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Saffron, Green, Dalit flags at Bhatkal: Video viral with false communal claims

Shinjinee Majumder14th May 2023

Following the victory of Congress in the Karnataka elections, a video of an Islamic flag being waved during celebrations is viral on social media. The video is said to be…

Fact check: Viral Instagram story of Virat Kohli praising Rahul Gandhi is fake

Kalim Ahmed13th May 2023

Even as counting for the Karnataka elections was on and early trends showed that Congress was leading in over 120 seats, many social media users started sharing a screenshot of…

Fact check: Man dancing in viral video is not senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal

Oishani Bhattacharya13th May 2023

A video of a man dancing to the song ‘Sajna, Say Yes To The Dress’ by rapper Badshah and playback singer Payal Dev has been making the rounds on social…

Manipur violence: Clip of Bnei Menashe soldiers in Israel falsely viral as immigrant Kuki militants

Indradeep Bhattacharyya12th May 202312th May 2023

At least 60 to 65 people were killed in ethnic clashes in the northeastern state of Manipur after violence had broken out on May 3 during a tribal solidarity rally…

Fact check: Cash-seized-from-tyre video from 2019, not linked to Karnataka polls

Abira Das9th May 2023

A video of two men taking out bundles of cash stuffed in a tyre is doing rounds on social media with people claiming that the BJP is illegally smuggling money…

Burst-fire from machine gun: Gaming video viral as Manipur violence scene

Oishani Bhattacharya9th May 2023

Against the backdrop of the violence in Manipur since May 3, a video has been going viral on social media where apparently a machine gun can be seen being fired…

No, Mallikarjun Kharge did not wait for Sonia Gandhi’s permission to take a seat; edited video viral

Shinjinee Majumder8th May 2023

An 18-second clip from an election rally in Hubbali, Karnataka, is viral with the claim that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge waited for Sonia Gandhi’s approval to take a seat on…

Fact check: Video of Congress leader protesting with daughter near Parliament is from 2019

Oishani Bhattacharya7th May 2023

[The story uses only screenshots of relevant social media posts, instead of embedding the actual posts, to hold back the identity of the minor girl involved] A video featuring a…

DCP on Bengaluru ‘child theft’: Accused mentally unsound, under treatment at NIMHANS, did not try to kidnap kid

Kalim Ahmed6th May 2023

A 35-second clip showing a group of individuals — a few men wearing skullcaps and a woman wearing a burqa — being carried away by the police is circulating on…

Locals taking shelter in Kolkata mall: How a viral video metamorphosed into hateful, Islamophobic social media post

Indradeep Bhattacharyya2nd May 20233rd May 2023

In the evening of April 17, as Kolkata was still soaking in the ‘Naboborsho’ (Bengali New Year) mood in spite of an already unforgiving summer, a video started to go…

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Rahul Gandhi’s ‘selfie’ with woman in dark sunglasses is AI-generated

Exclusive: ‘+6.30’ in Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote theft’ PDF metadata does not prove it’s made in Myanmar