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Photos of BJP West Bengal workers clashing with each other is from 2016

Kinjal22nd March 202122nd March 2021

Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP have been campaigning ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal. On March 19, Newslaundry reported that BJP workers in West Bengal were dissatisfied…

Women’s day event at National Health Mission, MP viral as COVID meeting

Pooja Chaudhuri22nd March 202122nd March 2021

A video of a woman dancing to the Hindi song ‘Hawa Hawai’ in the presence of other women is widespread online. Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress shared the video on Facebook…

No, The Wire didn’t ‘apologise’ in the Jay Shah defamation case

Pooja Chaudhuri20th March 202120th March 2021

A widespread message, shared by several prominent handles on Twitter, claims that The Wire offered an apology in the Supreme Court after losing the defamation suit filed by Home Minister…

Congress posts misleading comparison on COVID-19 vaccine price

Archit20th March 2021

Several Congress social media accounts have shared a graphic that claims that the former UPA government offered ‘free of cost vaccines for 12 preventable diseases’ while the Bharatiya Janata Party…

Canada thanked PM Modi for COVID vaccines? Misleading news run by Indian media

Priyanka Jha20th March 2021

On March 11, ANI reported that a billboard was put up in Greater Toronto, Canada to thank Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing COVID-19 vaccines to the country. Billboards…

No, PM Modi isn’t visiting a camp housing displaced Hindus from Pakistan in this photo

Anuradha Prasad19th March 2021

Actor and former FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan shared a black and white photograph on March 2 with the claim, “This is a rare 31-year-old picture when Narendra Modi met Hindus…

Image of morphed cheque viral as Nirav Modi gave Rs 98 crore to Congress

Anuradha Prasad18th March 202114th June 2021

Social media users have been circulating a photo of a cheque claiming that Nirav Modi gave Rs 98 crore to Congress. Several people shared a screenshot of a post with…

Morphed billboard shows Queen Elizabeth II thanking PM Modi for COVID vaccines

Anuradha Prasad17th March 2021

An image of a billboard featuring a photo of Queen Elizabeth II has gone viral on social media with the caption, “Thank you PM Modi for sending us COVID-19 vaccines….

Mirror image used to portray Mamata Banerjee faked her leg injury

Archit17th March 2021

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suffered injuries to her left leg while campaigning in Nandigram on March 10. She was released two days later with a plaster on her…

Did IT dept seize Rs 100 crore from Chhattisgarh CM’s dy secretary’s house?

Pooja Chaudhuri16th March 202130th July 2021

A viral claim suggests that the Income Tax (IT) department confiscated Rs 100 crore from the residence of the deputy secretary in the Chhattisgarh chief minister’s office, Saumya Chaurasia. A…