Politics

Old images viral to falsely show cash, gold sized from MK Stalin’s son-in-law in IT raid

Archit3rd April 20213rd April 2021

The sixteenth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu is scheduled to be held on April 6, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Madurai on April 2. On the same day,…

Congress shares blurred video to portray PM Modi waving in empty field, deletes later

Pooja Chaudhuri2nd April 2021

A blurred video of Prime Minister Modi waving in what looks like an empty field was shared by Congress and later taken down. An archived link to the tweet can…

Fact-check: Did Sonia Gandhi sit on Manmohan Singh’s seat during Bangladesh visit?

Rohan Datta2nd April 2021

A photograph of the president of the Congress party Sonia Gandhi along with former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has been making…

No, Wasim Rizvi wasn’t beaten up for filing plea to remove 26 verses from Quran

Anuradha Prasad1st April 2021

The former chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Wasim Rizvi recently filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking removal of 26 verses from the Quran which according to…

Bengal elections: Fake ‘surveys’ claim unfavourable results for AITC and BJP

Archit31st March 20211st April 2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election began on March 27. It is going to take place in eight phases until April 29. In the final week of March, All India Trinamool…

Video of man shot dead is not from India, shared with false Naxal angle

Aqib Pathan27th March 2021

An eight-second clip is being circulated on WhatsApp. It shows a man killing another with a rifle. “A Naxalite stepped out of his vehicle, shot down a policeman in Chhattisgarh…

Old incident of fake EVMs recovered in Rajasthan linked to recent West Bengal polls

Kinjal27th March 2021

In the backdrop of the West Bengal assembly election, a newspaper clipping has been shared claiming that 66 fake EVMs were seized from a BJP leader’s residence. A Facebook user…

Photo of empty chairs at Amit Shah’s address was taken in Varanasi in 2018

Pooja Chaudhuri26th March 2021

A photograph of home minister Amit Shah on-stage with BJP MP Mahendra Nath Pandey and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has been juxtaposed with an image of empty chairs with…

Fact-check: Was Saayoni Ghosh running due to harassment by TMC workers?

Pooja Chaudhuri26th March 202126th March 2021

A video of TMC candidate from Asansol Dakshin, Saayoni Ghosh, running during election campaigning in Burnpur is widespread on social media. It has been claimed that she was running after…

Fact-check: Did Uttaranchal University mandate saffron scarf at convocation ceremony?

Priyanka Jha25th March 2021

Social media users have been sharing a photo purportedly of Uttaranchal University students at their convocation. They claim that the students were asked to wear saffron at the ceremony instead…