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People offering Namaz have vanished from UP streets: Yogi Adityanath fires fresh salvo at Muslims in Palghar

Oishani Bhattacharya22nd May 2024

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath had addressed a public meeting in Palghar, Maharashtra, on May 18 in support of NDA candidate Hemant Savara, a couple of days before the…

ECI double standard enables BJP leaders to violate poll code with impunity

Oishani Bhattacharya21st May 202421st May 2024

Samajwadi Party leader Maria Alam Khan in a public rally on April 29 appealed to Muslim voters to practice ‘vote jihad’, saying that it was necessary in the present circumstances to…

Andhra assembly elections: Edited version of 2019 ‘The News Minute’ exit poll graphics falsely viral

Abira Das21st May 2024

Two Andhra Pradesh exit poll graphics containing the logo of the media outlet, The News Minute, are doing rounds on social media. The graphics present exit poll figures by 7…

‘No govt holiday on Durga Puja in Bengal’: Amit Shah’s false claim at Serampore rally

Shinjinee Majumder21st May 2024

Mamata Didi had come to power riding on the slogan of ‘Maa Mati Manush’, but that slogan has vanished. The slogan of ‘Mullah, Madrasa, Mafia’ has taken its place in…

‘Ram Lalla’, ‘Mangalsutra’, ‘bulldozer’: In Barabanki speech, Modi takes communal rhetoric to the next level

Oishani Bhattacharya20th May 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 17 addressed a public meeting at Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, ahead of the Lok Sabha constituency going to the polls in the fifth phase on…

Fact check: Rahul Gandhi is holding the Indian Constitution in image shared by Himanta Biswa Sarma

Oishani Bhattacharya18th May 2024

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted on May 17 an image of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi holding a book with a red cover and mentioned in the caption: “The…

Garlands thrown at Akhilesh Yadav in Kannauj rally, not shoes, as claimed on social media

Oishani Bhattacharya18th May 2024

A video from a Samajwadi Party rally is being widely shared on social media where one can see party president Akhilesh Yadav standing on a platform. It is being claimed…

Army men stopped from voting in Jabalpur in 2019; video falsely viral

Abira Das17th May 202417th May 2024

A two-minute video depicting military personnel standing near an army truck is doing the rounds on social media. In the video, some men accuse the officials in uniform of canvassing…

‘Metro services in 20 cities’: BJP’s Modi poster uses train photo from Singapore

Abira Das17th May 202418th May 2024

Several social media handles of BJP state or district units have shared a poster with a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and an image of elevated metro-railway lines in…

Video showing VVPAT slips being taken out after counting falsely viral as BJP tampering with EVMs

Abhishek Kumar17th May 2024

A video has been circulating on social media showing some men taking out ballots from several Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines and placing them into a black bag….

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Media falsely run old video as US cricketers enjoying panipuri during T20 World Cup in India

Suspended Muslim headmaster from Mathura reinstated after probe finds BJP leader’s allegations false