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Indian real estate firm Prestige Group has no connection with Hong Kong building that caught fire

Ankita Mahalanobish3rd December 20253rd December 2025

After the inferno at Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong’s Tai Po area claimed the lives of at least 151 people, an X account named RTSG News claimed that the…

Viral video of man trying to fly using makeshift wings is AI-generated

Oishani Bhattacharya3rd December 2025

A 10-second-long clip showing a man attempting to fly off a building using a makeshift flying machine and then falling down on the roof of a car is viral on…

Deepfake alert: Videos of Ravish Kumar, Shiv Aroor and Palki Sharma reporting on NDA leaders’ Pak overtures viral

Shinjinee Majumder1st December 2025

A video circulating online shows journalist Ravish Kumar accusing Bihar’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders of funding Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) through offshore accounts to propagate a pro-India stand around Operation…

Sonam Wangchuk ‘safe & sound’, confirms his wife amid deepfakes announcing his ‘death’ going viral

Ankita Mahalanobish29th November 20253rd December 2025

Clippings from news bulletins apparently reporting Sonam Wangchuk’s death in the Jodhpur Central Jail have surfaced on social media and are being widely shared across platforms. Some of these purported…

Attack against Muslims in India? No, viral video of woman collapsing is from Bangladesh

Oishani Bhattacharya28th November 202528th November 2025

A video showing a woman in a burqa being hit by a man on the head is viral on social media with some users claiming that it was a case…

‘Bangal khali ho raha hai’: Old video from Muslim religious gathering shared as Bangladeshis leaving amid SIR

Ankita Mahalanobish27th November 2025

A video captured from a slowly moving train, showing a crowd of men gathered along the railway tracks, many of whom are wearing skullcaps and traditional Muslim attire, is going…

Lawrence Bishnoi released on bail? No, 2020 video shared falsely

Oishani Bhattacharya26th November 202526th November 2025

A 31-second clip featuring jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi being escorted by police is viral with the text, “Lawrence Bishnoi got bail”. Social media users, many of whom are vocal BJP…

Gen Z march against ‘vote theft’? No, unrelated video from Jaipur shared with false claims

Shinjinee Majumder25th November 2025

A video of a candlelight march is viral on social media as a Jaipur to Delhi Gen Z rally. The clip is being shared with hashtags like #votechorgaddichhod and #VoteChorBJP…

Exodus of illegal Bangladeshis from Bengal? No, viral video shows Kali idol immersion crowd in border village

Indradeep Bhattacharyya & Ankita Mahalanobish24th November 202526th November 2025

A video showing a large crowd of people queueing up along a barbed-wire fence and exiting through a gate is widely viral on social media with the claim that it…

Protests in Bihar over ‘vote theft’? Zubeen Garg’s funeral procession video falsely viral

Abhishek Kumar19th November 2025

A video a wide road chock-a-block with hundreds of people and several cars is going viral on social media with the claim that it shows a protest in Patna against…

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Odisha violence: Villagers attacked by tribals in Malkangiri not ‘illegal Bangladeshi settlers’

Three arrested for assault on Muslim chicken patty seller during Gita recital event in Kolkata