Politics

Did Rahul Gandhi say ‘I don’t get any disease, I have direct connection with God’? No, viral video is clipped

Oishani Bhattacharya3rd November 2025

A 15-second-long clip in which Rahul Gandhi says, “I don’t get any disease, I have a direct connection from above, I directly speak to God,” is being shared by social…

Photos from Bangladeshi films shared to back cooked-up ‘Love Jihad’ story

Oishani Bhattacharya31st October 2025

An image of a woman with what looks like burn injuries on her face is viral on social media alongside the photo of a couple. It is being claimed that…

Hindu youths desecrated temples in UP with ‘I love Muhammad’ graffiti to frame Muslim peers, arrested

Shinjinee Majumder31st October 20253rd November 2025

Visuals with the words “I love Muhmad” and “I love Mamud” spray-painted on the walls of two temples are viral on social media. In one of the videos showing the…

Rahul Gandhi did not call Chhath puja a ‘drama’; claim by Modi, BJP camp false

Ankita Mahalanobish31st October 202531st October 2025

Rahul Gandhi’s comments on Chhath puja at an election rally in Bihar have raised a political storm. It is being claimed that the Congress MP called Chhath puja, celebrated primarily…

Viral video of News18’s Amish Devgan touching Amit Shah’s shoe is fake

Oishani Bhattacharya30th October 2025

A clip showing News18 managing editor Amish Devgan sitting with Home Minister Amit Shah and holding his shoe with both hands to help him pick up his leg is being…

Video from Paraguay falsely shared as Bangladeshi infiltrator robbing Hindu family’s house in India

Ankita Mahalanobish30th October 2025

A CCTV video showing a man scaling a barbed wire-lined wall and stealing a bicycle is circulating on the internet, with the claim that he was an illegal Bangladeshi infiltrator…

More dislikes than likes on ‘Modi hai to mumkin hai’ music video? Claims, counter-claims by Cong, BJP. Who’s right?

Abhishek Kumar29th October 2025

In the run-up to the Bihar assembly elections, a song, “Modi hai to mumkin hai”, released on YouTube on September 22 by T Series, has sparked a debate. Several social…

Viral video of gender-divided classroom is from Maharashtra, not Kerala

Ankita Mahalanobish29th October 202529th October 2025

A video depicting a classroom divided by a half wall, with burqa-clad female students seated on one side of the partition and male students on the other, is going viral…

Woman beaten up by police in viral video falsely identified as RJD spokesperson Priyanka Bharti

Abhishek Kumar29th October 2025

A video showing police personnel beating up a woman on the streets even as she screams and cries was viral on social media recently. It is claimed that the woman…

Defying MP HC ban, images of women who committed crimes against men burnt with Ravana’s effigy on Dussehra

Priyanka Jha27th October 2025

While burning effigies of mythological character Ravana on the occasion of Dussehra, on October 2, 2025, residents of Bhopal also burnt photos of women accused of committing crimes against their…