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No, Mohan Bhagwat did not say he has lost faith in religion – manufactured clipping viral

Kinjal22nd May 202022nd May 2020

An alleged newspaper clipping is viral on social media. It claims that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said that he has lost faith in religion because of the coronavirus outbreak. The…

Photos of Rahul Gandhi’s interaction with migrant workers shared with false claim

Priyanka Jha21st May 2020

On May 16, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi met a few migrant labourers near Delhi’s Sukhdev Vihar flyover. According to media reports, he interacted with them and arranged for their…

Old video shared as recent confrontation between Indian and Chinese troops

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Indian soldiers and Chinese PLA personnel were involved in a fierce face-off in Nakula area of North Sikkim on May 9 in which seven Chinese and four Indian soldiers reportedly…

No, temples are not charged more for electricity than mosques and churches in Tamil Nadu

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In the past few days, several Twitter users have posted an illustration that claims that electricity charges for temples are higher than what mosques and churches have to pay in…

Video of DTC personnel complaining about lack of social distancing in Delhi bus is from March

Jignesh Patel20th May 2020

On May 18, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that bus services in the capital will resume but only 20 passengers will be allowed at a time. He said that…

Congress’s Surjewala shares 2012 image from Nepal as ‘new India’, deletes later

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On May 19, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted an image of a woman riding a bicycle with an infant wrapped on her back and a sack tugged on to…

Did UP govt issue order restricting samaritans from helping migrants workers?

Jignesh Patel19th May 202019th May 2020

On May 15, President of Swaraj Abhiyan Yogendra Yadav posted an image of a notice issued by Bulandshahr police. Tweeting the notice, Yadav criticised the Uttar Pradesh government and said,…

BJYM’s Abhijat Mishra falsely claims illegal Bangladeshis attack Bihari family in West Bengal

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Several users on Facebook and Twitter have shared a two-minute video of a woman crying and complaining that the police took her brother away after her neighbour vandalised their house….

SP leader Abu Azmi’s supporters did not chant ‘Pakistan Zindabad’, video viral with false claim

Mohammed Zubair18th May 202018th May 2020

A video of Maharastra’s Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Abu Azmi has gone viral on social media with the claim that his supporters chanted ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ at Mumbai’s Wadala station in…

BJP MP Arjun Singh shares video of bleeding Muslim men as Hindus attacked in West Bengal

Jignesh Patel18th May 202018th May 2020

Reports of clashes between two communities in Telinpara and Bhadreswar area of Hoogly district emerged on May 11. Soon after West Bengal BJP MP Arjun Singh posted a video which…

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