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Sitaram Yechury’s body in coffin: Right-wing influencers conclude he was a Christian

Shinjinee Majumder16th September 2024

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury passed away on September 12 at the age of 72. Following his death, the Marxist leader’s body was taken to Jawaharlal Nehru University, his alma…

AI image of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif with male physical features viral

Abira Das16th September 2024

A photo of a bare-bodied Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is viral on social media, in which Khelif is seen as having male physical features. Users have shared the image against a…

Republic airs Manpad launching video from Myanmar as ‘exclusive’ & ‘authenticated’ visuals from Manipur

Abhishek Kumar13th September 2024

A video is going viral on social media in which a boy is seen firing from a man-portable air defense system or MANPADS. This video is being shared with multiple…

Vande Bharat window replacement video falsely shared as act of ‘rail jihad’

Ankita Mahalanobish13th September 2024

A video clip of a man hammering a glass window of a train is going viral on social media with users claiming it is a ‘jihadi’ act or a ‘terrorist’…

Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s anti-reservation statement: The viral news clipping is a doctored video

Abhishek Kumar13th September 202416th September 2024

A video with the logo of Times Now Navbharat has gone viral on social media with the claim that former Haryana chief minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda made…

Viral ‘US newspaper report’ questioning Rahul Gandhi’s nationality is fake

Oishani Bhattacharya12th September 2024

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi recently visited the United States for three days. Against that backdrop, a supposed newspaper clipping has gone viral. The…

Rahul did not say ‘will end reservation’; Clipped video shared by BJP distorts Gandhi’s statement

Oishani Bhattacharya12th September 202412th September 2024

A six-second video clip of Rahul Gandhi has gone viral. In it, he says, “We will think of scrapping reservations when India is a fair place.”. Several users have shared…

Police, SC registry refute unverified claims about CJI Chandrachud’s personal links with Mamata, Abhishek

Indradeep Bhattacharyya11th September 2024

An image of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and his wife Kalpana Das has gone viral on the messaging platform WhatsApp. The text above the photo says, “CJI…

R G Kar stir: Protestor falsely identified as doctor; video edited to distort statement

Ankita Mahalanobish11th September 202411th September 2024

During the Supreme Court hearing of the R G Kar case on September 9, 2024, West Bengal government’s counsel Kapil Sibal informed the CJI-led Bench that 23 people had lost…

Knife-wielding miscreant nabbed by cops: Kalaburagi video from Feb 2023 falsely viral

Ankita Mahalanobish11th September 2024

A video clip of a man with a knife standing amid a crowd of onlookers and being shot at by the police is going viral. It is claimed that UP…

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Defying MP HC ban, images of women who committed crimes against men burnt with Ravana’s effigy on Dussehra

Did Rahul Gandhi ‘admit’ that his social media following was not organic? No, BJP leaders share clipped video