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SC’s Kanwar Yatra order: Justice Bhatti’s Kerala restaurant remarks distorted by the Right Wing

Indradeep Bhattacharyya25th July 2024

In an interim order, a Division Bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and S V N Bhatti of the Supreme Court on Monday, July 22, prohibited the enforcement of the Uttar…

India Today NE falsely reports Sheikh Hasina airlifted from Dhaka, withdraws story later

Indradeep Bhattacharyya22nd July 2024

India Today NE, the India Today group vertical that covers the northeast, reported on Sunday, July 21, that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had been airlifted from Dhaka to an…

Himanta’s claim that Muslim population of Assam was 14% in 1951 is false

Abhishek Kumar21st July 2024

With assembly elections in Jharkhand slated for later this year, the BJP has appointed Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as the co-in-charge for the state. In this capacity, Sarma…

Muslims dressed as sadhus beaten up in Meerut? False claim, all three were Hindus

Abhishek Kumar21st July 2024

A video is viral on social media where a group of people dressed as sadhus are seen seated on the ground while the individual behind the camera asks their names….

Cong MP Shahu Chhatrapati did not apologize to minorities at Vishalgad; image falsely shared by RW handles

Prantik Ali18th July 20243rd January 2025

An image is viral on social media which shows Chhatrapati Shahu Shahaji, the Congress MP from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, holding his ears in the manner in which someone gestures while apologising…

Rahul Gandhi in Manipur: Hindi news channels presented BJP’s charges of politicking as their own editorial stance

Abhishek Kumar18th July 202419th July 2024

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Moscow to attend the 22nd India-Russia Annual Summit, Lok Sabha Opposition leader and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi visited the violence-affected state of…

Old video of ABVP-police clash in Gorakhpur varsity resurfaces with misleading claims

Oishani Bhattacharya18th July 2024

A video of a scuffle between some men donning saffron scarves and uniformed police personnel has surfaced on social media. It is being claimed that the video shows BJP workers…

Instagram influencer’s video falsely viral as martyred Captain’s wife Smriti Singh

Oishani Bhattacharya17th July 2024

The late Indian Army Captain Anshuman Singh was recently awarded the Kirti Chakra posthumously. His wife, Smriti Singh, accompanied by her mother-in-law, received the award from President Droupadi Murmu on…

‘@WirathuAshin’ amplifying hate on X is an Indian user, not the radical Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu from Myanmar

Abhishek Kumar16th July 2024

Ashin Wirathu, the radical Buddhist monk from Myanmar widely known for his anti-Muslim stance and vitriolic sermons, leapt to fame for the first time in the early 2000s with the…

Sonia Gandhi holding cigarette? No, viral photo is morphed using AI tool

Oishani Bhattacharya13th July 2024

A black-and-white photograph of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi holding a cigarette is being widely shared on social media. Facebook user Sarvesh Kutlehria shared the image on July 12 with a…

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Sonam Wangchuk did not say he would help China enter India; 2024 video clipped, shared falsely

Sonam Wangchuk arrested on Union govt order without evidence? Doctored videos of Ladakh ADGP, Leh ADC viral