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Ex-Pak major shares 10-yo photo as Indian army men who died in LoC ceasefire violation

Archit17th November 2020

On November 13, The Hindu reported that Pakistan breached ceasefire along the Line of Control in four Jammu and Kashmir districts. In the backdrop of this, on November 15, Muhammad…

Priyanka Gandhi’s old tweet morphed to target Jawaharlal Nehru

Pooja Chaudhuri & Aqib Pathan17th November 2020

An alleged screenshot of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s tweet has gone viral on social media. The tweet shows Gandhi sharing her “favourite story” about her great grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru….

RJD workers dump sweets after Bihar election loss? Old photos from raids at confectioneries viral

Kinjal17th November 202017th November 2020

Last week, a few pictures of people dumping large vessels containing sweets went viral on social media. They are being linked to the recently-concluded Bihar assembly elections, with netizens claiming…

Clip from 2016 shared as Shah-Owaisi struck ‘secret deal’ ahead of 2020 Bihar polls

Pooja Chaudhuri17th November 2020

A video that shows Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal reading a letter he received from former Gujarat BJP MLA Yatin Oza is circulating on social media. The letter alleges that…

Old unfounded reports of removal of JK from UN ‘list of disputes’ viral again

Archit16th November 202016th November 2020

Several social media users shared an October 29 article published by a website called Latest Laws (archived link). As per the article, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) was removed from the…

Video from Romania falsely shared as Muslims spitting inside Paris metro train

Aqib Pathan16th November 2020

Sandeep Thakur, who identifies as head of social media and IT intellectual cell of BJP Delhi, shared a video on Twitter (archive link) with the claim that Muslim commuters spat…

Image morphed to show US VP-elect Kamala Harris wearing saree

Archit13th November 2020

On November 12, BJP MP Satya Pal Singh posted an image of US Vice President-elect Kamal Harris in a saree and later deleted it. He wrote, “America’s Vice President-elect Kamala…

Photos from 2019 falsely viral as EVM machines being ‘stolen’ during Bihar polls

Aqib Pathan13th November 2020

After NDA regained power in Bihar assembly elections, RJD made allegations of foul play in the counting of postal ballot papers. Some images are now viral on social media where…

No, US President-elect Biden hasn’t appointed an Indian Ahmed Khan as political advisor

Archit13th November 2020

Images of 2020 US President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden with a man has been widely shared on the internet. It is being claimed that the said man…

Video from 2019 Lok Sabha polls viral as voter fraud in recent Bihar elections

Aqib Pathan13th November 202017th November 2020

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) tweeted a video of booth capturing alluding that it took place in the recently-concluded Bihar elections where the party lost to NDA. “Such elections are held…