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Not Rahul Gandhi – MP who Kiren Rijiju ridicules in viral video for sleeping in House is not the leader of Opposition

Shinjinee Majumder6th December 20246th December 2024

A video showing Union minister Kiren Rijiju purportedly waking up Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a session in the Lok Sabha went viral this week. In the video, Rijiju is…

Viral image of Indian flag placed on the ground at Bangladesh tech varsity gate is genuine

Ankita Mahalanobish6th December 20246th December 2024

An image showing students walking on what appears to be the Indian national flag placed at the entrance of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in Dhaka is viral…

Video of Kali idol being dismantled in Bengal falsely viral as Muslims defacing Hindu deity in Bangladesh

Abhishek Kumar6th December 20246th December 2024

A video showing individuals dismantling an idol of the Hindu deity Maa Kali was recently viral on social media. Many sharing the video have claimed that the incident took place…

Video from Hathras stampede falsely viral as killing of Hindus in Bangladesh

Prantik Ali5th December 2024

The story uses only screenshots in view of the graphic nature of the video being fact-checked. A video is viral on social media showing several dead bodies, mostly of women,…

Apologise or give proof: Doctors irked after Navjot Singh Sidhu says Ayurvedic diet cured wife’s cancer

Pawan Kumar5th December 20246th December 2024

A video with Navjot Singh Sidhu, former president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress and a retired cricketer, claiming that his wife, Navjot Kaur Sidhu, overcame stage-IV cancer despite doctors saying…

Vande Bharat stone-pelting: 2 Hindu accused misidentified as Salman, Shahid to add communal spin

Pawan Kumar4th December 2024

The Union rail ministry recently tweeted that two accused who pelted stones at the Vande Bharat Express from Gaya had been arrested. Social media users have since amplified the tweet…

No, Chandrababu govt has not abolished Waqf in Andhra; it only revoked a YSRCP-regime order

Prantik Ali4th December 20244th December 2024

Several social media users have recently claimed the Chandrababu Naidu government in Andhra Pradesh has abolished Waqf Board. The claims have gone viral in the backdrop of the contentious Waqf…

Old video of cow being shot falsely viral as celebration of Priyanka Gandhi’s win in Kerala

Abhishek Kumar4th December 2024

A video has gone viral on social media in which a man is seen shooting a bull tied to a tree with a rifle. The video is being circulated with…

Old video viral with false claim that Muslims demolished Hindu temple in Bangladesh

Prantik Ali3rd December 20243rd December 2024

A minute-long video showing scores of men, some with skull caps, breaking down and destroying a structure is being widely shared on social media with the claim that is of…

No, a Muslim mob in Bangladesh’s Sherpur district did not attack Hindu homes

Oishani Bhattacharya2nd December 2024

A 1.54-minute-long viral video showing a group of men in skull caps, armed with sticks and metal poles is being widely shared by several Indian Right-wing handles. They claim the…

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