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‘Hub Power Company’ on Electoral Bonds list is not a Pakistani firm

Oishani Bhattacharya17th March 202417th March 2024

Following an order by a five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, the Election Commission of India (ECI) published the electoral bond…

Amit Malviya shares two clipped videos of Rahul Gandhi on subsequent days with false claims

Abira Das16th March 20243rd April 2024

BJP leader and in-charge of its national information & technology department Amit Malviya recently shared two videos featuring Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, both of which subsequently went viral on social…

Sri Kalleshwara Swamy’s chariot set afire: Arson falsely communalized, portrayed by BJP as ‘attack on Hindus’

Shinjinee Majumder13th March 202413th March 2024

A video of Sri Kalleshwara Swamy’s chariot, situated in Nitturpur village under the Gubbi police station area of Tumkur district of Karnataka, set ablaze, is viral on social media. Onlookers…

2023 Punjab incident falsely peddled as Hindus assaulting a Christian in UP

Abira Das13th March 202428th March 2024

The story uses only screenshots and not actual tweets in view of the graphic nature of the viral video. A video of a man being beaten up with iron rods…

Media outlets retract Princess Catherine’s photo with kids over ‘manipulation’

Abhishek Kumar13th March 2024

Catherine, the princess of Wales underwent an abdominal surgery two months ago, leading to her being away from the public eye and media glare. On the occasion of Mother’s Day,…

Siddaramaiah did not say “want to be reborn as a Muslim”; clipped video falsely viral

Oishani Bhattacharya12th March 202412th March 2024

A 20-second clip featuring Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah is being widely shared on social media. In the clip, the Karnataka CM can be heard delivering a speech in Kannada. It…

Morphed image of Union minister Smriti Irani in belly-dance costume viral

Abira Das12th March 2024

An apparent picture of the Union minister of women and child development, Smriti Irani, has gone viral on social media. The picture depicts her wearing a belly dance costume and…

No, Mallikarjun Kharge did not say Congress had divided India on caste

Prantik Ali11th March 2024

A short clip has gone viral on social media with the claim that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge criticized Congress for dividing the country on the basis of caste. In this…

Delhi cop kicking Muslim worshippers: Right Wing users falsely claim man was wearing burqa

Shinjinee Majumder11th March 2024

A video viral on social media showing a Delhi Police sub-inspector (SI) kicking and assaulting people offering Namaz on the road in the city’s Inderlok area has caused widespread outrage…

Spanish vlogger’s rape: Only one of eight arrested is a Christian; crime given false communal spin

Shinjinee Majumder8th March 2024

Trigger Warning: Rape A 28-year-old Spanish travel vlogger was allegedly gang-raped by seven men in Jharkhand’s Dumka on Friday, March 1. The victim and her partner were headed towards Bhagalpur…

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