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Clipped video viral with false claim that Rahul Gandhi wants to leave India and settle abroad

Jignesh Patel14th October 201916th October 2019

A short 11 second clip of former Congress President Rahul Gandhi where he can be heard saying, “कुछ नहीं होने वाला मैं तो लंदन चला जाऊंगा, मेरे बच्चे तो जाके…

Image from Bangladesh shared as Murshidabad triple murder accused

Pooja Chaudhuri14th October 201914th October 2019

An image of two men is circulating on social media. The face of the man in a skull cap has been highlighted and the accompanying message alleges that he was…

Karti Chidambaram shares misleading photos to portray PM Modi’s beach cleaning effort as staged

Pratik Sinha13th October 201913th October 2019

On the sidelines of the Modi-Xi summit in Tamil Nadu, PM Modi tweeted a video of him picking up trash at the beach in Mamallapuram, and made an appeal to…

No, this is not BJP MP Bhanu Pratap Singh criticising his own govt for PMC Bank fraud

Jignesh Patel12th October 201914th October 2019

A video of a man speaking to a media organization about the recent PMC bank scam and the plight of the account holders is being shared on social media. He…

Protest video from Indonesia shared as Kashmir by FB page imitating BBC News

Jignesh Patel12th October 201912th October 2019

On October 6, a Facebook page with the name – BBC News Kashmir– shared a video which showed a confrontation between the Indian police and a group of protesters. The…

Union Min Jitendra Singh, ANI, PTI falsely claim 14-year-old girl wrote a book on Article 370

Pooja Chaudhuri12th October 2019

Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched a book ‘In the Times of Article 370’ on October 9. “In a rare ceremony of its kind, released a book on #Article370 written by Ayanna Kohli,…

Narendra Modi vs Manmohan Singh on foreign visits: Fact-checking Amit Shah’s claim

Arjun Sidharth11th October 201913th October 2019

Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently spoke at a public function, where he claimed that former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh went on more foreign trips than PM Narendra Modi…

Mock drill video from Vidisha, MP shared as terrorists captured by security forces

Arjun Sidharth11th October 2019

“मध्य प्रदेश के विदिशा जिला कलेक्ट्रेट के भवन की निर्माणाधीन बिल्डिंग में चार आतंकवादी घुसे जिसे जिला पुलिस बल विदिशा द्वारा रेस्क्यू कर जिंदा पकड़ने में सफलता प्राप्त की बधाई…

Old video of ex-defence minister’s wife performing puja on INS Vikrant shared as “baptism”

Jignesh Patel10th October 201914th October 2019

A video of Elizabeth Antony, the wife of former Defence Minister AK Antony, performing a ritual on ‘INS Vikrant’ is doing the rounds on social media. It is being claimed…

Video of unidentified drunk man shared as BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi

Jignesh Patel10th October 201910th October 2019

A video of a man dancing to the tunes of a Bollywood song supposedly in a drunken state is doing the rounds on social media. It is being claimed that…

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Javed Akhtar, Banu Mushtaq and the contagion of religious sentiments getting hurt

Letter claiming ‘RSS did not participate in anti-British movement’ is morphed