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Amar Ujala publishes old photos from West Bengal as pothole-ridden road in Lucknow

Priyanka Jha2nd September 2020

On August 29, Lucknow edition of Amar Ujala, a leading Hindi daily, published four images supposedly showing poor condition of roads in the city. In these images, a person wearing…

India Today Group, Times Now air old images of PLA cemetery as graves of Chinese killed in Galwan

Pratik Sinha, Pooja Chaudhuri & Mohammed Zubair1st September 20201st September 2020

The deadly face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Galwan valley on June 15 led to the deaths of 20 Indian army men. The casualties suffered on the Chinese side,…

Old image falsely shared as BJP leader Kapil Mishra’s sister married a Muslim man

Archit31st August 20207th September 2021

Several Twitter and Facebook users have shared a wedding photo of a woman and a man. As per viral claims, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra’s sister married Shahzad…

Another video viral in fictitious Congress leader Anil Upadhyay’s name

Priyanka Jha31st August 202012th November 2020

An almost 2-minute long clip has gone viral on social media with users claiming that it features “Congress MLA Anil Upadhyay”. The man in the video can be seen speaking…

Old video from Bangladesh shared as ‘Islam Zindabad’ slogans raised in West Bengal

Priyanka Jha29th August 202018th June 2021

A video is widely circulating on Facebook with the claim that a rally where pro-Islam chants were raised was taken out in West Bengal’s Kolkata. “This rally was taken out…

Video of 2018 anti-Trump protest in London shared as Americans celebrating Arab ‘enslavement’

Archit29th August 202030th August 2020

Several Facebook users shared a video of a rally that shows a man dressed as US President Donald Trump escorting men in traditional Arab clothing using leashes. This video was…

Congress shares 2012 image of PM Modi with ducks as PR during COVID-19

Pooja Chaudhuri26th August 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently shared a video of himself with peacocks at his Lok Kalyan Marg residence. This was picked up by nearly every mainstream media outlet and soon…

Video of Delhi cop beating minor is not an old video of armed chain snatcher

Pooja Chaudhuri26th August 202027th August 2020

On August 24, Mojo Story tweeted a video of a policeman mercilessly beating up a young boy. The channel, founded by journalist Barkha Dutt, reported that the boy was wandering…

Fact-check: BJP leader Kalicharan Saraf misbehaved with woman on stage?

Kinjal26th August 2020

A video of a man grabbing a woman’s waist as she greets him by placing a garland around his neck has been going viral on social media. Users are claiming…

Video from West Bengal passed off as communal violence in Bengaluru

Priyanka Jha26th August 2020

On the night of August 11, three people had died in deadly clashes that broke out in Bengaluru. The violence had been sparked by a Facebook post. Naveen, the nephew…

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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