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Bad roads in BJP’s poll campaign video targeting AAP are from BJP-ruled Haryana

Abhishek Kumar13th January 2025

The date for the Delhi assembly elections having been announced, parties have already intensified their campaigns. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has shared a video on social media showing poorly…

2024: The year when misinformation shaped elections, fuelled hate and aided conspiracy theories

Oishani Bhattacharya & Shinjinee Majumder11th January 2025

In the age of information, misinformation is undoubtedly the biggest epidemic. Last year, the World Economic Forum said that India was at the “highest risk of misinformation and disinformation”. For…

Muslim man married his own mother in Pakistan? False claim viral

Pawan Kumar10th January 2025

Recently, a photo and video of a woman and a younger man went viral on social media with the caption that they were mother and son who married each other….

Attack on medical student in Amroha: Accused not a Muslim, incident given false communal angle

Abhishek Kumar8th January 20258th January 2025

A video has been widely circulating on social media showing a young man attempting to strangle a woman in the middle of a road while covering his face with a…

Prashant Kishor was not slapped by Bihar police at Gandhi Maidan; false claim by journalists

Abhishek Kumar8th January 20258th January 2025

The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) conducted the common (preliminary) competitive examination (CCE) across the state on December 13, 2024. However, the exam process soon got mired into controversy when…

No, this video does not show Hindu woman raped and tortured in Bangladesh village

Ankita Mahalanobish6th January 2025

A video of a seemingly distressed woman crawling out of a bush in wet clothes is viral on social media. Users are sharing this footage with the claim that she…

BJP Delhi, party leaders share doctored image to show potholes on roads

Pawan Kumar30th December 2024

On December 27, the national capital of New Delhi witnessed rainfall, leading to a further drop in temperatures across the region. Following the rains, BJP leaders shared a photo on…

Unrelated videos from Maharashtra, MP combined to create false narrative of ‘UP police treating Muslim accused’

Ankita Mahalanobish27th December 202427th December 2024

Trigger Warning: Disturbing Visuals/ Sexual Harassment A video compilation is going viral on social media. The clip begins with what appears to be CCTV footage showing a group of girls…

Kejriwal did not say Ambedkar was drunk while writing Constitution; 12-year-old video clipped, shared falsely

Abhishek Kumar27th December 202427th December 2024

Amid the nationwide political uproar over Union home minister Amit Shah’s statement in Parliament about B R Ambedkar, a nine-second clip of a speech by former Delhi chief minister Arvind…

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Photos from Bangladeshi films shared to back cooked-up ‘Love Jihad’ story

Hindu youths desecrated temples in UP with ‘I love Muhammad’ graffiti to frame Muslim peers, arrested