other Congress leaders….

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Clash in Murshidabad? Old video from Varanasi given communal spin, falsely linked to Bengal polls

Shashi Tharoor slammed Modi govt & praised Pak diplomacy? The video is AI-generated