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Video of Kota Allen Institute students offering namaz and shouting Jai Sri Ram is from June 23, 2023

Shinjinee Majumder & Mohammed Zubair27th June 202328th June 2023

On June 26, journalist Meer Faisal tweeted a video of several students raising ‘Jai Sri Ram’ slogans as a reaction to their Muslim peers offering Namaz at the Allen Institute…

Delhi Congress leader Asif Khan’s spat with cop: Old video viral with false ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ claims

Kalim Ahmed27th June 2023

A 1:26-minute-long video has gone viral on social media, capturing a man engaged in a heated altercation with a police officer and threatening him. The claim accompanying the video suggests…

Clipped video of Priyank Kharge’s address to cops shared with false claim of ‘promoting cow-slaughter’

Oishani Bhattacharya26th June 202326th June 2023

A 30-second clip of Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge holding a meeting with police officers is being shared on social media with the claim that he is instructing the police to…

Pak doctor’s video falsely viral as BJP MP Devji Patel dancing with woman

Abhishek Kumar26th June 2023

A video is viral on social media in which a middle-aged man is seen dancing with a woman. Users are circulating the footage and claiming that the man seen here…

Fact check: Hajj pilgrims praying for RSS-BJP’s rout, not India’s destruction

Shinjinee Majumder24th June 2023

A video of Indian Muslims in Hajj is viral with the claim that they are praying for the destruction of India in Tamil. User @HinduHate tweeted the video and wrote…

KSRTC bus door in Mandya didn’t break owing to rush of woman passengers

Oishani Bhattacharya23rd June 2023

A video of a broken bus door being changed in the Malavalli town of Mandya district in Karnataka is viral on social media with the claim that the incident happened…

No, this image doesn’t show Dawood Ibrahim with Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate

Shinjinee Majumder22nd June 2023

An image of Dawood Ibrahim apparently with the Indian National Congress’ National Spokesperson, Supriya Shrinate, is viral on social media. User @ppagarwal tweeted the image and wrote “ये कौंन है…

Muskan Khan in London? RJ Sayema’s photo used to attack hijab-ban protester

Shreyatama Datta21st June 2023

The Hijab row erupted in Karnataka in February 2022 after an educational institution stopped students wearing hijabs from entering its premises. As protests against the government’s backing of the hijab…

Bleeding woman breastfeeding baby: Image not from Manipur, at least 2-year old

Oishani Bhattacharya21st June 2023

An image of an injured woman bleeding from her head and breastfeeding her child in that condition is being shared on social media with the claim that the visual is…

ED raid on Lalu Yadav-linked premises: Old, unrelated photos shared as seized articles

Kinjal20th June 2023

On March 10, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided a premises linked to former Bihar chief minister and RJD leader Lalu Yadav. The agency claimed that it seized evidence revealing “proceeds…

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Video of woman crying after father killed in mob lynching viral as Hindu woman raped by Islamists in B’desh

Nepal GenZ was protesting against a ‘corrupt’ system. In highlighting social media ban, media missed the point