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Fact-check: Namaz offering displayed on UP tableau during SP’s rule in the state?

Kinjal29th January 2021

Two photos, purportedly of the Uttar Pradesh tableau from Republic Day parades, have been going viral on social media. The first shows a replica of Ayodhya’s Ram Temple, while the…

Image of injured Sikh man from 2019 falsely shared as police brutality during farmers’ protest

Kinjal29th January 2021

In a now-deleted tweet, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala had shared an image of a Sikh man with bruises and wounds across his back. He claimed that it showed a…

Photo of Dr Kafeel Khan in Rajasthan shared as him riding tractor in Delhi

Archit29th January 202129th January 2021

The ongoing protests against the centre’s three farm bills turned violent on January 26 in New Delhi. Since then there have several misleading claims about what transpired. Multiple Twitter accounts…

Joe Biden is not with George Floyd’s daughter in this picture

Kinjal28th January 202113th February 2021

A photo of US President Joe Biden greeting a child has been making the rounds on social media. Biden can be seen kneeling in front of the child, whom users…

Video of Khalistan supporters desecrating Indian flag is NOT from India

Pooja Chaudhuri27th January 202127th January 2021

Protests against the centre’s farm bills sparked violence in the national capital on January 26 after some groups of protestors deviated from the pre-decided course during the tractor rally. This…

Clipped video viral with false claim that Indian flag was removed from Red Fort

Priyanka Jha27th January 202128th January 2021

The tractor rally held by protestors against the centre’s farm bills on Republic Day, January 26, led to clashes with the Delhi police. Violence was reported from certain areas after…

Farmers’ protest: Zee News falsely claims Indian flag replaced with Khalsa flag on Red Fort

Aqib Pathan & Archit27th January 202127th January 2021

On January 26, tractor rally by farmers protesting against the centre’s three farm laws turned violent after a mob entered the Red Fort and other groups clashed with the police…

Farmers’ protest: No, protestors did not replace tricolour with Khalistan flag at Red Fort

Pooja Chaudhuri & Priyanka Jha26th January 202126th January 2021

As part of the protests against the centre’s farm bills, farmers’ unions and the Delhi police had chalked out agreed-upon circular routes from Ghazipur, Singhu and Tikri borders for the…

No, Rashtrapati Bhavan did not confuse Subhas Chandra Bose with actor Prosenjit Chatterjee

Pratik Sinha25th January 202125th January 2021

President Ram Nath Kovind unveiled a portrait of Subhas Chandra Bose at Rashtrapati Bhavan to commemorate the revolutionary’s birth anniversary. However, a tweet on the event sparked both shock and…

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Four more Bengal constituencies, same pattern: Muslims disproportionately marked ‘Under Adjudication’ in SIR

Errors, erasure, angst: Inside Basirhat’s Boro Gobra where hundreds find themselves struck off electoral rolls